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Lauren Malyk

Lauren Malyk is a staff writer at Playback. She joined the publication in 2018 following stints with the Ottawa Citizen, the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians and TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin. A graduate of Ryerson University’s bachelor of journalism program, she also has experience in communications. You can follow her on Twitter at @lmalyk.

Posts by Lauren Malyk

Ontario Creates unveils sustainability initiative for film production

Ontario Green Screen aims to empower the motion picture industry with the tools, education and resources needed to incorporate best practices and is co-chaired by Justin Cutler and Marcia Douglas.

September 15, 2020

Blue Ant Media elevates Jamie Schouela to president, global channels and media

The Toronto-headquartered company has also promoted Love Nature EVP Carlyn Staudt to global general manager.

September 15, 2020

TIFF ’20: Inconvenient Indian’s call and Trickster’s answer

Michelle Latimer discusses the connection, development process and legacy of her two latest projects.

September 14, 2020

HBO Max takes Detention Adventure

The action-adventure series from LoCo Motion Pictures and Broken Compass Films is now available to stream exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S.

September 14, 2020

CBC sets premiere dates for The Sounds, Trickster

The pubcaster’s fall schedule will see Canada/New Zealand copro The Sounds air on Oct. 5, while Trickster lands on Oct. 7 and Family Feud Canada runs from Monday to Thursday.

September 10, 2020

Jump, Darling, Well Rounded land at Inside Out

Showcasing nine episodic projects and 150 films, this year’s festival will feature an exclusive preview of writer/director Philip J. Connell’s Jump, Darling, plus more.

September 9, 2020

CFC, Netflix name TV development accelerator participants

Projects tapped include a half-hour comedy/drama from Jennifer Holness and Sudz Sutherland as well as a one-hour comedy/drama from Pat Mills.

September 9, 2020

Deals: Sinking Ship, Violation, Cup of Cheer

Sinking Ship Entertainment reveals new sales, while TIFF-set Violation gains Altitude, and Indiecan Entertainment and APL Film clink with Christmas comedy Cup of Cheer.

September 8, 2020

Daniel Grou, Nathan Morlando among DGC TV noms

Vikings is up for the directorial achievement in dramatic series, while CBC productions have a hold on the directorial achievement in a comedy series section.

September 4, 2020

Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach to open Vancouver Int’l Film Festival

The director’s feature will make its world debut as part of the festival’s True North section alongside Titus Heckel’s Chained and Jennifer Abbott’s The Magnitude of All Things.

September 3, 2020

Arcana, Gasolina take on My Brother the Monster

Arcana CEO and founder Sean Patrick O’Reilly penned all episodes of the Canada/Mexico copro created by Mexico’s Ernesto Molina.

September 3, 2020

CMF invests $349M in Canadian TV and digi projects

The organization’s 2019/20 Annual Report noted that programs were almost fully subscribed and that every $1 of CMF funding generated $4.12 in production activity.

September 2, 2020