In Brief: Blue Ant’s Love Pets heads to Samsung TV Plus in N.A.

Plus: One Day This Kid wins in Texas and Jerome Yoo is selected for the CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund.

DGC reveals inaugural Director Market Accelerator delegation

The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.

Game Theory Films boards Captain Newfoundland doc

The feature documentary explores the legacy of Newfoundland media magnate Geoff Stirling.

Cineflix Rights, Papercup team for Spanish AI dubs of Mayday

The companies are also exploring dubbing the series in three other European languages.

Robin Cass, Robert Munroe to adapt Ava Lee novels into series

The duo has optioned the series of crime fiction novels along with four prequels from Canadian author Ian Hamilton.

CMF supports 16 content creators via Digital Creators Pilot Program

The creators selected for the program will draw funding from a pool of just under $320,000.

Cartuna and Dweck Productions board horror comedy Dead Lover

The two New York-based prodcos are taking North American distribution rights through a new joint venture.

Two Canadian docs set for Visions du Réel world premieres

Sophie Bédard Marcotte’s I Lost Sight of the Language and Julien Elie’s Shifting Baselines are both screening in competition.

In Brief: Deborah Cox named first BSO Award of Excellence recipient

Plus: Daniel Chan upped to agent at Connekt Creative, two Canadian shorts win at FIFEM, and more.

TELUS originals unveils 2025/26 documentary lineup

The lineup consists of nine documentary features and one limited docuseries.

Chase Joynt’s The Nest among Hot Docs world premieres

The feature documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is directed by Joynt and Julietta Singh.

Boat Rocker taps Brad Horvath for VP role in L.A.

The former BBC Studios exec will lead Boat Rocker’s distribution of scripted and feature doc content across the U.S. and Latin America.

Serial Maven acquires global rights to preschool series Chums

The series was greenlit by APTN, Citytv Saskatchewan and TFO for a 9 x 22-minute third season in September 2024.

Village Keeper takes top feature prize at GEMFest

NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film, Singing Back The Buffalo and Little Miss Sleepy were also honoured at Vancouver’s Gender Equity in Media Festival.

CMPA ups Jason Lee to managing VP role for B.C. branch

Lee will continue to manage the office of B.C. industrial relations while overseeing the daily operations of the CMPA-BC producers branch.