Plus: One Day This Kid wins in Texas and Jerome Yoo is selected for the CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund.
The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.
The feature documentary explores the legacy of Newfoundland media magnate Geoff Stirling.
The companies are also exploring dubbing the series in three other European languages.
The duo has optioned the series of crime fiction novels along with four prequels from Canadian author Ian Hamilton.
The two New York-based prodcos are taking North American distribution rights through a new joint venture.
Sophie Bédard Marcotte’s I Lost Sight of the Language and Julien Elie’s Shifting Baselines are both screening in competition.
Plus: Daniel Chan upped to agent at Connekt Creative, two Canadian shorts win at FIFEM, and more.
The lineup consists of nine documentary features and one limited docuseries.
The feature documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is directed by Joynt and Julietta Singh.
The former BBC Studios exec will lead Boat Rocker’s distribution of scripted and feature doc content across the U.S. and Latin America.
The series was greenlit by APTN, Citytv Saskatchewan and TFO for a 9 x 22-minute third season in September 2024.
NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film, Singing Back The Buffalo and Little Miss Sleepy were also honoured at Vancouver’s Gender Equity in Media Festival.
Lee will continue to manage the office of B.C. industrial relations while overseeing the daily operations of the CMPA-BC producers branch.