The funder has also shared a public statement to “oppose the harmful comment that was made during Canadian Screen Week.”
The Telefilm board of directors will begin a search for the next CEO and executive director ahead of Dickenson’s departure on Sept. 9.
The Montreal-based company plans to hire more than 100 staff for the new Ottawa office to take advantage of the local talent base.
The organization handed out the additional funding from Canadian Heritage in a span of eight months, with the bulk going to development and production funding, as well as sector enhancement grants.
The 43,000 square foot Burnaby, B.C. facility will include the company’s first permanent LED volume to provide end-to-end virtual production services.
Executives from Nelvana and Cineflix Rights discuss how business strategies have shifted at markets such as MIPTV.
Amazon Studios’ Brent Haynes, head of scripted series, Canada, discusses The Sticky and how Canada’s East and West Coast play a big role in Prime Video’s scripted development slate.
Our latest survey results show an indie production sector on the upswing from the COVID-19 pandemic, with producers eager to build their business in the year ahead.
The province’s 2022 budget has introduced a second film and TV tax credit for local and foreign productions and a $10 million investment toward a new film school in St. John’s to increase the labour force.
The new greenlights include a documentary about The Tragically Hip from Mike Downie and a maple syrup heist dramedy with Blumhouse Television and Sphere Media among the producers.
The Montreal-based distributor will be folded into the Sphere brand with Charles Tremblay appointed as president of Sphere Films.
The deal follows Cineflix Media’s acquisition of Back Alley Films, which Mitchell co-founded with Janis Lundman.