TIFF‘s City to City programme is going to be focused on the city of Lagos in Nigeria. Over 1000 low budget films are made each year in Nigeria, known sometimes as Nollywood. Each year over
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A Beautiful Planet, A CMT Offer, A VanChan Season, A Rain City Winner
(via CNW) In the Ontario Science Theatre, IMAX will be releasing a new space documentary on April 29. Toni Myers’ A Beautiful Planet will showcase footage of astronauts overlooking Earth and this documentary will also describe
Continue ReadingCorus Takeover, TJFF Awards, New TV Series in Production
Well, it’s finally been settled. Corus has acquired Shaw Media, as announced on shawmedia.ca corusent.com. With Shaw Media containing 19 different sections of entertainment, such as Food Network Canada, BBC Canada, and many more unique
Continue ReadingBad News, Good News, for Canadian Producers
(Via CNW) “Today’s CRTC decision [to okay the buying of Shaw Media by Corus Entertainment] sends a shiver down the spine of Canada’s independent producers,” says Reynolds Mastin, President and CEO, the Canadian Media Producers
Continue ReadingFilmmaker for a Night in Regina?
Behind the Screen: A Night at the Soundstage is a free, all ages, come-and-go event in Regina on Wednesday (November 25th), that invites people to “Meet Saskatchewan’s most talented filmmaking professionals and try your hand
Continue ReadingCrew Call and Two from Telefilm
MFM announces an urgent crew call for labourers tomorrow and Saturday, loading and unloading in Sudbury and Toronto and traveling in between. As you can guess, this is an all-day job and you need to
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