The Indigenous Screen Office marks its first year as the initiative’s lead partner with the 2025 edition.
Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks and Sarianne Cormier’s Au revoir Pluton are among the films whose promotional projects were selected.
Paramount+ in Canada becomes the sponsor of Pacific Screenwriting Program’s Scripted Series Lab, Farpoint Films announces several international series sales, and more.
Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.
The Hot Docs Festival begins today (April 24) and runs until May 4.
Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.
The 13 participants will present their projects to a panel of media funders, collaborators and industry delegates at the festival.
The exec transition follows the previously announced retirement of outgoing CFO Mark Segal.
The revenue was bolstered by the launch of Warner Bros. Discovery’s suite of channels and content.
The delegation includes the 2025 Jean-Marc Vallée Bursary recipient Alfonso Maiorana.
The Vancouver-based executive director of the Western Documentary Unit will leave the NFB at the end of September.
Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.
Series making their premiere on APTN include Red River Gold and Northwoods Survival while returning programs include Pow Wow Chow.