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Playback’s Showrunners of the Year 2022: Annmarie Morais and Marsha Greene
The Porter presented a lot of firsts for the duo, who say it won’t be a “one-off” in terms of representation.
How HeartHat Entertainment is building its unscripted slate
The prodco says it’s working with Blue Ant International to take its latest series Bollywed to U.S. and international streamers.
Hot Sheet: Velma cracks digital originals top three
Paramount+’s 1923, which is a prequel series to Yellowstone, also debuted on the digital originals chart at No. 7 for the week of Jan. 16 to 22.
Makers hires Adele Reeves as global development lead
The Toronto-based global producer network has also hired Sophie Chapman-Andrews as executive producer.
Riceboy Sleeps leads nominations for 2023 VFCC Awards
Anthony Shim’s drama is up for nine trophies at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, which are set to take place on Feb. 13.
Playback’s English-Language Series of the Year 2022: Sort Of
In the span of a year, the Sphere Media-produced series has been lauded at home and abroad by critics and audiences alike.
BlackBerry to world premiere in competition at Berlinale
Sanaz Sohrabi’s Sahnehaye Estekhraj will also have its world premiere at the festival, which runs from Feb. 16 to 26.
Big Time Decent launches new post facility in Calgary
President and executive producer Matt Shewchuk has also started a new production company with Vancouver-based filmmaker Joy Haskell.
Trish Neufeld’s Dancing with Mom to world premiere at SBIFF
I Like Movies, directed by Chandler Levack, has been selected as the closing film for the Santa Barbara festival.
Hot Sheet: Ginny & Georgia debuts on digital originals top 3
AMC’s The Walking Dead fought its way to the top of the overall TV demand chart for the week of Jan. 9 to 15.
The Roku Channel acquires U.S. rights to Jann
The deal gives The Roku Channel rights to all three seasons of the CTV original comedy.
TIFF senior programmer Ravi Srinivasan has died
Srinivasan, who was also the founder and executive director of the South Western International Film Festival in Sarnia, Ont., died at 37 on Jan. 14.
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