Toa Fraser's brutal actioner "The Dead Lands" got an unexpected Twitter boost Thursday night when a fire alarm emptied the near-capacity 1,200-seat Ryerson Theatre just minutes before the film world…
Search Engine Films has nabbed Canadian rights to Pat Mills' feature debut "Guidance," following its world premiere Friday night in Toronto's Discovery program. Mills, whose thesp career launched on…
Keanu Reeves and Spain-based Ana De Armas will star in Gee Malik Linton's mystery-thriller "Daughter of God," which begins lensing this November. The thesps recently worked together in Eli Roth's…
Media Luna has acquired world sales rights to Singapore writer-director Ken Kwek's feature bow "Unlucky Plaza" in advance of its world preem in the Toronto film festival's Discovery program Sept. 4…
Nancy Grant of Montreal-based Metafilms has won the Canadian Media Production Association's annual CAN$10,000 Feature Film Producer Award, it was announced Thursday at the Toronto International Film…
Well Go USA has acquired U.S. rights to Gren Wells' debut "The Road Within," the company's president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher announced Thursday. The distributor plans a theatrical and VOD…
The Little Film Company has picked up world sales rights to "The Barber" (formerly known as "Trigger"), and is presenting the pic to buyers for the first time at the Toronto International Film…
Blue Ice Docs, the distribution and financing division of Blue Ice Group that specializes in nonfiction works, has nabbed Canuck rights to Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi's "The 50 Year Argument"…
Here are nine things you probably don’t know about the Toronto Film Festival, which starts Sept. 4: 1. GLAM SLAM Gone are the days when the party grid was lean until the weekend. The glam hits the…
Mongrel Intl. has acquired international sales rights to Australian stage director Simon Stone's feature bow "The Daughter," and will be repping the title during the Toronto film festival, the…
Universal Pictures International has nabbed international rights to "Sunshine Superman" in advance of the docu's world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, it was announced…
