Danielle Ng See Quan

Dani is Playback's associate editor, and on the lookout for news tips and updates.

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Christoph Rainer’s Requiem for a Robot wins $20K Emerging Filmmakers prize

Canuck filmmakers Dan Popa (Tales of Santa Fe pictured) and Kevan Funk receive honourable mentions and $5,000 each in the 2013 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition.

Carlos Pacheco appointed Boat Rocker director of partnerships

The former JFL digital director (pictured) will be responsible for forming partnerships with emerging and established YouTube talent, and brands looking to create original digital content.

Joanna Webb joins Shaftesbury as SVP content strategy

The former CTV and Corus programming exec (pictured) will work with senior management to align content strategies across the company’s divisions, including factual, kids and digital media in the newly created role.

Playback 2013 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Slawko Klymkiw

The Canadian Film Centre CEO has, over the last eight years, grown the organization from a “mom and pop” shop into a flourishing business focused on developing Canadian industry talent.

The 2013 10 to Watch: Ian Harnarine

The writer-director of the Genie Award-winning short Doubles With Slight Pepper is gaining international attention with his global perspective.

Playback 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award: marblemedia

As the mult-platform content creation company turns 12, its co-founders Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg discuss marblemedia’s growing distribution biz and expansion into L.A. and scripted fare.

The Timekeeper wins Hot Shot Shorts contest

The project, written by Cookie Boyle and Walter Sawadsky, wins $10,000 cash and $30,000 in in-kind sponsorship towards making the short film.

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Indie feature Alice in the Attic goes to camera

The dramatic thriller written, directed and produced by Jordan Greer, is shooting until Sept. 25 in Morin Heights, Quebec.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 23 to Aug. 29, 2013

Mortal Instruments tops the box office for another week, while Louis Cyr takes the #2 spot.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 16 to Aug. 22, 2013

Canadian-German co-pro The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which was shot partly in Toronto, is the top Canadian film for the week of Aug. 16 to Aug. 22, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 23 to Aug. 29, 2013

We’re the Millers tops the box office for another week, while Canadian-German co-pro The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is #2 overall.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 16 to Aug. 22, 2013

We’re the Millers tops the box office for the week of Aug. 16 to 22, while Toronto-shot Kick-Ass 2 is #2 and Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium is #3.