CANADIAN NEWSFRONT.

MOTION picture industry; TELEFILM Canada (Company); FILM box office revenue; MOTION pictures; C.R.A.Z.Y. (Film); MOTION picture awards; ODA, Bev

The article offers news briefs related to the motion picture industry in Canada as of May 2006. According to final box-office figures released by Telefilm Canada, domestic films accounted for 5.2% of the theatrical take in the country. C.R.A.Z.Y., the Quebec box-office hit movie that earned over $6 million since it first hit the big screen, came away with 10 Genie Awards and took 14 Jutras at the Quebec awards ceremony. Bev Oda, a former broadcaster, is now the new Minister of Canadian Heritage since the election of the Harper government.