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Deals: Cineflix Rights, Espresso Media, WildBrain CPLG
Cineflix Rights acquires The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld, Espresso Media picks up Hot Docs world premiere Cynara, plus more.
CBC’s Sort Of cast among ACTRA Award recipients
Other winners included Raven Dauda for Five Days at Memorial and Eric Peterson for Junior’s Giant.
Hot Sheet: Star Trek: Picard rises in overall TV demand
Netflix’s Love Is Blind, meanwhile, made its debut on the digital originals chart.
Sharon Horgan joins BANFF’s lineup of keynote speakers
The Merman prodco co-founder and Emmy-winning actor behind series such as Catastrophe and Bad Sisters will speak on the final day of the June festival.
Brother and The Porter win 2023 WGC Screenwriting Awards
Clement Virgo’s film Brother took the Feature Film award, while Marsha Greene won in the Drama Series category for CBC’s The Porter.
Deals: Superights, Disney+, Gusto TV, WildBrain
Crave, Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec pick up kids content from Superights, a classic Canadian sitcom moves to Disney+, plus more.
Titan1Studios launches animation division in Calgary
EXCLUSIVE: The company has also revealed an initial slate of three animated series for the new studio, Missing Socks Entertainment.
Hot Sheet: Succession vaults to second in overall TV demand
Disney+’s The Mandalorian was the most in-demand series across both charts while HBO Max’s Titans entered the digital originals charts at No. 8.
Five Canadian films among Tribeca’s 2023 world premieres
Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s Richelieu is one of the competition titles at the New York festival.
Deals: Epic Story, Mainframe Studios, KO Distribution
Epic Story Media boards the Mansour franchise, KO Distribution sets MIPTV slate, plus more.
Hot Sheet: Yellowjackets places second in overall TV demand
The Problem with Jon Stewart rejoined the digital originals chart while Saturday Night Live and SpongeBob SquarePants re-entered the overall TV rankings.
Bystanders leads nominations for Screen Nova Scotia Awards
The feature from filmmaker Koumbie has six nods, followed by OUTtv’s Sugar Highs with five.
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