From Bill Harris of Canoe.ca:
From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:
From a media release:
The Movie Network, Movie Central and ACCT Celebrate Canadian Filmmaking with In Studio
Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) have teamed up with the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) to bring the association’s first In Studio program to television audiences. The special presentation premieres on The Movie Network’s Mfest channel on Sunday, July 1 at 8 p.m. ET followed by the network premiere of Café De Flore, and on Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. PT on Movie Central, followed by the network premiere of A Dangerous Method.
In Studio is a one-hour, in-depth interview special featuring Canada’s finest film directors speaking to host Don McKellar. Directed by Barry Avrich and taped at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox in front of a live studio audience the night before the 32nd Annual Genie Awards Gala, McKellar interviews four of the five nominees in the Achievement in Direction category: David Cronenberg (A Dangerous Method); Jean-Marc Vallée (Café De Flore); Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar); and Larysa Kondracki (The Whistleblower). Also featured is a special interview with “surprise guest” actor Viggo Mortensen who won the 2012 Genie for best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for A Dangerous Method.
In Studio is produced by ACCT in association with the Melbar Entertainment Group, The Movie Network and Movie Central with the participation of the Toronto International Film Festival. The special will be available in High Definition and on demand. It will also be available in Eastern Canada on The Movie Network OnLine with Bell TV Online, Rogers Anyplace TV and Videotron’s Ilico Web, and in Western Canada on demand and online with Movie Central On Demand.
From the Vancouver Film School blog:
Writing grad on hit kids’ TV show Mr. Young
When Mr. Young debuted in 2011, it was the first multi-camera sitcom produced in Vancouver. The family comedy has since become a bonafide hit on Canada’s YTV and Disney XD in the US and around the world and was just nominated for Programa Favorito at the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Mexico. Mr. Young is already shooting its third season – and Writing for Film & Television alum Jennifer Siddle has joined the show’s writers’ room as an Intern Writer. Read more.
Saving Hope, CTV – “Blindness”
Alex (Erica Durance) is riding high after her comatose fiancé Charlie’s (Michael Shanks) hand moved. She’s convinced he’s coming back and she begins to consider taking time off to spend with her recovering fiancé. Then, a roof collapse brings two brothers into the ER in critical condition – one of them beyond saving. The surviving brother’s leg has been crushed and if there’s any hope of him regaining function, Joel (Daniel Gillies) must perform a rare surgery that flies in the face of Dr. Dana Kinney’s (Wendy Crewson) policy to avoid high-risk and litigation at all costs.(Encore episode airing on Sunday, June 24 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV)
