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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

Posts by Emily Claire Afan

IPF awards $1.4 million to 15 web series

Executive director Andra Sheffer tells Playback about the selection process and how a new international jury helped keep evaluation fresh.

June 23, 2011

BlinkWorks Media brings it back to the people

Winnipeg’s Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have used crowd-sourced funding to raise $35,000 in just over 24 hours to complete Indie Game: The Movie.

June 23, 2011

Discovery commissions three new Canadian shows

The channel’s VP of programming Ken MacDonald tells Playback Daily why the new shows caught Discovery’s attention.

June 23, 2011

Ex-Technicolor exec to head up new Montreal prodco

Daniel Vermette is joining Attraction Media as president of Connexion Films International.

June 22, 2011
Hot Sheet

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

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

June 22, 2011
Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (June 10 – 16, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (June 10 – 16, 2011)

June 22, 2011
Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (June 10 – 16, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (June 10 – 16, 2011)

June 22, 2011
Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVD (May 30 – June 5, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVD (May 30 – June 5, 2011)

June 22, 2011

MMVAs break records on MuchMusic

The 2011 edition of the screaming-teen fan fest is the most watched broadcast in MuchMusic history.

June 21, 2011

Bell Fund awards $4 million in latest round

Projects including Zeros 2 Heroes’ Animism property, Apartment 11’s In Real Life and DHX’s Monster Math Squad land funding.

June 21, 2011

BuzzTaxi secures global factual sales

The Toronto-based distribution company sells a slate of programs to broadcasters around the world, including The Naked Archaeologist for CBC’s Documentary channel.

June 21, 2011

John Dunning honoured with Clyde Gilmour Award

The Toronto Film Critics Association has feted the Cinepix founder for being “the unacknowledged godfather of an entire generation of Canadian filmmakers.”

June 20, 2011