Julianna Cummins

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DOC, Indiegogo strike fee partnership

The arrangement comes on the heels of a new report highlighting the growing importance of crowdfunding to Canadian doc-makers.

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imagineNATIVE names script lab winners

Four winners were selected from a total of 37 submissions.

Ken Kirzinger, Brad Loree join Blackburn cast

The horror actors join an ensemble cast that also includes Lochlyn Munro and Emilie Ullerup for the 3B Entertainment production. (Kirzinger pictured.)

NXNE expands film fest focus

This year, the Toronto festival will screen films that are not focused on music for the first time. (Film programming manager Cameron Carpenter pictured)

Deals: Blue Ant International, IMAX, 9 Story

Blue Ant International picks up the world rights to Eccentrics, while IMAX enters the Scandinavian market.

Interactive doc project wins POV Hackathon

#POETASTR, an interactive component to La maison de prod’s Noriginals doc, won the participant’s choice award at the competition run by PBS’s POV.

Christa Dickenson to head Interactive Ontario

Dickenson will replace outgoing president and CEO Donald Henderson.

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Super Channel invests $500K in 19 projects

Projects that received financing in the latest round include Andrew Currie’s The Steps and the doc Digital Warriors.

Stuart Baxter appointed president of eOne Television Int’l

Baxter (pictured) will be based out of London and report to eOne Television’s CEO John Morayniss.

Gener8 lands 3D contract for The Grandmaster

The Vancouver-based company will complete the 3D conversion work on the Oscar-nominated film ahead of its theatrical re-release.

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Web series production in Ontario on the rise: report

The report, which looked at the state of web series production in Canada, was presented at the inaugural TO WebFest conference held this weekend.

Shaw Media mentorship program recipients announced

A total of 11 participants were selected across two programs, with writers receiving a two-week internship in the writer’s room of a Canadian drama or comedy series.