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Brendan Christie

Brendan is the editor of Playback, and former editor of realscreen and Boards magazines. He has an extensive freelance resume, including work for advertising agencies as well as publications such as Strategy, Strategy: Media, KidScreen, The National Post and many others.

Posts by Brendan Christie

Telefilm Canada invests $220,000 toward 26 film festivals

The second round of the General Admission Festivals Program saw Canadian film festivals such as DOXA and image+nation receive financial support.

January 16, 2024

Blue Ant Studios hires Marine Ksadzhikyan to new sales role

The VP of content sales will identify growth opportunities for the studio in the U.S. market.

January 12, 2024

Bleecker Street picks up U.S. rights to Guy Maddin’s Rumours

The film, written and directed by Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, stars Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander, and Canadian actor Roy Dupuis.

January 12, 2024

Feature film accelerator launches for Manitoba screenwriters

The program is a collaboration between On Screen Manitoba and Manitoba Film & Music.

January 11, 2024

HGTV Canada renews Renovation Resort for second season

The series is produced by Toronto’s McGillivray Entertainment Media, and is hosted by Scott McGillivray and Bryan Baeumler.

January 11, 2024

Paramount+, ISO, PSP launch Indigenous Screenwriters Lab

The Pacific Screenwriting Program will run the initiative in partnership with the Indigenous Screen Office and Paramount+ Canada.

January 10, 2024

MELS bolsters leadership team with business development roles

The studio and post-production business has appointed Incendo’s Jean-Philippe Normandeau and Marie-Claude Desjardins to new roles.

January 10, 2024

Imax reports over US$1 billion in global box office revenue

The company says 2023 was second-highest grossing year in its history, citing Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer as a key performer.

January 9, 2024

Matthew O’Connor boards Pink Buffalo Films as partner

He joins the Vancouver-based prodco’s executive team, which includes Martin Fisher and Shawn Angelski.

January 8, 2024

Clerisy Entertainment taps Jon Mann to lead development

Mann joined the Dartmouth, N.S.-based production company effective Jan. 2.

January 3, 2024

Black Academy, Insight name 2023 cohort for skills development program

The second iteration of the program added five new training streams for emerging Black media professionals.

December 19, 2023

TFCA unveils 2023 Canadian film nominees in split categories

The 27th annual film awards also saw BlackBerry‘s Glenn Howerton win the first-ever award for performance in a Canadian film.

December 19, 2023