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Angelica Babiera
Hot Sheet: The Handmaid’s Tale season finale tops digital demand
Netflix’s Stranger Things fell from its No. 1 spot on the digital originals chart for the week of Nov. 7 to 13.
In Brief: WIDC selects participants for Story & Leadership program
Plus: Lunenburg Doc Fest selects its $20,000 pitch winner and the CFC Media Lab sets its Fifth Wave Labs cohort.
Saloon Media promotes Steve Gamester to creative director
Gamester, who is a founding partner of the prodco, will be responsible for expanding its factual slate.
CMPA reveals Indiescreen Awards nominees
The winners of the Established Producer and the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer awards will be announced at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 2.
Demand Film acquires Sean Cisterna’s The Long Rider
Demand Film will release the feature doc in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and Ireland in early 2023.
Black Panther sequel breaks November record for Cineplex
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever propelled Cineplex to new heights for the month, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
How CBC’s Sort Of implemented its trans mentorship program
Co-creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo discuss using the program, created in partnership with the Trans Film Mentorship, to train trans and non-binary creatives while filming season two.
Crave orders unscripted series Katherine est dans le pré
The series, hosted by Katherine Levac and directed by Miriam Laquerre Tantawy, will be released in French on Crave in January.
Hot Sheet: The Peripheral levels up in digital top 10 chart
Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Game of Thrones continued to be the most in-demand series on both the charts for the week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6.
Factory Film Studio, Hot Shots Films team up on Red Pine City
The crime drama, directed by Frank A. Caruso, is currently in production in Edmonton until Nov. 26.
TIFF launches $2M Every Story fundraising campaign
The campaign has been launched to honour Canadian civil rights activists Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson with the aim to amplify Black women creators.
Counterfeit Pictures hires Just for Laughs’ Zoe Rabnett
As director of talent and comedy development, Rabnett is tasked with recruiting comedy talent for Counterfeit’s scripted and unscripted slate.
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