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Kelly Townsend

Kelly Townsend is the editor at Playback, with previous experience in B2B and entertainment journalism. Before joining the Playback team in 2018, she worked in the editorial, marketing and communication departments at B2B publisher Dovetail Communications. She has a bachelor's degree in English from York University and is a graduate of Humber College’s journalism program. Her byline has appeared in IndieWire and she spent several years covering Canadian TV as associate editor of The TV Junkies.

Posts by Kelly Townsend

Xavier Dolan’s latest among four projects backed by Quebecor Fund

Matthias et Maxine and three other French-language features will receive a share of $920,000 through Quebecor Fund’s Film Production Assistance program.

February 26, 2019

Spooky short ‘Willa’ rallies support from Toronto’s film community

Filmmakers Corey Mayne and Barbara Szeman discuss how a 100-strong volunteer film crew helped them adapt the Stephen King story on a $35,000 budget.

February 26, 2019

How DCTV pulled off a Northern Rescue

Showrunner David Cormican and star William Baldwin discuss how they sold CBC and Netflix on the hour-long family drama.

February 26, 2019

Domee Shi, Paul Massey bring Oscar gold to Canada

Shi’s Bao won the award for best animated short, while Paul Massey won his first Oscar in the sound mixing category for Bohemian Rhapsody.

February 25, 2019

Schitt’s Creek, Anne with an E stars win ACTRA Toronto awards

ACTRA Toronto honoured Jayne Eastwood with the Award of Excellence, presented by her comedy troupe Women Fully Clothed at the Feb. 23 ceremony.

February 25, 2019

Wynonna Earp campaign erupts after reports of production delay

Reports late last week that the series’ future is uncertain caused a furor online around the hashtag #FightforWynonna.

February 22, 2019

Producers dig deep to bring Shadow of Gold to life

Kensington Communications’ Robert Lang breaks down the complexities of bringing the France/Canada coproduction about the mining industry to screen.

February 21, 2019

Corus promotes Troy Reeb to EVP of new ‘broadcast networks’ portfolio

The company on Thursday revealed a change to its organizational structure that brings TV, radio and digital platforms under the same umbrella.

February 21, 2019

TIFF sets programming team for 2019 festival

The revamped team sees a number of promotions, while two international programmers step down. (Kiva Reardon pictured)

February 21, 2019

Thunderbird taps Jennica Harper to adapt The Marrow Thieves

The Jann showrunner will collaborate with author Cherie Dimaline to adapt the YA novel for TV.

February 21, 2019

CFC honours Amy and Tassie Cameron

The producers behind Cameron Pictures will be presented with CFC’s Award for Creative Excellence in L.A. on March 20.

February 21, 2019

A Colony wins Crystal Bear at Berlin film fest

The film won best feature in the Kplus stream of the Generation competition, while Montreal’s Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers earned the short film prize.

February 19, 2019