Etan Vlessing

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Tatiana Maslany, Gavin Crawford big winners at ACTRA Awards

Other trophy winners included Cory Doran for best voice work (Maslany pictured).

PNP takes Canadian rights to What We Did on Our Holiday

Banking on star Rosamund Pike’s Oscar nomination, Pacific Northwest Pictures picks up the film for a summer 2015 theatrical release (Pike pictured).

Jason Goode makes feature debut with Numb

Stefanie von Pfetten and Battlestar Gallactica star Jamie Bamber (pictured) top-line the thriller now shooting in B.C.

Sinking Ship lifts Christin Simms to head of development

The promotion follows greenlights for new series Playdate and Dino Dana.

Bitten’s second season opens strong for Space

The sci-fi series is still the top-rated original series on the specialty channel, ahead of Orphan Black.

Electus backs U.S. version of Canada’s Smartest Person

The U.S. multimedia studio picked up the American format rights to the CBC reality series.

Shaw Media, NSI team for diversity initiatives

Shaw Media and NSI are launching a TV director course to encourage women of all backgrounds and men of Aboriginal or visible minority backgrounds to work in scripted series.

B.C. renews interactive digital media tax credit to 2018

The westernmost province also expanded its digital animation or visual effects tax credit to include post-production work.

Cocksure Lads, Pretend We’re Kissing bookend Canadian Film Fest

The Toronto-shot indie films will be among eight feature films and 16 shorts to screen over the festival’s four-day run in Toronto next month.

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Quebecor Fund distributes $635K across five projects

Projects from Quebec indie prodcos Christal Films, Bloom Films Productions and Attraction Images were among those selected to receive support in this latest round of funding.

Ex-Breakthrough exec Kate Blank joins Blue Ant Media

Blank joins the media group’s recently launched international distribution arm.

B.C. actors, producers agree on tentative labour deal

Performers are to receive a 6% rate increase over three years as part of a renewed pact to kick in on April 1, 2015, once ratified.