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LA talent org creates Golden Maple awards
ACISE-LA will launch the awards in June 2015 to recognize Canadian entertainment and sports talent working in the US.
Tim Carlson, Atticus Mitchell topline Young Drunk Punk
Series creator/writer/executive producer Bruce McCulloch (Kids in the Hall) also joins the cast as production kicks off in Calgary. (Kids in the Hall in Dave Foley-starrer Spun Out pictured.)
VIFF gets biz-y
This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival features a reinvigorated focus on industry programming. (VIFF exec director Jacqueline Dupuis pictured)
Deals: Flame, Portfolio, Archstone, book options
Ahead of MIPCOM, Flame Distribution picks up the international rights to a hot new fashion doc (pictured), while two Canadian novels find producers.
Atomic Fiction expands to Montreal
The California-based VFX studio will open a subsidiary in Montreal that it says will eventually employ 100 people.
Diminishing fees, scope creep concern screen composers: report
A new baseline study by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada shines a light on issues facing Canadian composers and the businesses they run. (SCGC president Marvin Dolgay pictured)
Production takes off on Aim For The Roses
The docu-drama about Canadian stuntman Ken Carter and musician Mark Haney (pictured) will shoot in several locations throughout B.C., including the Mission Raceway.
Festival news: Austin’s Fantastic, imagineNATIVE, OIAF
Kung Fu Elliot (pictured) takes home a prize from Austin’s Fantastic Film Festival, while imagineNATIVE unveils its feature and doc lineups.
Telefilm invests $7M across 7 features
Projects selected to receive coin in the latest round of financing include Ruba Nadda’s October Gale and David Bezmozgis’ Natasha (pictured).
The New Establishment: Zach Lipovsky
With a skill set that spans app development, VFX, directing and producing, Lipovsky is using diversification to his advantage in a fragmented media industry.
Christine Shipton named SVP content at Shaw
Christine Shipton takes on the new role following colleague Barb Williams’ promotion to Shaw Media president.
Shaw Media looks to hyper-local model for Global News 1
The company hopes a focus on local news programming and innovative technology can make its proposed Global News 1 channel a hit, says Troy Reeb, SVP news and station operations.
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