The IMAA is a great resource for film makers and cinema enthusiasts in Canada. I highly recommend signing up for their newsletter.
From their mission statement...
"...the Alliance works to promote the improvement of means and access for independents at every stage of funding, production, distribution and exhibition..."
Their site has a great list of links to it's member organizations, organized by region.
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From the Globe and Mail:
Unitholders of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.'s movie distribution business are demanding payment from the parent company unless they are given a say in the $2.3-billion takeover of Alliance by CanWest Global Communications Corp.
The request for financial damages, “in an amount to be determined” by a judge, is contained in court documents filed Thursday by a special committee representing investors in the Movie Distribution Income Fund.
Those unitholders represent the 49 per cent of Alliance's film distribution subsidiary that is publicly traded as an income trust.
