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Like many other happenings on the industry circuit, in light of the global pandemic, MIPTV has revamped its format to offer an online event this year—with a huge Canadian delegation that’s ready to make virtual waves! That’s right, more than 125 Canadian participants and 60 companies have registered for this online edition of Digital MIPTV,…
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Until the end of the summer, Telefilm Canada’s presence at festivals and markets around the world will be exclusively online. In light of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, our physical presence at international festivals and markets will continue to be suspended until August 31, 2021. Canada will continue to have a strong and robust online…
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A Canadian filmmaker is among this year’s Oscar contenders, going for the win in the Documentary (Short Subject) category! Halifax, Nova Scotia-born Ben Proudfoot, along with Kris Bowers, snagged an Academy Award nomination for A Concerto Is a Conversation. The 13-minute doc follows Bowers—a renowned, award-winning American musician and composer—on an intimate conversational journey into…
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Two Canadian projects scored wins at the fifth edition of the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate (JETS for short), an annual pitching and networking initiative in which six Canadian projects were selected to take part this year! It all happened online, February 16 and 17, 2021. In the name of coproduction, the JETS initiative connects filmmakers…
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The call for entries was made, and from coast to coast, Canadian doc producers answered. Discover your RDVCANADA | Meet the Docs 2021 cohort taking part in this six-month online mentorship initiative! Hot on the heels of the Meet the Series program, RDVCANADA | Meet the Docs kicked off March 15 and runs through October…
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As SXSW Online kicks off March 16 through 20, 2021, we’ve got updates on Canada’s virtual presence at the festival, with a spotlight on two Online Booths, loaded with programming you won’t want to miss! imagineNATIVE Media + Arts Festival First up, the biggest Indigenous film festival in the world will have an Online Booth…
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The winners of the Berlin International Film Festival will be screened for audiences in the German capital in June. The Berlin International Film Festival has fixed the dates for its planned in-person event in the German capital this summer.
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Deer recently made her narrative feature debut co-writing and directing the coming-of-age film “Beans,” which captures a young Mohawk girl’s experiences during the 1990s Oka Crisis. The feature debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also screened at the Berlin Film Festival, after which FilmRise acquired the U.S. distribution rights.
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The filmmaker discusses how the copro came together, what’s next and where he’d like to see Timelapse Pictures in the future.
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“Best Sellers,” a Berlinale Special Gala screener and debut feature from Lina Roessler, has scored deals from major territories, which were announced by film’s sales outfit Foresight Unlimited at the European Film Market.
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The breadth of Canada’s cinematic talent can be seen and felt at festivals and markets worldwide — our films are hits on the international circuit! Our content routinely scoops up major awards, rave reviews, and business opportunities galore. Latest Canadian films selected in festivals around the world (January and February 2021): Akilla’s Escape (Victoria…
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As the SXSW Film Festival heads online for 2021, Canadian content and talent are fully in the mix, with awesome projects in competition. We’ve got four features, an episodic series, three interactive VR projects, loads of shorts, a music video and more. It’s all taking place from March 16 through 20, 2021 (as part of…
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Canada will be at the Berlinale virtually, taking place online March 1 through 5, 2021, and we’re excited to take part in some amazing initiatives within major international industry platforms. We’ve got 20 producers at Producers without Borders, 12 films in our Perspective Canada market screenings, 10 Canadian talents at Berlinale Talents, and much more!…
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With world premieres, features, coproductions, and shorts, Canada will be there in fine form this year as the 71st Berlin International Film Festival reinvents its format. The industry platforms European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents will take place online March 1 through 5, 2021. From June 9 to 20, the festival is…
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In competition at the virtual festival is Martin Edralin’s narrative feature Islands, Jennifer Holness’ doc Subjects of Desire and CBC Gem series For the Record.
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Following hard on the heels of the film’s selection for this year’s Berlin Film Festival Encounters section, director Denis Côté has shared a first trailer for his new movie “Social Hygiene,” the latest from the Canadian director who won a Silver Bear for 2013’s “Vic+Flo Saw a Bear.”
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Last month, we introduced you to the first six Canadian producers selected to participate in the new RDVCANADA initiative | Meet the Series 2020-2021! Ready to meet the full set of participants of this exciting online program? First, a quick recap This six-month program strives to help our participants develop their series projects for international…
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Short films will take the spotlight at the 43rd Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, taking place this year as an online event, January 29 through February 6, 2021, alongside the Short Film Market from February 1 to 5! Canada will be at both fest and market, with six shorts in competition (including two coproductions); a…
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Photo credit: Angela Gzowski Photography As a global leader in coproduction, Canada’s proud to be a member of Eurimages, the cultural support fund of Europe. Let’s review last year’s highlights, plus all you need to know about this coming year. 1) First things first: Three Canadian coproductions received Eurimages funding in 2020! That makes…
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Every Day’s Like This, a short film written and directed by Lev Lewis, is part of both Telefilm Canada’s Not Short on Talent programme at the 2021 Clermont-Ferrand Market and has been selected at the International Short Film Festival itself. Emotional yet understated, the film is a simple moment spent with a small family as…
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What is the special magic that forms family bonds? How, if ever, are these bonds severed? As I screened dozens and dozens of exciting short films submitted to Telefilm for the Clermont-Ferrand 2021 Short Film Market, I found myself taking in many nuanced looks at the infinite intricacies of family relationships — the highs, the…
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Bruce LaBruce’s queer comedy fantasy “Saint-Narcisse” has been sold by the Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever to the U.S., along with a string of other key territories.
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French sales company Wide Management has boarded Charles Officer’s crime-noir “Akilla’s Escape,” which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is headlined by poet-musician-actor Saul Williams, who also collaborated with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack to create the original score.
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The star of CTV’s Transplant has emerged as one of Canadian television’s leading lights, garnering international acclaim and shifting the way Muslims have historically been portrayed on screen.
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