11•30 EventsMIPCOM 2018MIPCOM 2018 highlights Canada was shining bright at MIPCOM this year. With 579 Canadians in attendance at this important international market dedicated to financing, co-production, acquisitions and sales of audiovisual content on all platforms, let’s revisit some highlights of Canada’s success at the event! MIPCOM 2018 took place last month in Cannes, France, and hosted some 13,800 delegates… Read more
11•29 EventsClermont-Ferrand 2019Honours for Canada at Clermont-Ferrand Canada will take centre stage at the upcoming 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which takes place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from February 1 to 9, 2019. We’ll be honoured as the Invited Country: O Canada! at this year’s festival! With competitions, screenings, and its Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand is considered to be one of the industry’s most prestigious short film fests. Read more
11•28 SpotlightSuccessHumanitas Prize: ‘Black Panther’, ‘This Is Us’ Among Nominations Canadians Graham Yost and Moira Walley-Beckett have been nominated for an HUMANITAS Prize, which honours screenwriters whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family, for The Grizzlies. The film, which premiered at TIFF 2018, is the inspiring true story based on a group of Inuit students in the small Arctic town of Kugluktuk who find hope through the sport lacrosse. deadline.com
11•20 SpotlightJasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers lands U.S. distribution Jasmin Mozaffari’s debut feature Firecrackers has landed U.S. distribution with L.A.-based Good Deed Entertainment. The coming-of-age drama made its world premiere in the Discovery program at TIFF ’18 and will now be released theatrically in the U.S. in 2019. It is produced by Caitlin Grabham of Prowler Films alongside Kristy Neville of Wildling Pictures. playbackonline.ca
11•20 Success‘Firecrackers,’ ‘Skate Kitchen’ Win Top Awards at Female-Centric Stockholm Film Festival Jasmin Mozaffari’s “Firecrackers” and Crystal Moselle’s “Skate Kitchen,” a pair of bold and timely North American features, won best film and best debut at the 29th edition of the Stockholm Film Festival, whose awards were almost entirely scooped by female talents. variety.com
11•16 EventsXYZ Films finds benefit in alternative sales platform at Los Cabos XYZ Films continues to explore Los Cabos International Film Festival as an alternative launch pad for sales and has reported a strong turnout for a private buyers screening of post-apocalyptic thriller Riot Girls. screendaily.com
11•13 SpotlightWell Go USA Pre-Buys Andrea Riseborough-Christopher Abbot Sci-Fi ‘Possessor’ Well Go USA has struck a deal with Arclight Films for U.S. rights to Brandon Cronenberg’s (Antiviral) upcoming sophomore sci-fi thriller Possessor, I can reveal. As we broke in Cannes, the film is due to star Andrea Riseborough (The Death Of Stalin) and Christopher Abbot (Catch 22). deadline.com
11•13 SuccessLos Cabos: ‘Genesis,’ ’Feral,’ ’Neza,’ ‘Labor’ Win Big at Top Mexican Fest “Genesis” scored at a busy Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, given star gravitas by Spike Lee, Adam Driver and Terry Gilliam and whose hard-driving industry news flow, especially from the robust young Mexican industry belied Los Cabos initial positioning as a post-AFM chill out. variety.com
11•09 EventsDakota Fanning to star in refugee story ‘Sweetness In The Belly’ for HanWay (exclusive) Dakota Fanning has signed up to play the lead in refugee story Sweetness In The Belly for director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. Principal photography gets underway this week in Dublin and will continue in Ethiopia including the UNESCO world heritage site Harar Jugol. Further cast include Wunmi Mosaku and Kunal Nayyar. screendaily.com
11•09 Events“Every Film Must Be Something That Has Never Been Done Before”: AFM Indie Director Roundtable Five helmers from around the world and across the genre spectrum discuss finding inspiration in true stories, the financial and artistic challenges in getting their movies made, the impact of #MeToo a year on and whether indie film as we know it has a future. hollywoodreporter.com
11•08 SuccessKim Nguyen’s ‘The Hummingbird Project’ Flies To The Orchard – Toronto The Orchard has taken U.S. rights to Kim Nguyen’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere drama The Hummingbird Project which tells the story of the Zaleski cousins, played by Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Emmy-Golden Globe winner Alexander Skarsgård, who ambitiously abandon their high-frequency day-trading NYC jobs to build a fiber optic line from New Jersey to Kansas. deadline.com
11•07 SuccessToronto Pic ‘Giant Little Ones’ Acquired By Vertical Entertainment Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giant Little Ones, the coming-of-age drama from Canadian director Keith Behrman that had its world premiere earlier this fall as a Toronto Film Festival special presentation. The plan is for a March 2019 platform theatrical release. deadline.com
11•01 Must readSpotlightFirst-Look Image From ‘The Song of Names,’ Starring Clive Owen, Tim Roth (EXCLUSIVE) Variety has been given exclusive access to the first-look image from “The Song of Names,” starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth. HanWay Films is selling the film at the American Film Market. variety.com
10•31 EventsSpotlightCanadian genre movies to catch for Halloween Get spooky this Halloween with Canadian horror films, past, present, and future – many of which are available on the Rendezvous Canada iTunes store. From surprisingly Canadian hits like Robin Aubert’s Les Affamés to the Soska sisters’ upcoming remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid, Canada may have a reputation for being nice, but we know how… Read more
10•30 EventsSpotlightCanadian cinema hits the road This coming January, some of Canada’s very best movies are hitting the road! First stop in 2019 will be six cities in China followed by launches in March in Mexico and the US before heading over the pond to the UK in April. The cinematic tour is part of Telefilm’s Canada Now initiative that brings… Read more
10•30 SpotlightSuccessHave a Cronenberg Halloween While there’s no wrong time to be bewitched by a David Cronenberg film, the onset of Halloween just might add some extra fright to the occasion, as the Toronto-born filmmaker is considered to be one of Canada’s most provocative directors and the King of Body Horror. But fear not! Head to Rendezvous Canada iTunes store… Read more
10•30 SpotlightSuccessIt’s an international autumn for Canadian film! Autumn in Canada means watching the leaves change, eating crispy apples, and let’s face it, getting ready for winter. But although temperatures at home are getting cooler, our Canadian talent is heating the international film festivals this season! Already this October, Canadian cinema was especially well-represented at the Busan International Film Festival, where Canada had… Read more
10•30 Must read5 Must-Know Facts on Telefilm’s International Marketing and Festival Participation Program From Berlin to Sundance, Cannes, Venice, and so many more, we love seeing Canadian productions making waves around the world. For both your project and the audiovisual industry in general, we know how important it is for Canadian films to have a presence at international film festivals and coproduction forums. By being present at these… Read more
10•29 SuccessPhilippe Lesage’s ‘Genesis’ Sweeps Spain’s Valladolid Festival MADRID — Making good on the largely overlooked achievement of debut feature “The Demons,” Québécois Philippe Lesage’s “Genesis” swept the 63rd Valladolid Intl. Film Festival, winning its top Golden Spike, director and actor on Saturday. variety.com
10•17 EventsSpotlightJoshua Bell Performs ‘The Red Violin’ Score Live In NY Philharmonic Concert Series Starting Tonight forbes.com
10•15 EventsSpotlightMIPCOM 2018Canadian Producers to Take Part in MIPCOM Panel The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada, with CBC/Radio-Canada, are hosting a group of Canadians who lead some of the country’s major production companies during a session this week in Cannes. worldscreen.com
10•09 EventsSpotlightBusan: Asian Film Market Kicks Off With Huge Spike in Participants hollywoodreporter.com
09•27 EventsMIPCOM 2018Showbizz Success Panel at MIPCOM If you’re going to MIPCOM, we’ve got a great chance to learn about some of what it takes to succeed internationally within today’s shifting media landscape, thanks to the experience of a few leaders of Canadian audiovisual companies! Organized by Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, and CBC/Radio-Canada to shine a light on successful Canadian businesses,… Read more
09•26 SpotlightCanada’s Oscar pick! Emerging Canadian talent is already making waves towards the upcoming Academy Awards with the film selected to represent Canada this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category being the directorial debut of a female filmmaker from Quebec! The film chosen by the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee to represent Canada in this category will be… Read more
