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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

New Outlook from Joly, New Voices from NSI, New Fest in ON

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015Today's Top Stories11/22/63, Cincecoup, Computer Hearts, Dionne Copland, Hollywood North Film Festival, J. Joly, National Screen Institute, NSI, Turner Stewart

The hazards of filming in Canada . . . the CBC has the story of the guy on the motorized bike “allegedly carrying crystal meth” who was arrested for riding onto the set of 11/22/63

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Wine, Roses, Starlight, and Other Film News

May 22, 2015May 22, 2015Today's Top StoriesAndrew Cividino, Cannes, Celluloid Social Club, Jeff Peller, Mackenzie Gray, National Screen Institute, National Screen Institute’s Online Short Film Festival, NSI, The Days Of Wine And Roses, The Starlight Heis, TIFF

The National Screen Institute’s Online Short Film Festival is accepting entries until Monday, July 13, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. CST. There’s $4000 in cash awards — read all about it at the NSI site. We’re a little late

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Calgarians, Cannes, and the Candidate

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015Today's Top StoriesAlly Was Screaming, BUT CAN THEY ACT?, Chris Lloyd, City Cinema, MINI Canada, Movie Central Script to Screen, Music Icons in Film, National Screen Institute, nationwide film rating system

We don’t have a nationwide film rating system, but Ontario’s Minister of Consumer Affairs, David Orazietti, thinks we should, CTV reports. In fact, Orazietti “wants to change the Ontario Film Review Board into the Ontario

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Storyhive Reviews: The Dismantled, Press Pause

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015Web SeriesNational Screen Institute, NSI, Storyhive, Telus Storyhive, web series

Two more of the currently trending concepts pitched for Storyhive, the web series competition you can vote on: The Dismantled (Vancouver/Victoria) – This show is all about a disabled man who finds a way to

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4 Coming Events in and Around Canadian Film

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015Today's Top Storiesfilm Being Canadian, Hot Docs, National Screen Institute, NSI, Rob Cohen, Storyhive, Sunrise Film Festival, Vittorio Rossi The Envelope

What the news for filmmakers and filmgoers in Canada comes down to today: The Canadian film industry comes to . . . live theatre. Montreal playwright Vittorio Rossi has had five different screen projects “lost

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5 Canada Film Stories for First Weds in DST

March 11, 2015March 11, 2015Today's Top StoriesBe The Change, BravoFACT, Do Not Track, Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, Harold Crooks, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Hot Docs Short Film Pitch, National Film Board, National Screen Institute, Northernstars, NSI Totally Television, Storyscapes, The Price We Pay, today's top stories, Tribeca Film Festival

(Formerly Daily Rushes — I always felt a little weird about that name. — Ed.) This year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will feature something new, courtesy of Bell Media’s BravoFACT (Foundation to Assist

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