Angelica Babiera

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Yeti Farm Creative restructures management team

The Kelowna, B.C.- based animation studio has also moved into a new downtown facility equipped with the latest technology for its growing production needs.

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Hot Sheet: Stanley Cup finals lead national top 30 TV chart

Canadian titles Holmes Family Rescue, Highway Thru Hell, and Border Security: Canada’s Front Line ranked on the regional top 30 charts.

WildBrain CPLG hires Hasbro’s Ben Peace as VP for Asia-Pacific

WildBrain CPLG has also been appointed by Peanuts Worldwide as its licensing agent for the Peanuts brand in Asia-Pacific.

DOC Atlantic sets first cohort for Breakthrough program

The program offers training and mentorship for local filmmakers who identify as Indigenous, Black or a person of colour, culminating in pitch sessions at Lunenburg Doc Fest and Montreal’s Forum RIDM.

WIFTV names 11 participants for Emerging TV Producers program

Participants are in the midst of phase one of the program, where they partake in a series of foundation workshops held in Vancouver.

Fantasia announces more Canadian world premieres

Four more homegrown features, including Berkley Brady’s Canadian Rockies horror Dark Nature, will bow at the 26th annual film festival.

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Hot Sheet: The Umbrella Academy’s new season cracks digital originals top five

Meanwhile, Stranger Things continued to dominate both the top 10 digital originals and top 10 overall TV shows for the week of June 20 to 26.

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Hot Sheet: Reality reigns in national top 30 TV

Homegrown TV show Scott’s Vacation House Rules made it on the regional top 30 Calgary chart.

Insight Productions names Alex Kitz SVP of business and legal affairs

Kitz’s promotion includes an expanded focus on the Boat Rocker-owned company’s development slate.

Deals: Cineflix Rights, Random Media, Radio-Canada

Cineflix Rights brings Cancon to European and Mediterranean broadcasters, North Bay-shot comedy Happy FKN Sunshine lands global distribution deal, plus more.

Sinking Ship hires director of sales for Europe

The Toronto-based prodco says Karine Rubin will be responsible for the company’s sales efforts throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Telefilm Canada announces $5.5M in production funding for French-language features

Pascal Plante’s Les chambres rouges and Jean-François Leblanc’s Vil et misérable are among the eight films funded under the Production Program.