Angelica Babiera

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Hot Sheet: Departure season two makes national top 10

Meanwhile, The Amazing Race Canada continues to lead TV ratings in Canada for the week of July 11 to 17.

Fae Pictures’ Queen Tut set for action in Toronto

Cameras will start rolling on the queer immigration tale, directed by Egyptian-Canadian Reem Morsi, in August.

TikTok launches filmmaking challenge in first TIFF partnership

The popular video platform has also been named as the presenting sponsor of this year’s Short Cuts programme.

CTV’s The Spencer Sisters set to shoot in Winnipeg

Toronto-based actress Stacey Farber and Lea Thompson star as the series’ mother-daughter duo.

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans to world premiere at TIFF

The West Side Story director will make his Toronto International Film Festival debut with this latest addition to the 2022 lineup.

Deals: White Pine Pictures, Forté, Tubi, Spin Master

Beyond Rights board White Pine’s latest doc, a U.K. prodco options an Emmy-winning Canadian kids format, Tubi expands Western Canada reach with Shaw, plus more.

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Hot Sheet: Stranger Things demand stays red hot in Canada

Demand for the Netflix series remains high after hitting an all-time record last week following the release of season four’s final two episodes on July 1.

SODEC funds development for 20 scripted and documentary features

Projects from Kim O’Bomsawin and Émile Gaudreault are among the titles named under the development assistance program.

In Brief: CFC introduces scholarship to offset tuition fees

Plus, the RBC and Canadian Academy’s MVP project hits a milestone in its latest funding round.

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Hot Sheet: The Amazing Race Canada leads national TV ratings

The Insight Productions reality competition series brought in more than 1.6 million viewers after a three-year hiatus.

Lilly Singh pacts with Blink49 Studios and Bell Media

The scripted and unscripted content deal will focus on developing TV content that showcases underrepresented communities.

Crimes of the Future carves out international sales

David Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller has been acquired in more than a dozen territories, including India, Latin America, Germany, Italy and Spain.