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Andy Fry
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2021: Jennifer Irons
PRESENTED BY CBC: At the peak of her writing career Irons made an unexpected pivot to represent the underrepresented with Canada’s first Black-owned film and TV literary agency.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2021: Samantha MacAdam
PRESENTED BY CBC: Five years after making the leap from editor to filmmaker, MacAdam’s tenacity has kept her momentum building, attracting the attention of comedians such as Gerry Dee and Kevin Hart.
Canadian MIPCOM participants laud in-person results
Our roundup of feedback from attendees at the TV market delivers reveals quality and volume of in-person meetings, and formats and kids content as hot areas for growth.
MIPCOM ’21: Canadians will have a stripped-back presence in Cannes
None of the 100-plus Canadian companies are among confirmed exhibitors, and more than one in three attendees are virtually attending the TV sales event in Cannes next week.
Measuring the international appeal of Canadian films
There is no easy sell, according to distributors, but standout Canadian films focus on diversity, genre and co-productions – as the industry hopes for an export boom.
How marblemedia has kept fresh through changing tides
Co-CEO Matt Hornburg says the production company has always focused first on the shared family viewing experience in the content it has created over the past 20 years.
Drunken Birds flight to festivals delayed for big-screen debut
TIFF ’21: Montreal director Ivan Grbovic returns to the festival more than a decade after his debut feature to compete in the prestigious Platform programme.
Vampire dark comedy brings new blood to genre
TIFF ’21: Fifteen years after the idea was born, Canadian musician/filmmaker Blaine Thurier’s Kicking Blood was shot in 14 days in Sudbury, ON after New Real took a stake in the project.
This is…the kids business in Canada – Part 2
From our print issue: Playback takes a look at how industry consolidation and new streaming services are influencing one of Canada’s most successful entertainment sectors.
This is…the kids business in Canada – Part 1
From our print issue: Playback takes a look at how industry consolidation and new streaming services are influencing one of Canada’s most successful entertainment sectors.
Canadians in Cannes
Canadians have always been MIPTV stalwarts. Wherever you see three or four executives huddled together in conversation, it’s a fair bet that one of them is a Canadian animation or documentary producer looking for co-financing partners. (Or explaining why the Winter Olympic Games is important.)
The Olympics, BBC cuts & Murdoch’s anti-Christ
Dear Canada: Let me congratulate you on the great job you did hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. While I’m at it, I’d like to apologize for the behavior of the British press… Most of them couldn’t even host a dinner party let alone the most complex multi-sports event on the planet.
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