Lots of news coming out about TIFF today . . . Finalists have been announced for Telefilm Canada’s PITCH THIS! challenge, which will take place September 13th. (Back in June, we told you about The
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Le Dep, Canadian Evolution, Indie Dystopia, The Night Shift
Filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau, whose first dramatic feature film, Le Dep, opens in theatres Friday (after screening as the closing film for Montreal First Peoples Festival or Présence Autochtone), talks to The Montreal Gazette’s Brendan Kelly
Continue ReadingPrize for Pretend [We’re Kissing], No Vote for Sutherland, New Creators for Much,Events at TIFF
Pretend We’re Kissing won best first-time director/feature film at the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival last month, InsideToronto reports via The York Guardian’s Dominik Kurek. The unconventional rom-com by Matt Sadowski is part of the
Continue ReadingWine, Roses, Starlight, and Other Film News
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
Continue ReadingBreaking: Agreement in Nova Scotia (and More)
After a string of meetings between the Nova Scotia government and screen industry reps, they’ve reached a general consensus and agreement on tax credits, the CBC tells us. Though the details are not all worked
Continue ReadingFrom Cannes to Waterloo (ON): 4 Canadian Film Stories
The Cannes Film Festival has announced more selections — this time, for the jury, which will include Canada’s own Xavier Dolan and “honourary Torontonian” Guillermo del Toro, reports The Kingston Whig-Standard. Dolan’s film Mommy, of
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