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Claude Joli-Coeur named head of NFB
Joli-Coeur has been the interim chair of the NFB since Jan. 1 following the departure of Tom Perlmutter.
Cameras roll on Igor Drljaca’s The Waiting Room
Drljaca (pictured) and his prodco TimeLapse Pictures is partnering with Gearshift Films and YN Films to produce The Waiting Room, currently shooting in Toronto.
SIM Group acquires Pixel Underground
The SIM Group also acquired Pixel’s associated companies, FINI Films and stationEX. (Pictured, L to R: Pixel’s Chris Parker, Marcus Valentin and Marc Bachli, and SIM Group’s Rob Sim)
eOne ups Margaret O’Brien to EVP, corporate development
O’Brien was most recently the head of the company’s television business in Canada before moving into the newly created role.
Producer of the Year: Paperny Entertainment
From Playback magazine: For the Vancouver-based prodco – now owned by eOne – a strategy to produce series set in extreme locations has resulted in a record-breaking 2014.
NSI unveils latest Features First teams
Projects selected to participate in the 2015 program include Mark Cutforth and Lee Hoverd’s Choo Chew.
CMF, Belgium’s Wallimage pact on digital media program
The $600,000 initiative will provide financial support for the development and production of digital media coproductions between Canadian and Belgian companies.
Brass tacks: How HGF funded film in 2013-14
The film financier’s annual report breaks down per-program funding, total projects and its portion of the benefits packages tied to 2013’s Bell Media/Astral transaction.
Women in the Director’s Chair 2014 participants announced
Directors selected for this year’s edition of the program include Reem Morsi and Rebecca Gibson.
Piers Handling honoured by TFCA
The Toronto Film Critics Association award will see Handling choose a filmmaker to receive $50,000 worth of services from Technicolor Creative Services.
DHX’s Michael Goldsmith on rethinking kids TV
From Playback magazine: DHX TV’s director of original programming on pushing the boundaries of kids shows and his strategy for the newly acquired Family and Disney channels.
Coming Soon: Tru Love
In the first of a new editorial series on distribution strategies for Canadian films, IndieCan Entertainment’s Avi Federgreen discusses plans for micro-budget indie Tru Love.
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