by francis on February 5, 2010
As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games ends, Canadian broadcaster CTV will debut 3 new original TV series. Starting March 1, CTV will debut its comedy block on Monday nights to 2 hours including the new series “Hiccups” and “Dan For Mayor”.
Both comedies will be joined by Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. On March 5, CTV’s new 60m cop drama series “The Bridge from E1″ will debut. “The Bridge” will move to its regular time slot of Fridays at 10p beginning March 13 on CTV.
by Benjamin D Klein on February 2, 2010
by Geoff on December 25, 2009
by Geoff on December 16, 2009
Toronto’s Cinespace is developing a 30-acre complex in the western part of the city, with 50,000 square feet of production offices available now and studio space in early 2010.
The new acquisition will make the company Canada’s largest provider of film studio space, according to Cinespace prexy Steve Mirkopoulous.
Cinespace operates its flagship studio in Toronto’s east end, where “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and “Saw 7″ are in production.
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by Geoff on December 11, 2009
4-day event in 2011 marks first North American venue for film festival
Toronto will be the first North American city to be host of Bollywood’s version of the Oscars in 2011, a clear nod to the increasing pop-culture clout wielded by the region’s large and growing South Asian community.
News of the four-day event, announced in Mumbai Wednesday by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, is a sign of the ethnic broadening of the city’s already solid position as a mainstream cinema powerhouse, observers said.
…They not only consume Bollywood movies and music, but have spawned a satellite film industry of their own, complete with acting classes and costume shops in the suburbs west of the city.
…The credibility of the International Indian Film Academy Awards, which is expected to draw 500 top players in Indian film, 40,000 visitors to Toronto and a global television audience of more than 350 million, should provide a substantial push toward that goal.
See entire article on The Globe and Mail.
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by francis on December 11, 2009
The Canadian Film Centre has launched the CFC North-South Marketplace
The Canadian Film Centre has launched the North-South Marketplace to promote US ties.
The Copyright Collective Of Canada is supporting the venture, which will use Canadian Film Centre community of filmmakers and industry professionals to broker creative, business exchanges and development assistance between Canadian talent and industry professionals in the United States.
An advisory board of Canadian and US production and studio executives will be on hand to offer guidance. As part of the CFC North-South Marketplace, online contest The Reel Challenge: Make Your Own Movie will launch in early December.
Canadian filmmakers will be encouraged to submit a film spot that addresses the importance of content protection in a compelling way. The winner will receive a $10,000 prize and second and third placed entries will each collect $2,500.
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by francis on December 11, 2009
by Geoff on December 7, 2009
Canada’s Top 10 films revealed
The three Quebec pics that repped Canada at this year’s Cannes Film Festival are among the films selected by the Toronto Intl. … They are Denis Cote’s experimental docudrama “Carcasses,” 20-year-old writer-director Xavier Dolan’s gay-themed dramedy “I Killed My Mother” and seasoned helmer Denis Villeneuve’s “Polytechnique,” based on the true story of a Montreal university shooting spree in December 1989.
…There will be public screenings of the pics and Q&A sessions with the filmmakers between Jan. 14 and Jan. 21 at the Toronto Intl.
…”By screening the top 10 selections at (the) Cinematheque and in cities around the country, we provide a unique opportunity for the public to see the best films of the year.
…The list includes Montreal director Jacob Tierney’s Montreal-shot “The Trotsky,” which toplines Jay Baruchel in a high school comedy; Matthew Bissonnette’s L.A.-set road movie “Passenger Side”; and Alexandre Franchi’s “The Wild Hunt.”
…The Toronto Film Festival’s Top Ten was chosen by a panel of 10 filmmakers, journalists, programmers and industryites, including helmer Jerry Ciccoritti, author Tom McSorley and producer Nicole Robert.
See the complete article in Variety
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by Geoff on December 6, 2009
by Geoff on November 29, 2009
TAFTA’s National Actors Intensive in Melbourne
An exhausting, but incredibly rewarding week.
In five days and one evening (58 hours) this intensive course will give you what no other course in Australia can do. You will spend 5 x 4 hr sessions with some of Australia’s most respected currently working Film & TV Producers and Directors.
You will also spend 7 x 4 hr sessions with some of Australia’s best known and respected Casting Directors. You will have the opportunity to perform for all of them and receive an instant evaluation of your work.
You will also spend 4 hrs with Melissa Agnew (Phd), who will conduct a voice evaluation and corrective class. Melissa is one of the best and most qualified voice teachers in Australia. Your work load will be huge with masses of work to prepare. A piece and or scene will have to be learnt for each Producer, Director, Casting Director and Melissa Agnew.
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