Renowned animator Ryan Larkin, whose tumultuous life played out in Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winning short Ryan, died on Feb. 14 in St- Hyacinthe, QC following a battle with cancer. He was 63.

Equinoxe Films has secured the Canadian distribution rights to Everything’s Gone Green, a film previously in limbo with ThinkFilm since the latter’s buyout by a U.S. investor

Third time’s the charm? TVA re-releases the Quebec smash – fully subtitled this time

The Winnipeg training center is offering a four-day series of workshops for TV-makers who have projects to pitch and promote on the international market, and will take up to 10 producers to MIPTV this spring.

Toronto ­- OMNI Television has teamed with producers on opposite sides of the Pacific to produce Once Upon a Time in Toronto, a 20 x 60 drama about immigrant families billed as a copro between Canada and China. Production on the Mandarian-language project is set to start in Toronto in February. Produced by local prodco Goldspin and Western Movie Group of China, with funding from OMNI’s Independent Producers Initiative, the series follows the lives of Chinese immigrant families living in Toronto and will air here and in China.

Pinewood Sound founder Geoff Turner used his vast knowledge of audio production and post to help craft Oscar- and Emmy-winning projects as well as gold- and platinum-selling records. Turner, also credited with helping establish Vancouver as a production hub, died of leukemia on Oct. 8 in North Vancouver. He was 67.

Montreal – Incendo Productions tapped director Louis Bolduc (Les Bougon: c’est aussi ça la vie) and star Jessica Capshaw (The Practice) for the MOW whodunit Blind Trust, which wrapped last month in Montreal.

Canada’s TV spot awards fete the best and the brightest ­ Playback looks at the talent behind this year’s crop…