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Archives for: September 20095
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Make your own docs at TIFF’s interactive terminals
Friday September 18th 2009The “I” in TIFF could just as well stand for “interactive” as it does “international.” The Toronto International Film Festival has a long-standing reputation for being a truly public festival. And this year it’s truer than ever with the inclusion of new public touch screen computer terminals located at Yonge and Dundas Square. The high-tech terminals allow even the most computer illiterate festival attendees a chance to create short videos of themselves documenting their TIFF experiences.
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Film biz looking to post-Toronto deals
Friday September 18th 2009TORONTO — As the Toronto fest draws to a close this weekend, plenty of pics were given fall release/award promo boosts, but just a handful of U.S. distribution deals closed. Domestic buyers took a cautious approach, canvassing the 100-plus available films but largely holding back on inking deals. Foreign buyers[…]
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Summit digs deep into the 3D biz
Thursday September 17th 2009Is 3D becoming a victim of its own success? That question was suggested by some of the numbers in a generally sunny presentation on “The Business Case for 3D” at the 3D Entertainment Summit. “Where 3D has permeated a genre, titles not in 3D are at a significant disadvantage,” said Screen Digest analyst Charlotte Jones. Jones said that 3D screens continued to overperform 2D screens so far this year by about 3 to 1, on par with historical averages. But that figure is inflated by the extreme overperformance of “My Bloody Valentine.” Without that pic, the number is down to about 2.5 to 1.
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French-lingo pix score in Quebec
Thursday September 17th 2009French-language Canuck films had a boffo summer at the box office, nabbing 17.8% of all ticket sales in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, up from 8.4% last summer. The B.O. boom was powered by hit comedy “De pere en flic” (Fathers and Guns), about a father-and-son cop duo in[…]
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Toronto panel: Indie sector predicts carnage
Thursday September 17th 2009A sector in turmoil will inevitably see a slaughter, and producers’ rep/sales agent David Garber foresees bloodshed after this week’s Toronto International Film Festival. “You’ll see carnage at this film festival. There are movies that are wanting and they will make deals that don’t make economic sense,” the CEO of Lantern Lane Entertainment told an Ernst & Young townhall meeting in Toronto. Garber was pointing to around 140 indie films, many with A-list directors and actors, that came to Toronto without North American distribution deals, with most likely to leave empty-handed.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: September 20095
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Make your own docs at TIFF’s interactive terminals
Friday September 18th 2009The “I” in TIFF could just as well stand for “interactive” as it does “international.” The Toronto International Film Festival has a long-standing reputation for being a truly public festival. And this year it’s truer than ever with the inclusion of new public touch screen computer terminals located at Yonge and Dundas Square. The high-tech terminals allow even the most computer illiterate festival attendees a chance to create short videos of themselves documenting their TIFF experiences.
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Film biz looking to post-Toronto deals
Friday September 18th 2009TORONTO — As the Toronto fest draws to a close this weekend, plenty of pics were given fall release/award promo boosts, but just a handful of U.S. distribution deals closed. Domestic buyers took a cautious approach, canvassing the 100-plus available films but largely holding back on inking deals. Foreign buyers[…]
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Summit digs deep into the 3D biz
Thursday September 17th 2009Is 3D becoming a victim of its own success? That question was suggested by some of the numbers in a generally sunny presentation on “The Business Case for 3D” at the 3D Entertainment Summit. “Where 3D has permeated a genre, titles not in 3D are at a significant disadvantage,” said Screen Digest analyst Charlotte Jones. Jones said that 3D screens continued to overperform 2D screens so far this year by about 3 to 1, on par with historical averages. But that figure is inflated by the extreme overperformance of “My Bloody Valentine.” Without that pic, the number is down to about 2.5 to 1.
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French-lingo pix score in Quebec
Thursday September 17th 2009French-language Canuck films had a boffo summer at the box office, nabbing 17.8% of all ticket sales in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, up from 8.4% last summer. The B.O. boom was powered by hit comedy “De pere en flic” (Fathers and Guns), about a father-and-son cop duo in[…]
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Toronto panel: Indie sector predicts carnage
Thursday September 17th 2009A sector in turmoil will inevitably see a slaughter, and producers’ rep/sales agent David Garber foresees bloodshed after this week’s Toronto International Film Festival. “You’ll see carnage at this film festival. There are movies that are wanting and they will make deals that don’t make economic sense,” the CEO of Lantern Lane Entertainment told an Ernst & Young townhall meeting in Toronto. Garber was pointing to around 140 indie films, many with A-list directors and actors, that came to Toronto without North American distribution deals, with most likely to leave empty-handed.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: September 20095
-
Make your own docs at TIFF’s interactive terminals
Friday September 18th 2009The “I” in TIFF could just as well stand for “interactive” as it does “international.” The Toronto International Film Festival has a long-standing reputation for being a truly public festival. And this year it’s truer than ever with the inclusion of new public touch screen computer terminals located at Yonge and Dundas Square. The high-tech terminals allow even the most computer illiterate festival attendees a chance to create short videos of themselves documenting their TIFF experiences.
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Film biz looking to post-Toronto deals
Friday September 18th 2009TORONTO — As the Toronto fest draws to a close this weekend, plenty of pics were given fall release/award promo boosts, but just a handful of U.S. distribution deals closed. Domestic buyers took a cautious approach, canvassing the 100-plus available films but largely holding back on inking deals. Foreign buyers[…]
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Summit digs deep into the 3D biz
Thursday September 17th 2009Is 3D becoming a victim of its own success? That question was suggested by some of the numbers in a generally sunny presentation on “The Business Case for 3D” at the 3D Entertainment Summit. “Where 3D has permeated a genre, titles not in 3D are at a significant disadvantage,” said Screen Digest analyst Charlotte Jones. Jones said that 3D screens continued to overperform 2D screens so far this year by about 3 to 1, on par with historical averages. But that figure is inflated by the extreme overperformance of “My Bloody Valentine.” Without that pic, the number is down to about 2.5 to 1.
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French-lingo pix score in Quebec
Thursday September 17th 2009French-language Canuck films had a boffo summer at the box office, nabbing 17.8% of all ticket sales in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, up from 8.4% last summer. The B.O. boom was powered by hit comedy “De pere en flic” (Fathers and Guns), about a father-and-son cop duo in[…]
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Toronto panel: Indie sector predicts carnage
Thursday September 17th 2009A sector in turmoil will inevitably see a slaughter, and producers’ rep/sales agent David Garber foresees bloodshed after this week’s Toronto International Film Festival. “You’ll see carnage at this film festival. There are movies that are wanting and they will make deals that don’t make economic sense,” the CEO of Lantern Lane Entertainment told an Ernst & Young townhall meeting in Toronto. Garber was pointing to around 140 indie films, many with A-list directors and actors, that came to Toronto without North American distribution deals, with most likely to leave empty-handed.
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