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Priscilla Galvez won the Best of Showcase and Audience Choice Award for A Fermenting Woman.
The Jesse McKeown-created series was initially announced in February.
The dark comedy is the feature directorial debut of P.E.I.’s Jenna MacMillan.
The Vancouver-based Alfeld is bringing a number of scripted projects to the festival.
A delegation of Canadian producers will be sent to take part in the Busan market.
The festival will award Jacobs with the inaugural Trailblazer Award, while González is set to receive the Rising Star award.
Kissing is the Easy Part is set to be adapted from Christine Duann’s web novel of the same name and stars Asher Angel.
The larger revenue was attributed to an increase in service production.
Christiansen succeeds Dylen Postnikoff, who first joined the company in February 2019.
Guilbeault was the Minister of Canadian Heritage from November 2019 to October 2021 under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
News of the joint venture came the same day the Toronto-based studio received the greenlight on an untitled Prime Video docuseries executive produced with Serena Williams.
The new arm of the Guelph, Ont.-based boutique outlet is coming to Cannes Marché du Film with two titles in its inaugural slate.
Patrick Shannon’s film received the Colin Low Award for Best Director.
Sachin Sahel and Brady Roberts have partnered with Titan1Studios for the series’ development.