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UP THE YANGTZE gets a mention on the list of TOP TEN CANADIAN FILMS of the DECADE by MACLEAN’s MAGAZINE: “Using the Genie Awards criteria, I’ve confined the list to Canadian productions or co-productions. Not ...

Believe it or not, Mitchell Kezin’s doc JINGLE BELL ROCKS is kicking off shooting! Searching out the true spirit of Xmas, Mitch is hunting down obscure Christmas songs and their obsessive fans, from the Ramones to John Waters. ...

Check it out! SPIN Earth picks the top 10 music docs of 2009, and EyeSteelFilm’s Omar Majeed and Brett Gaylor’s flicks come in at the top. Gnarly, dudes! SPIN Earth : North America : BEST OF 2009: Top Ten Music Documentaries by lazarus. Ta...

Positioned for the Digital Future, Krim & Lorber Still Favor the Big Screen – indieWIRE. ...

New York Times: defines “Taqwacore”: Taqwacore – Schott’s Vocab Blog – NYTimes.com. Islamic punk – a portmanteau of “taqwa” (Arabic for “piety”) and “core” (as in “hardcore” punk). Writing in Time, Carla Po...

[this report just in after the first public screenings in China of Last Train Home] I landed in Guangzhou around midnight, in order to attend the GZDOC festival and meet up with the Zhangs (the husband and wife who are in Last Train Home)...

Congrats to POV, the outstanding documentary series by American documentary on PBS: they just won the prestigious IDA award for continuing series. The episodes submitted for the award were our very own Up the Yangtze and James Moll’s Inheritance.

“EyeSteelFilm’s The Last Train Home is on a roll. The China-shot documentary — already a winner at the Whistler and IDFA film festivals — has generated over $17,500 on two screens at Montreal’s AMC Forum and Cinema Parallel theaters, where it opened on Nov. 20 via i...

Quebec film wins top honours at Whistler Film Festival. “The $2,500 best documentary award went to two Canadian co-productions. ...

Eugene Hernandez: The Future of Festivals? – indieWIRE. “December 7, 2009, New York, NY—Film festivals are changing. To get a better sense of how they are changing, keep a close eye on three leading American events: Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca. Also...

Great report on Catherine le Clef’s CATandDocs, our sales agent for Last Train Home: “After three years with one of the world’s leading international sales companies, Fortissimo Films, nine years with Paris-based Doc & Co, and fifteen years with Films Transit International in Montreal, Cathe...