Today's Top Stories Archives

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Sharks, A Prince, and New Voices

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016Today's Top StoriesBIFF, Boulder International Film Festival, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Darren Summersby and Garrett Ryan, GoFundMe, MFM, National Screen Institute, National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI), NSI, NSI New Voices course, Shark Infested Streets, The Little Prince

You can be a part of Shark Infested Streets — a film-noir detective-style comedy which is the second film by teen filmmakers Darren Summersby and Garrett Ryan. MFM has details on supporting the GoFundMe campaign

Rising Stars, Fixer-Uppers, and More Hard Times in NS

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Dominique Lapierre, HGTV, Home to Win, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia tax credit cut, Samuel Lehner's documentary WES, Shaw TV, Telefilm, Telefilm Canada

Recently, Broadcaster Magazine has announced that CMF and Telefilm have appointed a new National Director. Dominique Lapierre, a law graduate, made her start in Legal Counsel for Telefilm in 2002, and worked her way up.

3D, Big TV, and More News

February 16, 2016February 16, 2016Today's Top Stories3D stop motion, Animation, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Claude Jutra, CRTC, Erik Goulet, Jean-Pierre Blais, Jutras, Sundowners Pavan Moondi, The Little Prince

Will the Jutras have to be renamed before they’re awarded next month, or . . . ? The Toronto Star’s Allan Woods is one of many who discuss the disturbing allegations against the late Claude

Awards, Nominations, and Chances to Learn

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016Today's Top StoriesAcademy of Canadian Film and Television’s Diversity Award, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), AMI, canada film industry news today, Canada in Perspective, canadian independent film, Harris Institute, Kirk Lynds, Marilee Yorston, Muskoka North Film Studios, Stunt Performer Basic Training, VANAS, VANAS scholarships to Syrian refugees, Vancouver Animation School (VANAS), Varner Productions Limited

Stunt Performer Basic Training will be given over February 27th and 28th in Parry Sound by Muskoka North Film Studios, MFM announces. Learn reactions, basic disarms, and more ordinary stuff like resumé writing and union

News Before the Weekend: KFF, Free Workshop, Portrait Screening

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Kamloops Film Festival, Kamloops Film Festival (KFF), Kamloops Independent Short Shots, KFF, Portrait of a Serial Monogamist, Reel Diverse film workshop

Brendan Kergin of infotel.ca writes that the Kamloops Film Festival is honouring its 20th year with 20 feature films. The KFF will be going from March 3 to March 12 and is considered one of

News Round II: Cardinal Cast, New Film Fest, Importing Crew

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016Today's Top StoriesAlanna Bale, Billy Campbell, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Cardinal, Deborah Hay, festivals, Hudson Festival of Canadian Films, International Mobility Program (IMP), Karine Vanasse, Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), Room, Sleeping Giant

(Via CNW) Cardinal, the new CTV and Super Écran character-driven crime drama based on the award-winning novel Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt, has begun production. Six serialized one-hour episodes will be shot in

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