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Archives for: May 20095
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Disney/Pixar launching new studio in Vancouver
Monday May 11th 2009LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Woody and Buzz are heading north. To accommodate a growing slate of nonfeature projects, Disney and Pixar will launch an animation studio in the fall in Vancouver. The focus will be on Pixar’s established characters, including Buzz and Woody from the “Toy Story” films and[…]
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NFB Takes Four Awards at Hot Docs 2009
Saturday May 09th 2009Toronto — The National Film Board of Canada won four prizes at tonight’s Hot Docs Awards Presentation in Toronto. For the third year in a row, NFB titles took home the coveted awards for Best Canadian Feature and Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature, with the honours going to Invisible[…]
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CanWest given a reprieve
Thursday May 07th 2009Broadcaster CanWest Global Communications, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, was given Wednesday yet another two-week extension on its debt repayment deadline. Canada’s biggest entertainment company is in the midst of negotiations with its senior lenders and an ad-hoc committee of note-holders, and both groups have agreed to give the embattled company until May 19 to try to come up with a solution to its financial problems.
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New distribution model floated at Hot Docs
Thursday May 07th 2009As the theatrical market for documentaries slowly dries up, filmmakers attending Hot Docs in Toronto were told it might be time to sell rights piecemeal rather than pursuing the holy grail of all-rights distribution deals. Annie Roney, president of Roco Films International, told a Hot Docs distribution panel that a new paradigm in distribution has emerged, one that sees producers and sales agents divide up all rights — theatrical, broadcast, DVD and online media — and find the best partner to exploit each venture.
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E1 sets up new Canadian distrib
Wednesday May 06th 2009Canuck distributor E1 Entertainment has created another subsidiary, Les Films Christal, to be run by producer-distributor Christian Larouche. Larouche’s Christal Films Distribution filed for bankruptcy protection last year. The E1-owned company has no ties to that shingle. The new company will acquire films for Quebec and the rest of Canada.
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Archives for: May 20095
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Disney/Pixar launching new studio in Vancouver
Monday May 11th 2009LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Woody and Buzz are heading north. To accommodate a growing slate of nonfeature projects, Disney and Pixar will launch an animation studio in the fall in Vancouver. The focus will be on Pixar’s established characters, including Buzz and Woody from the “Toy Story” films and[…]
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NFB Takes Four Awards at Hot Docs 2009
Saturday May 09th 2009Toronto — The National Film Board of Canada won four prizes at tonight’s Hot Docs Awards Presentation in Toronto. For the third year in a row, NFB titles took home the coveted awards for Best Canadian Feature and Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature, with the honours going to Invisible[…]
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CanWest given a reprieve
Thursday May 07th 2009Broadcaster CanWest Global Communications, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, was given Wednesday yet another two-week extension on its debt repayment deadline. Canada’s biggest entertainment company is in the midst of negotiations with its senior lenders and an ad-hoc committee of note-holders, and both groups have agreed to give the embattled company until May 19 to try to come up with a solution to its financial problems.
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New distribution model floated at Hot Docs
Thursday May 07th 2009As the theatrical market for documentaries slowly dries up, filmmakers attending Hot Docs in Toronto were told it might be time to sell rights piecemeal rather than pursuing the holy grail of all-rights distribution deals. Annie Roney, president of Roco Films International, told a Hot Docs distribution panel that a new paradigm in distribution has emerged, one that sees producers and sales agents divide up all rights — theatrical, broadcast, DVD and online media — and find the best partner to exploit each venture.
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E1 sets up new Canadian distrib
Wednesday May 06th 2009Canuck distributor E1 Entertainment has created another subsidiary, Les Films Christal, to be run by producer-distributor Christian Larouche. Larouche’s Christal Films Distribution filed for bankruptcy protection last year. The E1-owned company has no ties to that shingle. The new company will acquire films for Quebec and the rest of Canada.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: May 20095
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Disney/Pixar launching new studio in Vancouver
Monday May 11th 2009LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Woody and Buzz are heading north. To accommodate a growing slate of nonfeature projects, Disney and Pixar will launch an animation studio in the fall in Vancouver. The focus will be on Pixar’s established characters, including Buzz and Woody from the “Toy Story” films and[…]
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NFB Takes Four Awards at Hot Docs 2009
Saturday May 09th 2009Toronto — The National Film Board of Canada won four prizes at tonight’s Hot Docs Awards Presentation in Toronto. For the third year in a row, NFB titles took home the coveted awards for Best Canadian Feature and Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature, with the honours going to Invisible[…]
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CanWest given a reprieve
Thursday May 07th 2009Broadcaster CanWest Global Communications, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, was given Wednesday yet another two-week extension on its debt repayment deadline. Canada’s biggest entertainment company is in the midst of negotiations with its senior lenders and an ad-hoc committee of note-holders, and both groups have agreed to give the embattled company until May 19 to try to come up with a solution to its financial problems.
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New distribution model floated at Hot Docs
Thursday May 07th 2009As the theatrical market for documentaries slowly dries up, filmmakers attending Hot Docs in Toronto were told it might be time to sell rights piecemeal rather than pursuing the holy grail of all-rights distribution deals. Annie Roney, president of Roco Films International, told a Hot Docs distribution panel that a new paradigm in distribution has emerged, one that sees producers and sales agents divide up all rights — theatrical, broadcast, DVD and online media — and find the best partner to exploit each venture.
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E1 sets up new Canadian distrib
Wednesday May 06th 2009Canuck distributor E1 Entertainment has created another subsidiary, Les Films Christal, to be run by producer-distributor Christian Larouche. Larouche’s Christal Films Distribution filed for bankruptcy protection last year. The E1-owned company has no ties to that shingle. The new company will acquire films for Quebec and the rest of Canada.
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