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Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA
FILMAntoine Bourges’ East Hastings Pharmacy picked up the Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver documentary festival (Fire in the Blood pictured).
Hot Docs ’13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship
FILMTVDuring a keynote address at the Toronto festival’s industry conference, the Dig! and We Live In Public director (pictured) urged fellow documentarians to adopt a tech entrepreneur’s mindset.
Cover Me Canada format heads to China
TVDistributor Eccho Rights has inked a deal with Beijing’s Enlight Media to produce a Chinese version of Canadian reality competition series Cover Me Canada (pictured).
eOne producing Michelle Williams reality series
TVMy Sister’s Keeper will follow the Destiny’s Child star (pictured) as she records and releases her third solo gospel album with help from her sisters.
Hot Docs introduces matchmaking programs
FILMThe Canadian documentary film fest will offer industry delegates with works-in-progress and finished projects opportunities to connect with buyers and festival programmers through its Hot Docs Deal Maker and Distribution Rendezvous programs.
Tricon inks deals for Bitchin’ Kitchen, Deck Wars
NEWSThe Toronto- and L.A.-based distributor has secured deals for more than 150 hours of factual and lifestyle programming in North America, Europe, Asia and New Zealand (Restaurant Takeover pictured).
Peace Point Rights acquires UFC doc
FILMThe Canadian distributor has secured global rights to The DNA of GSP, a feature documentary about the life of UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre (pictured).
History to debut scripted series Vikings in March
TVThe Shaw Media specialty will begin airing the nine-part drama series (pictured), an Irish-Canadian coproduction between Toronto-based Take 5 Productions and Ireland’s World 2000, on March 3.
TVO opens its second annual short doc contest
FILMTVThe pubcaster seeks Ontario-based filmmakers to create a five-minute doc that challenges perceptions of poverty as part of its contribution to the global Why Poverty? film project.
Nat Geo picks up Highway Thru Hell
TVThe U.S. cable network has picked up Vancouver-based Great Pacific Media’s unscripted series about a Canadian highway rescue team (pictured) from Beyond Distribution.
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ACTRA Awards 2013 - Art Hindle and wife Brooke at 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Lisa Blanchette)