Events
Canada’s got some exciting Asian premieres and several international premieres at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), whose 24th edition is coming up from October 3 to 12, 2019! With 299 films being showcased from 85 countries, it’s no wonder BIFF is regarded as a leading festival in Asia! Let’s take a closer look…
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Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to TIFF opener Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band ahead of its opening night world premiere slot on Thursday.
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Belgian sales company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired worldwide rights excluding the US and Canada on The Twentieth Century, the feature debut of Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin.
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Voltage Pictures has launched worldwide sales excluding Canada on The Rest Of Us starring Heather Graham, which receives its world premiere in TIFF Discovery tomorrow.
screendaily.comMatthew Rankin’s first film uses the former Prime Minister as an avatar to explore the anxieties associated with duty and honour, shame and sex.
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Starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth, Canadian François Girard’s historical drama “The Song of Names” will close the 67th San Sebastian Festival on Sept. 28. World premiering at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival as a Gala Presentation, “The Song of Names” will play out of competition at what will be its international premiere.
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If you’re a producer with a script that’s ripe and ready for coproduction, or an international broadcaster, producer, distributor, funding agency, or sales agent seeking projects, look no further than FIN Partners! Going strong for 22 years and counting, this coproduction market takes place during the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia….
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Every year, Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival is a must on the international festival circuit! At the fest’s upcoming 67th edition, which takes place from September 20 to 28, 2019, Canada’s got three features in the spotlight (including the festival’s official Closing Night Film) plus a special award for Canadian icon Donald Sutherland! Competing in San…
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Birks , the official jewelry sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Telefilm Canada today announced the honourees for the annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film. The Tribute, taking place on Wednesday, September 4 at a luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel, celebrates Canada’s diverse film landscape by way of its storytellers on both…
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Oscilloscope Laboratories acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s debut feature, The Twentieth Century, a film that will make its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a rollout to digital platforms.
deadline.comWith the 44th Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner from September 5 to 15, 2019, we can’t wait to welcome the world to Canada for this major film fest, which brings the industry’s top players, talent, and projects to Toronto. (Of course, Canada will be going big at TIFF, ready to support and…
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Canadian talent is shining bright this summer on the international festival circuit, and Quebec filmmaker Denis Côté is no stranger to festival success abroad. Following the Berlinale world premiere of his film Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) earlier this year, Wilcox, the New Brunswick-born director’s new 66-minute indie film, is confirmed to premiere…
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For the first time in its history, the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a Canadian-made documentary.
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New details about Marvel’s first Chinese hero were revealed at San Diego’s Comic-Con Saturday, including who the lead actor will be — and he’s Canadian. Simu Liu, known for his role as Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience, will star in the highly-anticipated superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ genre streaming service, has picked up U.S., UK/Ireland, and Australia/NZ rights to zombie thriller Blood Quantum from XYZ Films.
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It’s no secret that Canada loves coproduction, and the Frontières International Co-production Market is all about encouraging and supporting collaboration and coproduction between Canadian and European genre filmmakers and industry pros! How? Frontières puts together three annual events for genre projects at different stages of development. There’s one in Cannes; one that travels; and the…
Read moreAs the Croisette welcomes buyers on the lookout for hot arthouse, genre, fiction and documentary titles, Screen profiles a selection of this year’s need-to-know projects. XYZ Films will show a promo of Blood Quantum, which stars Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Forrest Goodluck.
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It’s spring, which means film festival season is in full swing! Canada’s next stop is the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which happens from June 10 to 15, 2019 in the French city of the same name, and its market component, Mifa, from June 11 to 14. Canadians will be making waves at both the…
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Canadians heading to Cannes will be in good hands this year with Telefilm Canada’s delegation who will be present at the Festival de Cannes to facilitate networking; particularly when it comes to export and coproduction, participate in events and represent in all the right places. From May 14 to 23, 2019, please join us at…
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Seven of the world’s foremost festivals dedicated to, or with strong traditions of highlighting genre cinema, have banded together to form the Fantastic 7, an initiative which sees each bring one project to be pitched at the Cannes Film Market.
variety.comXYZ Films will handle worldwide sales (except Canada) on zombie thriller Blood Quantum, which they also executive produced, at the upcoming Cannes Marché. Directed and written by Mi’gmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, the movie stars actor Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Forrest Goodluck.
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For the second year in a row, Montreal-based production company St Laurent Web (St Laurent TV) has a series in the official selection at Canneseries.
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Taking place in Cannes, France, from April 8 to 11, 2019, MIPTV is all about making global connections to help you develop, co-produce, finance, sell, or acquire awesome TV, digital, and audiovisual content projects. With more than 10,000 participants hailing from 100 countries at last year’s event, it’s pretty clear that this international content market…
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Canada is part of five films selected for the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival, which takes place from March 18 to April 1, 2019. And from March 18 to 21, we’ll be waiting for you at our Canada Pavilion at Hong Kong FILMART market! Click here for all the info on our market presence…
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