Angelica Babiera

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Tehranto, Out in the Ring win Jury Film Awards at Cinequest

Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot’s The Hangman at Home also won Best Animated Short at this year’s Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival.

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Hot Sheet: House of the Dragon soars to top five in TV demand

HBO’s Game of Thrones has trumped over Netflix’s Stranger Things on the overall TV list for the week of Aug. 22 to 28.

EXCLUSIVE: New series adds ‘Twist’ to unscripted comedy

The spirited series is now in production across several Ontario cities and is produced by J. Troy Miller and Ashleigh Rains.

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Hot Sheet: Departure season two hits viewership peak

CTV’s The Amazing Race Canada maintained its No. 1 spot on the national TV chart for the week of Aug. 15 to 21.

Spain taps TIFF to connect with Canadian producers

ICEX Trade and Investment and the ICAA have coordinated a delegation of more than 30 Spanish producers and filmmakers to pitch projects to potential partners.

Corus Entertainment relaunches Nick+ as Teletoon+

Teletoon+ will be available to Prime Video, Bell Fibe TV, Virgin Plus, and RiverTV subscribers on Sept. 1.

Blue Ant Studios’ Prince Andrew doc slated for Peacock

The documentary, directed by Jamie Crawford, is part of Peacock’s virtual DocFest and will premiere on Oct. 5.

Caitlyn Sponheimer’s Wild Goat Surf starts production in B.C.

The coming-of-age drama is produced by Vancouver’s Studio 104 Entertainment and Toronto and Calgary-based Raging River Films.

In Brief: CaribbeanTales announces The Big Pitch cohort

Plus: WildBrain renews CEO Eric Ellenbogen’s contract, the Toronto International Film Festival reveals its 2022 Industry Selects lineup, and more.

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Hot Sheet: She-Hulk breaks into digital demand’s top five

Stranger Things, Only Murders In The Building, and The Orville: New Horizons have also landed on the top five of the digital originals list for the week of Aug. 15 to 21.

King of Killers to accelerate Saskatchewan film sector growth

Creative Saskatchewan CEO Erin Dean says the large-budget series will “help the development of the local labour force as well as the local film sector.”

TIFF selects participants for 2022 mentorship programs

Canadian filmmakers J Stevens, Gavin Seal, and Melanie Oates are among the talents selected for this year’s TIFF Filmmaker Lab cohort.