Emily Claire Afan

Emily is a staff writer at Playback who gets especially excited when covering gaming, interactive and digital. She comes from Playback's sister publication KidScreen, spending three years covering licensing & merchandising, retail and interactive trends. She also worked in consumer publishing for a lot of magazines with the word "Canadian" in their titles. Emily is often mocked for her nerdy tendencies, mostly by Playback editor Brendan Christie. She's okay with this and her acceptance is reinforced on Twitter: @EmilyClaireAfan

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Canucks in spotlight at Karlovy Vary film fest

Five Canadian feature films will screen at the international festival, which will also include a tribute to Denis Villeneuve.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (June 13 – 19, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (June 13 – 19, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (June 17 – 23, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (June 17 – 23, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (June 17 – 23, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (June 17 – 23, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVD (June 6 – 12, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVD (June 6 – 12, 2011)

Electric Playground gets weekly syndication in U.S.

PPI Releasing talks to Playback Daily about bringing the Greedy Productions series to 75% of U.S. households this fall.

Familiar Grounds wins at L.A. Film Festival

Stephane Lafleur’s follow-up feature takes home the honour for Best Narrative Feature.

Sky Bridges upped at APTN

The former director of marketing has been named COO.

Expedition Impossible host Dave Salmoni

Expedition Impossible proves ratings are possible

The latest reality offering from Mark Burnett premieres with a viewership win in its 9 p.m. Thursday slot.

Cogeco Fund announces 20 recipients

CBC/SRC programming wins big as the latest round of funding is announced.

Expedition Impossible host Dave Salmoni

Reality king Burnett on his fondness for crazy Canuck crews

The iconic producer tells Playback about why he stacks his crews with Canadians who “have had my life in their hands many times.”

Wango Films enters production on Dead Before Dawn

The film is the first fully Canadian 3D live-action project to be funded by Telefilm.