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Playback Staff
Playback Film Summit: Inside the making of three Canadian films
The filmmaking teams behind Rosie, Concrete Valley and Riceboy Sleeps shared how they financed and shot their features during discussions on day one of the summit.
Rogers’ profits decline in Q3, media revenue up 12%
The company attributed part of the profit loss to credits issued following its network outage earlier this year.
Crave growth offsets ad revenue decrease for Bell in Q3
BCE saw a 7% increase in Crave subscribers during the quarter, bringing the total number to more than three million.
Mediation in Rogers-Shaw takeover fails, again
The companies will now have to move to public hearings before the Competition Tribunal.
In Brief: WIDC reveals Career Advancement Module cohort
Plus: Nova Scotia unveils its latest measure to build a local film workforce, and APTN, CBC and the Indigenous Screen Office unveil the selected scripted projects for the pre-development program.
Blue Ant’s Beach House Pictures expands into India
The partnership with Mumbai-based Riverland Entertainment builds on the Singapore-based prodco’s continued expansion within Asia.
Telefilm captures the feel of the theatre experience
A spot by Director X kicks off a campaign to help the Canadian film industry’s recovery efforts.
Cineplex rises from the pandemic ashes
The entertainment brand bounces back as consumers return to cinematic and live experiences.
Bob Higgins tapped to helm new prodco
The veteran kids exec has departed Boat Rocker to join New York’s Trustbridge Global Media and lead an “aggressive” expansion into the kids and family biz.
Navigating through the maze of the modern film market
As the film industry contends with uncertainty around theatrical, experts look to strategic spending, creative releases and the rebounding festival circuit as a way forward.
10 to Watch: Meet the class of 2022
The newest cohort of Playback‘s annual 10 to Watch spans creative and executive talents across film and television.
London, Ontario is making an offer filmmakers can’t refuse
The city is trying to lure productions by spoofing movies like The Godfather and Fargo on billboards across Toronto.
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