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
09•20 Must readSuccessOscarsChien de garde is Canada’s Oscar hopeful in category of best foreign language film Sophie Dupuis’ Chien de garde, which goes by the title Family First in English, has been chosen to represent Canada in the category of best foreign language film for the 2019 Oscars. cbc.ca
09•17 SuccessTIFF 2018Audentia Award for Best Female Director is revealed at TIFF The 2018 Audentia Award, presented by the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund and the Toronto International Film Festival, honoured top female directors at the Festival. Read more
09•13 SpotlightSuccessPlayback’s 2018 Hall of Fame: Atom Egoyan You could call Atom Egoyan the Peter Pan of Canadian indie cinema. At 58 and after nearly 35 years in the biz, he has not noticeably aged, nor has his passion to create dimmed. Of course, the world of his movies is darker than Neverland – marked by tragedy, loss, and obsession. playbackonline.ca
09•13 EventsTIFF 2018Tokenizing the Film Industry A look at how blockchains impact content financing, promotion, and revenues. Tokenization is a central process in blockchain technologies and can be applied to various industries, allowing producers and rights holders to create value and monetize content or related assets. TIFF.net
09•07 Must readTIFF 2018A Cultural Shift: Funders Commit to a Safe and Respectful Workplace To support a culture of respect, dignity and inclusivity, free from any form of harassment, a recent collaborative initiative brings together key investors in Canada’s creative industries from coast to coast to coast, who have all committed to these guiding principles on harassment. These 13 industry partners, all funders committed to the vibrancy of our… Read more
09•07 SpotlightTIFF 2018Canadian Women front and centre at TIFF We’re proud that Canada is at the forefront of the global movement to ensure gender parity in the industry. For example, many of Canada’s initiatives at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival spotlight our female filmmakers, such as the Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film (in partnership with Telefilm Canada). There will… Read more
09•06 SpotlightSuccessTIFF 2018TIFF 2018: Two decades into Canadian filmmaking, queer-cinema icon Thom Fitzgerald stops to smell the apples A lived-in drama that is as playful as it is weighty (and featuring an all-Atlantic Canadian cast), Splinters focuses on a young queer woman’s relationship with her mother in the wake of her father’s death. globeandmail.com
09•04 SpotlightSuccessP.E.I. filmmaker receives women’s director mentorship The mentorship program is supported by Women In Film & Television (Toronto) and the Directors Guild of Canada in Ontario. www.cbc.ca
08•29 SpotlightVenice 2018Canada’s biggest hits on iTunes The best Canadian films all in one place It’s easier to find, discover, and fall in love with Canadian cinema wherever you are than ever before with the Rendezvous Canada iTunes store – an exclusive promotional boutique. First available to Canadian consumers, Rendezvous Canada iTunes is now available in four other lucky countries: Germany, United… Read more
08•22 EventsTIFF 2018Time for TIFF 2018! Heading to TIFF from September 6 to 16? So are we! Save us a seat right beside you, as Canada’s got a full slate planned to keep you busy and excited about Canadian films, with a spotlight on Canadian talent to encourage the export of our content around the world. Get your first taste of… Read more
08•22 Must readSpotlightChrista Dickenson named new Executive Director at Telefilm Christa Dickenson has been appointed Telefilm Canada Executive Director, as announced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Ms. Dickenson’s mandate took effect on July 30, 2018, for a five year term. Ms. Dickenson was previously President and CEO of Interactive Ontario and has worked for over 20 years as a marketing executive in the broadcast,… Read more
08•22 Must readFive Fast Answers About Telefilm’s Export Assistance Program Are you a distribution company that’s acquired the exploitation rights to a Canadian feature film in selected territories? You might be eligible for financial support to promote your theatrical release! Through Telefilm’s Export Assistance Program, distribution companies operating abroad can receive up to $90,000 towards the marketing of their film. Intrigued? We’ve got some fast,… Read more
08•20 SpotlightTIFF 2018Eye on TIFF: An international Cancon preview Hey there, Paris, London, Los Angeles, and New York! Some of Canada’s hottest upcoming films are coming for you! This August 22 (New York, Paris) and 23 (Los Angeles, London), Telefilm Canada’s Eye on TIFF events will offer coveted sneak peeks of anticipated Canadian releases making their world premieres at the 2018 Toronto International Film… Read more
08•20 EventsVenice 2018Features, docs, and lifetime achievements in Venice Canada’s presence in Venice this year is something to write home about! We’re very excited about the lifetime achievement award that will be delivered to one of Canada’s most renowned filmmakers at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, from August 29 to September 8, 2018. We’re also looking forward to the world premiere of a… Read more
08•07 SpotlightIt’s an Atlantic filmmaking summer! It’s a superb season for Atlantic films, so we’re putting the focus on some new features that were filmed in the Atlantic region this summer! Read more
08•07 EventsTIFF 2018Everything Canadian at TIFF ’18 “Ranging from science fiction to fantasy, myth to documentary, and romance to a dystopic vision of our neighbours to the south, this year’s Canadian films come from every region in the country, stretching from east to west and north to south,” said Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer, TIFF. tiff.net
08•01 Must readSpotlightHow Indigenous Filmmakers Are Changing Contemporary Cinema For decades, Indigenous people have been calling for better representation on the big screen—and, in the process, making world class movies thewalrus.ca
07•18 EventsSpotlightTalent to Watch Program supports 45 projects this year On June 27, emerging talent, industry guests, and other storytellers gathered to celebrate the big reveal of this year’s projects selected under the new Talent to Watch Program (formerly the Micro-Budget Program)! The event was hosted by Telefilm Canada and co-hosted by the Talent Fund and Bell Media at Pinewood Studios in Toronto. The program’s mission… Read more
