SXSW announces award winners
The South by Southwest Film Festival handed out round one of its juried and aud awards Tuesday, with helmer Lena Dunham nabbing the Narrative Feature prize and SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative…
Jennie Punter
Early success at SXSW
Clear skies proved a blessing to the SXSW fest this weekend, with the upswing in film registrants creating around-the-block lineups for mostly sold-out screenings, often leaving fans and buyers alike…
South By Southwest has 'Kick-Ass' opening
A record number of film and interactive biz and creative types are converging on Austin.
'Polytechnique' goes to head of the class
"Polytechnique" nabbed 11 nominations Monday in the Canuck Genie film awards.
E1 to launch in Australia, New Zealand
Toronto-headquartered international distributor E1 Entertainment is heading Down Under, expanding its global network to cover Australia and New Zealand, and positioning the company for future moves…
Ontario film, TV production on the rise
Ontario film and TV production activity rose 41% from 2008 to 2009, contributing C$946.4 million ($904 million) to the provincial economy, according to the Ontario Media Development Corp.
Consortium scores ratings gold
Canadian viewers delivered record-busting ratings gold to the country's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
Bankrupt Canwest gets bail out
Shaw Communications will buy a controlling stake in Canwest Global Communications, helping Canada's second largest TV network and its specialty channels emerge from bankruptcy protection.
Studio space for Toronto
Toronto's Cinespace is developing a 30-acre complex in the western part of the city, with 50,000 square feet of production offices available now and studio space in early 2010.
'Hunger,' 'Basterds' top Toronto critics picks
The Toronto Film Critics' Assn. honored two pics with its best film award on Tuesday -- Steve McQueen's 2008 Cannes shocker "Hunger," about IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, and Quentin Tarantino's war…
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Domestic Film DAILY
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300: Rise of an Empire
300: Rise of an Empire
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Daily:$11.5M Cumulative:$45.0M Warner Brothers -28.56% -
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
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Daily:$9.8M Cumulative:$32.2M Fox / DreamWorks Animation -31.73% -
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Non-Stop
Non-Stop
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Daily:$4.0M Cumulative:$52.6M Universal Pictures -43.54%
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