Toronto-shot Amazon Studios’ The Boys and Crave sitcom Letterkenny were also on the top 10 digital demand list in Canada.
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Claire Dion will resign effective July 1 to undertake new challenges.
The Citytv talent competition show ranked at No. 21 in the national list, according to Numeris.
Norbourg, from director Maxime Giroux, retains the No. 1 spot, followed by Jonathan Keijser’s Peace by Chocolate.
Kim Guise is the new Western regional feature film executive, and Anita Damiani is the Quebec regional feature film executive.
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.
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.
The funding will go toward 12 English-language feature projects, including Ethel from Maudie director Aisling Walsh.
The HGTV Canada series ranked in the top 30 for the Toronto/Hamilton, Calgary and Montreal anglo lists.
Three Canadian directorial debut projects are in the lineup for the forum, set for June 2 to 4.
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.