Angelica Babiera

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Hot Sheet: Stranger Things still tops overall TV demand in Canada

Toronto-shot Amazon Studios’ The Boys and Crave sitcom Letterkenny were also on the top 10 digital demand list in Canada.

In brief: In Broad Daylight to premiere at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Plus: Three NFB shorts are in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Director X joins Telefilm’s #MovieMemory campaign, and more.

IPF’s Quebec office head resigning after 31 years

Claire Dion will resign effective July 1 to undertake new challenges.

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Hot Sheet: Canada’s Got Talent finale lands on national TV top 30

The Citytv talent competition show ranked at No. 21 in the national list, according to Numeris.

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Hot Sheet: Humus ranks as the No. 3 Canadian film in its first week

Norbourg, from director Maxime Giroux, retains the No. 1 spot, followed by Jonathan Keijser’s Peace by Chocolate.

Telefilm appoints two new regional film feature executives

Kim Guise is the new Western regional feature film executive, and Anita Damiani is the Quebec regional feature film executive.

Indiecan Entertainment acquires Finnish feature Free Skate

Free Skate is the third film director Roope Olenius and star Veera W. Vilo have produced together under the Finland-based prodco Bright Fame Pictures.

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Hot Sheet: Stranger Things leads overall TV demand in Canada

Toronto-shot series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds came in at No. 3 on the digital originals list for the week of May 9, behind HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death.

Telefilm Canada announces $16.37M in production funding

The funding will go toward 12 English-language feature projects, including Ethel from Maudie director Aisling Walsh.

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Hot Sheet: Island of Bryan makes Top 30 TV chart in multiple regions

The HGTV Canada series ranked in the top 30 for the Toronto/Hamilton, Calgary and Montreal anglo lists.

Inside Out announces lineup for sixth annual Finance Forum

Three Canadian directorial debut projects are in the lineup for the forum, set for June 2 to 4.

Back Home among Canadian titles set for Cannes Film Market

Director Nisha Platzer and producer Joella Cabalu discuss bringing the doc to Cannes through Forum RIDM. Trigger warning: this story contains the mention of suicide.