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In Brief: imagineNATIVE schedules hybrid rollout
Plus: The National Screen Institute increases its TikTok Accelerator for Indigenous Creators cohort, and the Asian Television Network rents out its studio space.
Hot Sheet: The Orville: New Horizons lures in audiences
The sci-fi space adventure, which counts Maltese-Canadian producer Jon Cassar as an executive producer, was 26.21 times more in demand for the week of Aug. 1 to 7.
CBC’s Sort Of tops DGC Awards TV nominations
The Porter, Yellowjackets and Transplant also earned nominations for the DGC Awards.
Shane Belcourt’s Warrior Strong goes to action in Northern Ontario
L.A.-based Quiver Distribution has acquired global rights to the film and plans to secure international sales at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Hot Sheet: Three Canadian series hit national TV chart
The Amazing Race Canada continues to dominate, while Departure and Race Against the Tide make the top 30.
micro_scope acquires rights to Alain Farah novel
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Philippe Falardeau is set to direct and write the screenplay in collaboration with Farah.
Metafilms feature doc launches production in Japan
Mama no himitsu marks the feature directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker Laurence Lévesque.
Mary Harron’s Dalíland to world premiere as TIFF’s closing gala
Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron returns to the festival after her limited series Alias Grace had its debut at TIFF in 2017.
Hot Sheet: Demand for summer faves stays steady
Three Ontario-shot series maintained their spots on the top 10 digital originals list for the week of July 18 to 24.
CBC, Ngozi Paul expand FreeUp! Emancipation Day special
Paul talks about building on the partnership for the special and how the relationship with CBC began.
Telefilm allocates $12.8M to 21 English market films
The features were selected from more than 300 submissions to the 2022 production program. (Update: this story corrects erroneous information about The Invisibles.)
Netflix’s The Swimmers to open TIFF’s 47th edition
The Sally El Hosaini refugee drama is the second Netflix title to open TIFF after David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King in 2018.
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