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They may be “red and white and never blue” and they may “not even supposed to be here today,” but the clerks of Eh-2-Zed are certainly having an abnormal adolescence. Yoga Hosers marks the second film in Kevin Smith’s True North series, an American parody of Canada that may repay the favor for American Venus, Bruce Sweeney’s rare Canadian send-up of American values. This is certainly reading too much into the film, even if Smith takes the joke a little too far. There’s only so many times you can parody the pronunciation of the letter “o” as “eh.”

By all measures our heroines, the Colleens (Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp), are regular North American teens. Constantly on their phones, they dream of going to “grade 12” parties with cute boys even if they plan on stealing their souls. The girls practice yoga in a strip mall...

Buenos Aires – Latin American sales agent FilmSharks has opened a U.S. branch in West Hollywood with the purpose of including high-profile American films in their business. The company, in a worldwide expansion move where it also acquired European art-house productions and Latin American box-office hits, is also opening new Korean and Japanese branches to get better pick ups and sales in top Asian territories.

According to company CEO Guido Rud, FilmSharks plans to release "10 to 12 films per year, out of which 4 or 5 will be American productions." The company is already involved with Us films like Jonathan Parker's "(Untitled)," starring Adam Goldberg and recently released by Samuel Goldwyn Films; Brighlight Pictures' "American Venus," released in the U.S. by IFC Films; and Venice Jury Prize Winner "The Speed of Life."

FilmSharks made news recently when it acquired the back catalogs of two big names in Latin American film production: Disney-backed Patagonik in Argentina,...

Up and coming composer James Jandrisch (The Delicate Art of Parking, American Venus) is doing the music for Dolph Lundgren’s new action movie, Icarus, scheduled to come out next year. Lundgren directs and stars as a Soviet-trained assassin who decides to escape his double life as a hitman and as a father. Co-starring are Bo Svenson, Stefanie von Pfetten and Samantha Ferris. Cinetel Films produces. James Jandrisch, who has won ...

TORONTO -- David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen, and Denys Arcand's Days of Darkness will get the red-carpet treatment at the Toronto International Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday.

The latest work from veteran Canadian directors Cronenberg and Arcand -- whose film closed Cannes this year -- will receive galas at Roy Thomson Hall.

Unveiling the Canadian contingent in Toronto, festival organizers said they have booked Francois Girard's Keira Knightley starrer Silk from Picturehouse and New Line International, Roger Spottiswoode's Rwandan drama Shake Hands With the Devil and Clement Virgo's boxing tale Poor Boy's Game, starring Danny Glover, for Special Presentations slots.

Also joining the Special Presentations program is Adam Vollick's Here Is What Is, a portrait of famed record producer Daniel Lanois, and Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg, billed as a "docu-fantasia" about the filmmaker's hometown.

Canadian films unspooling as part of Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section include Leonard Farlinger's All Hat; Bruce Sweeney's American Venus, starring Rebecca De Mornay; Bernard Emond's Contre Toute Esperance, which will also screen in Locarno; and Carl Bessai's Carrie-Anne Moss starrer Normal.

Also joining the CWC party is Laurie Lynd's Breakfast With Scot, Denis Cote's Nos Vies Privees and Kari Skogland's The Stone Angel, the big-screen adaptation of the classic Margaret Laurence novel, starring Ellen Burstyn.

TORONTO -- Canadian movie producer Brightlight Pictures on Wednesday said that Patrick Lussier (Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000, White Noise 2) will direct Headhunter, a psychological thriller based on Michael Slade's 1984 debut novel of the same name. Vancouver-based Brightlight said Wil Zmak (The Dark Hours) is penning the screenplay for the feature-length picture about a serial killer on the loose in Vancouver. Brightlight Pictures co-founders Stephen Hegyes and Shawn Williamson will produce Headhunter, having reunited with Lussier, who directed their earlier Michael Keaton starrer White Noise 2: The Light. There was no word on casting for Headhunter. Brightlights' recent movie credits include American Venus with Rebecca DeMornay and Jane McGregor and Dungeon Siege, which starred Jason Statham and Ray Liotta.