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Keepers of the Water nominated for Best Emerging Filmmaker and The Public Award at TIFF 2010

In the Native town of Ft. Chipewyan, Alberta, an incredibly articulate and precocious group of 9 to 12 year-old children came together to protest the Alberta Tar Sands. Their stories come in the shape of the short documentary film, Keepers of the Water, directed by Ayelen Liberona and produced by Joseph Johnson Cami. This combative filmmaking duo seem set on taking up environmental battles. Their feature-documentary, A Grain of Sand (2009), already helped save from privatization the famed Moyenne Island – worth 50 million dollars â�� which now enjoys a National Park status in the Seychelles. This time, theyâ��re armed with a 4-minute film that explores what drove these children from playground to protest.

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Flashpoint leads in Gemini nominations

Nominations for the Geminis, Canada’s 25th annual TV love-in, were announced on Tuesday – the cop drama Flashpoint leading the pack with 15 nods, including best drama. Rounding out the drama category is the dark series Durham County on The Movie Network/Movie Central, the Newfoundland father-and-son private investigator drama, Republic of Doyle on CBC, the steamy Henry VIII series The Tudors starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers on CBC, and the Vancouver-based sci-fi drama, Stargate Universe, about an exploration team led by Robert Carlyle on Space.

TIFF investigates bedbug claims at movie hub

It seems that a city-wide bedbug battle has become a pest for the Toronto International Film Festival. Festival co-director Cameron Bailey said on Twitter that officials are responding to complaints about the troublesome insects at one of the festival’s main movie hubs, the Scotiabank Theatre. “Before bedbugs becomes today’s meme: we’re on it, we’re talking to Cineplex & are planning for an itch-free (festival),” wrote Bailey, whose twitter handle is cameron–tiff.

‘Modern Family’ and ‘Mad Men’ take top Emmy awards

Move over, “Glee.” It was a “Modern Family” night at the Emmys. The ABC comedy series about a disarmingly dysfunctional family won the top comedy series honor as well as in the writing and supporting actor categories. Fox’s cult phenomenon “Glee” — nominated for 19 Emmys going into the awards season — earned just two Sunday night, in the supporting actress and directing categories.

Director of opening film of Montreal film fest denies tiff with Toronto

The director of the movie opening Montreal’s World Film Festival was conciliatory, not combative, when asked Thursday about the event’s supposed rivalry with the star-powered Toronto International Film Festival. “All those wars about festivals, personally, they depress me,” said Louis Belanger, the director-screenwriter of “Route 132,” as he took the high road. That didn’t stop some good-natured partisanship from one of the stars of “Route 132.” “We think Montreal is better,” quipped Francois Papineau jovially to a smattering of applause and laughter.