Today's Top Stories Archives

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Storytelling, Funding, Partying, and a Musical T-Rex

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, Cineflix Media, David Duchovny, Main Television Production Assistance Program (MPAP), Property Brothers, Quebecor Fund, SMPIA, Ty the T-REX, X-Files

(Via PRNewswire) Back on the X-Files trail and on the cover of Montecristo magazine, David Duchovny gets down to the basics of the whole entertainment industry: “[Y]ou’re telling a story or you’re entertaining people—or both,

Moblees, Mountain, Manitoba.

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015Today's Top Stories1200+, Bell Media Winnipeg, canada film industry news today, documentary, Joe Balass, Power Pitch, The Moblees, Whistler Film Festival

Sara Alessi of Worldscreen writes announcing that the Second Season of The Moblees has begun production. Produced by Shaftesbury and Boulevard, The Moblees is a live action kids’ show encouraging physical activity. The series is currently

Snicket Casting, Whistler Must-Sees, Crowdfunding Student, Killjoys Return

December 3, 2015December 3, 2015Today's Top StoriesA Series of Unfortunate Events, canada film industry news today, casting call, David Rawlings, Killjoys, Netflix, Netflix original series, Space, Toronto Film School, WFF, Whistler Film Festival

(Via CNW) There’s an international casting call out for two young actors to star in the upcoming Netflix original series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Characters are Violet, a “not-too-mature 14-year-old” (though

News: Blood And Water, After the Last River,

December 2, 2015December 2, 2015Today's Top StoriesAfter the Last River, Blood and Water, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, cbc, documentary, KidPoker

Patrick Frater of Variety.com says that even though episodes are still airing, Blood And Water is being renewed for a new season. Having completed funding, the mystery drama series is set to start shooting in

Films of Everyday Syria, Residential School Voices, and a 13-Year Commercial Break

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015Today's Top StoriesAbounaddara, Barbara Cranmer's Our Voices Our Stories, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, CraveTV, CTV, documentary, The X-Files

The Vancouver Courier has a piece on Abounaddara, “an anonymous collective of volunteer, self-taught artists whose weekly short films offer a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Syrians.” The films offer an alternative view to the

Northern Casting and Discoverability

November 30, 2015January 3, 2018Today's Top Storiesaudition Northern Ontario, Billy Campbell, CTV series Cardinal, Discoverability Summit, Disorderly Conduct, En route to the Discoverability Summit, Hallmark movie, Karine Vanasse, MFM

Apply now (by 2:00 today) if you’d like a chance to audition for Disorderly Conduct, a Hallmark movie about two urbanites doing community service in ranching country (and only making things worse while they “serve”).

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