• Sales picked up halfway through the Toronto International Film Festival with a wave of deals that included Maximum Films snapping up the Canadian rights to Steve Jacobs’ Disgrace, which stars John Malkovich, as part of a deal with Fortissimo Films. Maximum Films International, meanwhile, picked up the world rights on Control Alt Delete, the debut feature of Vancouver filmmaker Cameron Labine and part of the Canada First! program.

• Ouat Media has taken the worldwide rights to the Canadian Film Centre’s short film library. The deal, unveiled at the start of TIFF, gives the Toronto distributor access to around 100 short film titles including Brad Peyton’s Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl and Renuka Jeyapala’s Big Girl, starring Kris Holden-Reid. Ouat and short film channel Movieola are both owned by Channel Zero.

• Elsewhere at TIFF, Quebec director Denis Villeneuve saw his short Next Floor sold to CBC for English-speaking Canada and Canal+ in France.

• Vancouver’s Anagram Pictures has signed a representation deal with International Creative Management for its upcoming sci-fi thriller Falling Awake. The L.A. talent agency will package and rep the film towards landing a distribution deal in the U.S. Scott Weber will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with David Jones.

• Decode Entertainment has closed a six-pack deal in Greece, sending kids series including Franny’s Feet and Olliver’s Adventures to Athens-based Channel 9. Decode also recently sold Bo on the GO! to outlets including Rai Sat and Disney Channel Spain, and got a third season order for the preschooler series from CBC.

• Corus Entertainment has completed its purchase of Canadian Learning Television, taking the former CHUM channel from its temporary owner, CTVglobemedia. CTVgm cut the educhannel loose in March, though the $73-million deal needed approval by the CRTC.

• The Outdoor Life Network is now officially part of Rogers Media, after the company assumed operation of the channel late last month from CTVgm and Versus.

• U.K. distributor i-Rights and Toronto prodco The Nightingale Company have signed a two-year deal that will see the former distribute a new 48 x 2 online series and game, Do You Believe Me?, worldwide. The series comes from Nightingale and Portugal’s beActive (Sofia’s Diary).