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Bruce McDonald’s latest to premiere at TIFF (East York Mirror)

Famed Canadian cult film director Bruce McDonald’s latest film will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and its premiere will mark a big step for the film industry. McDonald, an Annex r…

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Frozen River (2008) (New York Times)

Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a perfect storm of present-day woes: illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty.

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Wine Country film Festival continues (Sonoma Index-Tribune)

DEBORAH KOONS GARCIA, widow of Jerry Garcia, will show the film “Seeds of In Good Heart: Soil and the Mystery of Fertility,” at the Wine Country Film Festival Sunday, July 27. She will appear at the festival’s Planet Party on Sunday.

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Fernando Meirelles film ‘Blindness’ to open Atlantic Film Festival (Times & Transcript)

First Cannes, now Halifax.

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Copenhagen: A local’s view (CNN.com)

Tim, 33, is a Canadian who moved to Copenhagen in 2000 to study at Copenhagen Business School. He has been working full-time in Copenhagen since 2004, currently as a journalist for a bank.

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Bruce McDonald’s latest to premiere at TIFF (North York Mirror)

Famed Canadian cult film director Bruce McDonald’s latest film will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and its premiere will mark a big step for the film industry.

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Fernando Meirelles film ‘Blindness’ to open Atlantic Film Festival (Jam! Showbiz)

HALIFAX - First Cannes, now Halifax.

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Dark drama Blindness named Atlantic Film Fest opener (CBC)

Blindness, the dark Canadian-Brazilian-Japanese drama based on Jose Saramago’s acclaimed novel, is set to open the 28th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival.

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Carol Off wins award - The North Bay Nugget

Carol Off wins award
The North Bay Nugget, Canada - Aug 1, 2008
The ACTRA award is a bronze medal portrait of actor John Drainie by renowned Canadian medallist Dora de Pedery-Hunt. Previous winners include Wendy Mesley,

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Carol Off wins award - The North Bay Nugget

Carol Off wins award
The North Bay Nugget, Canada - Aug 1, 2008
The ACTRA award is a bronze medal portrait of actor John Drainie by renowned Canadian medallist Dora de Pedery-Hunt. Previous winners include Wendy Mesley,

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Events for Friday in New York (New York Daily News)

Canadian indie rockers Wolf Parade perform at Terminal 5. Since the release of their first full-length album in 2005, “Apologies to the Queen Mary,” the quartet has been hailed for their chaotic drums and driving guitar riffs.

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Frozen River (2008) (New York Times)

Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a perfect storm of present-day woes: illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty.

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CBC's Carol Off wins award - Winnipeg Free Press

CBC's Carol Off wins award
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada - Aug 1, 2008
The ACTRA award is a bronze medal portrait of actor John Drainie by renowned Canadian medallist Dora de Pedery-Hunt. Previous winners include Wendy Mesley,

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‘1 Night Big Belly’? Film titles lost in translation (The Arizona Republic)

”Knocked Up” or ”One Night Big Belly?” American movies can undergo radical name changes abroad.

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Interview: Gillian Anderson on why she’s made another X-Files film (Daily Mirror)

Gillian Anderson could have have had the pick of the best roles in TV or film when X-Files ended - but she turned her back on Hollywood and moved to London instead.

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Frozen River (2008) (New York Times)

Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a perfect storm of present-day woes: illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty.

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