The Road Behind, just named a finalist in Telefilm’s Micro-Budget Production Program for 2016-2017, is directed by Kelton Stepanowich (the Alberta-based team also includes Derek Vermillion [writer)], Eric Janvier [producer]). When we talked to him
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STUDIO Selectees, Casting Directors Call for Diversity, and Erasing Eden
Congratulations to the 12 writer-directors selected for this year’s STUDIO, TIFF’s year-round professional development industry program. These “emerging and mid-career professionals“ will get the chance to learn from their peers and distinguished figures in the
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Booming productivity in the industry again! TIFF‘s programme STUDIO has 12 writer-directors selected to learn special techniques, (via Corus) A new drama series about two negotiators is coming out, (via PRNewswire) City has recently announced its
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MADD, TIFF, and Questioning CanCon
(Via Marketwired) It’s another movie about the end of the world — but in this one, that’s the name of a bush party three teens decide to go to. The work, 24 Hours, is not
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Newscast: LetterKenny, TIFF, Borealis (Video)
Newscast is a little different due to a power failure and me going to an office where I’m not allowed to blab about the latest topics of film. Bell Media has announced Letterkenny goes into
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More on TIFF’s Summer
TIFF’s summer lineup features creative works from all over — but many of them are homegrown. Here’s just a sampling. The Canadian Open Vault program, a series of free screenings of Canadian classics, opens on
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