Lyle Goodwin made his first feature over a period of eight years and along the way, climbed a mountain. To understand the journey you must first know your destination. Growing up on Chuck Norris, Stallone
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SIM Pulls Out (of NS), Soo Pulls In (Canadian Films), Mountain Men Released
The SIM Group, which provides gear to film productions, is pulling out of Nova Scotia because, as COO John DeBoer tells the CBC, “Halifax is having the worst year it’s ever had,” as far as
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AD Needed in Northern Ontario; Filmmakers Do It Themselves in Nova Scotia
MFM has posted an urgent call for a Third Assistant Director for St Nickel, filming in Sudbury. This person needs to be bilingual — you can find other details on the posting here. Also from
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If you missed DOXA, as we somehow did (our festival coverage guy’s been needed in front of the camera), there are still the Best of DOXA screenings featuring an encore presentation of four films from
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Filmmaker Paul Plett (also an amateur musician) thought it was strange nobody had ever made a documentary about the world of Canadian folk music — so he decided to do it himself. Northern Folk will
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Future of the NS Film Industry: Facts and Opinions
What exactly has happened in Nova Scotia? Starting with exactly what the new rules mean, here’s a roundup of fact and opinion from several sources. The legal experts at Mondaq.com sum it up as: “Primarily,
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