TIFF may be just beginning, but The National Post’s Chris Knight has already seen about 30 of the films. Of course, that’s only about a tenth of them . . . He recommends five and
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Exclusive – Eight Years To Climb A Mountain Part II
When Lyle Goodwin finished his first feature eight years from the beginning, he felt he’d just climbed a mountain. The journey, the struggles, the persistence to keep pushing on and the gumption to never quit
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Exclusive – Eight Years to Climb A Mountain Part 1
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
Continue ReadingAD 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
Continue ReadingFour Announcements and a List of Names
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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