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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Awards, Prizes, and Our First Original Video

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016Today's Top StoriesAcademy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Annahis Basmadjian, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Screen Award, Canadian Screen Awards, CSA's, early CSA's, HNMag YouTube channel, Hovy Qiu, PAL Canada Foundation, Schitt’s Creek, The Book of Negroes, The Divergent Series: Allegian, tv

More early CSA’s — The Globe and Mail’s Barry Hertz reports some of the 49 handed out last night in TO, including nine for The Book of Negroes and six for Schitt’s Creek. Of course

CSA Round 1, Canada Stands In, Good Year for Ontario

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016Today's Top StoriesAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Televison, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Screen Awards, CSA's, Joseph Itaya, Lost & Found, Songs of Freedom, Still Standing, Vietnam: Canada's Shadow War

Barry Hertz of the Globe and Mail reports that Sports and News gets honoured and awarded in Canadian Screen Awards. Fifty honours were handed out last night, in categories such as documentaries, lifestyle, and reality

WFF and WWF

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Feature Project Lab, Reel Canada, The Whale, WFF Feature Project Lab, Whistler Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival (WFF)

(Via Wireservice.ca) Canadian producers are invited to apply for the Feature Project Lab at this year’s Whistler Film Festival (WFF). This is an intensive two-phase experience that covers both creative development and the business end

Crew Call, Free Movies, Further Shades

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, crew call, Debris, further adventures of Max and Banks, John Bolton, MFM, NFB, Northern Ontario, Tainted

A crew call is on for two feature films scheduled to shoot in Northern Ontario this summer, says MFM. There are a lot of key positions to fill and another round coming up — details

DiCaprio’s 5 Best, Animator from Ottawa, Casting Call for Kids

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016Today's Top StoriesAmelie and Company, Animation, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, casting call, children's roles, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio's five best performances, MFM, Sudbury, Trent Correy, Zootopia

With Zootopia being the next biggest animated movie, Richard Crouse of metronews.ca talks to an Ottawa native animator who worked in California on the film. Having worked before on Frozen and Big Hero 6, Trent Correy

Poll Time in Sask, Springtime at the Lightbox

March 3, 2016November 11, 2018Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Open Vault TIFF, Just For Cats: Internet Cat Video Festival, Saskatchewan Motion Picture Production Industry Association (SMPIA), The Free Screen TIFF, TIFF, TIFF Bell Lightbox, TIFF Bell Lightbox Just For Cats

The Saskatchewan Motion Picture Production Industry Association (SMPIA) wants to remind friends of the industry that their votes can do a lot in the provincial elections on April 4th. “Reach out to your MLA to

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