MTV Award-winning Canadian pop-rock star Avril Lavigne will be performing in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 29 as part of her 2008 worldwide tour.

Avril Lavigne performs in KL on Aug 29. MTV Award-winning Canadian pop-rock star Avril Lavigne will be performing in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 29 as part of her 2008 worldwide tour.

Avril Lavigne performs in KL on Aug 29. MTV Award-winning Canadian pop-rock star Avril Lavigne will be performing in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 29 as part of her 2008 worldwide tour.

The end of Corner Gas will not mean an end to the film industry in Saskatchewan.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – One of the only things Anthony Kim has done lately to quiet comparisons to Tiger Woods is shoot a final-round 75 at the Canadian Open a couple weeks ago. That came after a third-round 64 that had Kim tied atop the leaderboard with eventual champion Chez Reavie.

Actor Tony Curtis and producer Alan Ladd, Jr., will be celebrated for their lifetime achievements in separate tributes at the Montreal World Film Festival that runs Aug. 21 to Sept. 1.

Mike Myers became famous creating some of the most original comedy of the past 20 years, and has a track record of producing high farce that tickles the funny bones of mass markets that other comics can’t reach. But when his most recent film came out, the world forgot to laugh.

MONTREAL — Tributes to legendary actor Tony Curtis and powerhouse producer Alan Ladd, Jr., along with a master class conducted by director Brian de Palma will be among the highlights of the Montreal World Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Canadian actor-writer-producer Seth Rogen says he likes to make movies that he and his friends would want to actually go out and see.

“Pineapple Express” and “Sisterhood” top the films this week

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.

“Dark Knight” clears $400 million at record pace LOS ANGELES - Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” smashed yet another Hollywood record as it cleared the $400 million domestic box office mark in 18 days, less than half the time it took “Shrek 2″ to reach that milestone, Warner Bros. Pictures said on Tuesday. After a third straight weekend at No. 1 in U.S. and Canadian theaters — …

“Dark Knight” clears $400 million at record pace LOS ANGELES - Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” smashed yet another Hollywood record as it cleared the $400 million domestic box office mark in 18 days, less than half the time it took “Shrek 2″ to reach that milestone, Warner Bros. Pictures said on Tuesday. After a third straight weekend at No. 1 in U.S. and Canadian theaters — …

BEIJING — Which Chinese legend will be the biggest hit for Canada when our athletes march into the Bird’s Next for Friday’s opening ceremonies? The Chinese Canadian? Or the Canadian Chinese? Jujie? Or Dashan?

BEIJING — Which Chinese legend will be the biggest hit for Canada when our athletes march into the Bird’s Next for Friday’s opening ceremonies? The Chinese Canadian? Or the Canadian Chinese? Jujie? Or Dashan?

YETI is a film documenting the Tibetan freedom struggle that has been in the making since the beginning of this year.

YETI is a film documenting the Tibetan freedom struggle that has been in the making since the beginning of this year.

Four docs, two animated films, and one short

Two animated films in official competition, one short and four documentaries comprise the NFB selection for the 26th WFF in Montreal, August 31 to September 1.

In official competition
Animator, Theodore Ushev, once again addresses the ideological and artistic excesses of the 20th century in Drux Flux; Jean-François Lévesque’s The Necktie, tells the story of a model employee in a dead-end job.

Focus on World Cinema
In her second visit to the WFF, filmmaker JoDee Samuelson is presenting her new film, Uncle Bob’s Hospital Visit which is a sweet little tale about the importance of emotional support, hope and love in the healing process.

Documentaries of the World

In Folle de Dieu, Jean-Daniel Lafond gives an astonishing portrait of Marie de l’Incarnation who founded the Ursuline convent in Quebec City in 1639. The passion that connects her to God also makes her abandon her son and her country. 

The conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal is the focus of the documentary J’me voyais déjà by Bachir Bensaddek, in which 13 aspiring actors reveal their fears, uncertainties and expectations.  

Sweetest Embrace: Return to Afghanistan is the moving return of two young men to their native land, 16 years after being sent to Tadjikistan because of the Soviet occupation of their country.

Griefwalker is an extraordinary portrait of Stephen Jenkinson and his work with the dying. The film is framed by director Tim Wilson’s wrestling with his denial of his own death as he nearly succumbs to a sudden illness, and his having to face the death of someone very close to him.

The NFB will also make its 22nd presentation of the Norman McLaren Prize to the winner of the 39th Canadian Student Film Festival, part of the WFF. The prize is $2,500 worth of NFB technical services for the winner’s next film as part of FAP-Québec (Filmmaker Assistance Program).

 
For more about the NFB at FFM, go to www.nfb.ca/ffm08
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