Jamie Casemore

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SODEC supports seven promo projects focusing on youth

Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks and Sarianne Cormier’s Au revoir Pluton are among the films whose promotional projects were selected.

Hot Docs announces conditional offer for Ted Rogers Cinema sale

The Hot Docs Festival begins today (April 24) and runs until May 4.

Four Canadian features screening in competition at Annecy

Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.

Sherry Media Group acquires eight docs for STEM on IMAX film series

Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.

APTN unveils spring lineup

Series making their premiere on APTN include Red River Gold and Northwoods Survival while returning programs include Pow Wow Chow.

TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to end after season 19

Filling its timeslot at the Ontario pubcaster in the fall is a new public affairs program The Rundown.

Northwinds Productions’ Drink docuseries records Webby win

Other winners include the CBC podcast Personal Best and the indie game Balatro.

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Hot Sheet: The Handmaid’s Tale leaps in demand with final season

HBO’s The Last of Us landed at No. 3 on the overall TV originals chart following its season two release.

Four projects selected for Docs-in-Progress in Cannes

The animated feature Julián, produced in part by Aircraft Pictures, will participate in the Annecy Animation Showcase.

Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

The film will make its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight Narrative section.

Entertainment Partners taps Anne Loi for Canadian president role

The former WildBrain exec will lead Entertainment Partners’ strategy and operations in Canada.

Eagle Vision returns to Taken with season five

The docuseries focused on solving the mysteries behind Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous people premiered its fourth season in 2019.