The programming lineup features series from HGTV, Discovery and Food Network.
The nominations include Best Director for Ali Abbasi and Best Lead Performance for Sebastian Stan.
Plus: Village Keeper wins at Regent Park and the DGC’s initial director observer placements are underway.
The series, co-directed by Jason Brennan and Sonia Bonspille Boileau, follows the daily lives of employees at a roadside rest stop.
Among the CMPA’s mentorship programs is a new initiative for Newfoundland and Labrador producers with PictureNL.
Other Canadian winners include Kim O’Bomsawin’s Ninan Auassat: We, the Children, which won in the Magnus Isacsson Competition.
Netflix’s Stranger Things and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale shot up to No. 2 and No. 3 on the digital demand chart this week.
Plus: Seneca Polytechnic creates Sony-funded financial awards and Telefilm and the ISO work with Sacred Earth on a sustainable filmmaking workshop.
Among the licensed films is the Will Smith-starring Seven Pounds and the 2014 remake of About Last Night.
The new winter series include Saint-Pierre, Small Achievable Goals and North of North.
The 60-minute documentary will be released on a variety of Bell Media platforms on Jan. 22.