Other trophy winners included Cory Doran for best voice work (Maslany pictured).
Banking on star Rosamund Pike’s Oscar nomination, Pacific Northwest Pictures picks up the film for a summer 2015 theatrical release (Pike pictured).
The promotion follows greenlights for new series Playdate and Dino Dana.
The sci-fi series is still the top-rated original series on the specialty channel, ahead of Orphan Black.
The U.S. multimedia studio picked up the American format rights to the CBC reality series.
The westernmost province also expanded its digital animation or visual effects tax credit to include post-production work.
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.
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.
Blank joins the media group’s recently launched international distribution arm.
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.