Anthony’s carefully crafted writing talent has impressed the likes of CBC and Children Ruin Everything creator Kurt Smeaton as he uses his past experiences to write untold and relatable stories.
Monkey Beach swept the feature film categories at San Francisco’s American Indian Film Festival, while Come True came out “bloodie.”
The channel has named Departure its No. 1 new series this fall, with an average audience of 1.2 million so far in its six-episode run.
The commitment offers much-needed stability to the local industry as it eyes potential growth in production volume due to the region’s low number of COVID-19 cases.
Jennifer Kawaja, Marsha Greene and Beth Janson are among the winners of the 2020 Crystal Awards, with the gala event set to run virtually on Dec. 1.
Domestic and service productions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have received a number of extensions in provincial tax credits in the budget, which also promises action on film classification.
MTAC stated the government has “disregarded” evidence of the safety of cinemas as new rules revoke previous exemptions for patron capacity.
The funder saw an overall 6% decrease in spend in its most recent fiscal year, but an increase in the number of feature films supported.
Josh Duhamel has signed on to star and executive produce a biopic based on one of Canada’s most notorious bank robbers, produced by Montreal’s Goldrush Entertainment.
The former CBC exec is making the move to indie production as she oversees the Vancouver prodco’s development strategy and growing slate of projects.
The deal was announced the same week the U.S. network picked up additional seasons of CBC scripted dramas Coroner and Burden of Truth.
Remote production has wrapped on the 6 x 30-minute series, starring Jon Dore as a retired comedian who makes money as an HR manager for comedians.