Warner Bros. has banned all advance screenings of its films in Canada, claiming piracy is rife in the country.
When we were invited to show DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST at the Toronto Film Festival back in '91, the films were shown more than once, in different theatres and were shuttled from theatre to theatre in vans.
We received a phone call late one night asking us if we could provide another print of our film. (We had only been able to afford one copy!) Apparently, the van full of films had been stolen and everyone was afraid that their films would wind up as bootlegs.
The van turned up the next day, with all the films intact. It seems that whoever stole it just wanted the van, not the contents. They'll never realized what an opportunity for bootlegging they squandered!