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First Weekend Club Celebrates 10 Years

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The First Weekend Club (“FWC”) is celebrating 10 years of promoting and raising awareness for Canadian films and talent. Founded by Anita Adams in 2003, the club has since supported over 300 home-grown films and hosted over 200 special events and screenings with the goal of building a strong audience for Canadian films. I caught […]

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First Weekend Club Campaign To Get Canadian Film on VOD

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The First Weekend Club has recently taken on a mission to create a Video on Demand (“VOD”) service that will host Canadian films. Did you know that in 2010, so few people went to see Canadian films that only 3.4% of the total national box office went to Canadian films (83% went to US films […]

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First Weekend Club: Last Train Home

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The First Weekend Club is a non-profit organization and cross-Canada movie club that is dedicated to promoting and raising awareness for great Canadian films. I am pleased to announce that I have signed on as a partner with the First Weekend Club and will post monthly features about their screening series along with other special […]

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Interview with Brett Gaylor of RiP: A Remix Manifesto

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

This morning my weekly E!Online article was published featuring RiP: A Remix Manifesto. It is a documentary about copyright laws and regulations pertaining to the music and film industry — and overall in our culture. Since my chat with Brett covered a lot of ground (and I’ve seen the film twice now), the following is […]

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