Julianna Cummins

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Carousel Pictures developing Phil Hartman biopic

Nice Guy Phil (working title) will be directed by Jason Priestley. (Carousel’s Tyler Levine pictured.)

Canadian copros land in Sundance lineup

Matt Johnson’s latest directorial effort, Operation Avalanche, will screen in the festival’s Next program.

How eOne used its U.K. arm to bolster Life’s Canadian release

Coming Soon: eOne’s VP theatrical operations Tim Smythe-Bishop on the distribution strategy for the majority Canada/Germany/Australia copro Life, opening this Friday.

Deepa Mehta honoured by TFCA

As part of the prize, Mehta will award a filmmaker of her choosing with $50,000 in services from Technicolor Creative Services.

Houdini & Doyle shoot travels to Toronto

Head of Shaftesbury U.S. and executive producer Maggie Murphy on moving the drama’s production from the U.K. to Canada. (Location Casa Loma pictured.)

Telefilm invests $8M across 12 features

Films selected to receive production financing in this latest round include Goon: Last of the Enforcers and Operation Insanity.

Best of the Year: Rhombus Media

Building new partnerships and focusing on first-time filmmakers helped to make 2015 a banner year for the 36-year-old prodco.

WFF to honour Bruce Greenwood

Greenwood is among three actors to be honoured by the festival.

Rainmaker revenues up for Q3

The Vancouver-based animation studio reported a 45% increase in revenue compared to the same quarter of 2014.

Rogers Doc and Cable fund invests $2.1M in latest round

A total of 13 TV projects received funding in this latest round, including marblemedia and Proper Television’s Drive Me Crazy.

Smiley Guy’s hockey-ballet holiday mashup set for CBC

The Toronto animation studio has produced a uniquely Canadian tale with universal themes for CBC’s holiday lineup.

New APTN doc series goes into production

The Kwassen Productions series will be shot in and around Lillooet, B.C. (pictured).