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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

Vertical Entertainment takes Spinster out

The distributor has acquired director Andrea Dorfman’s latest for the U.S. and U.K.

March 10, 2020

Arrow, Handel and Rezolution hunt for Cleopatra

Commissioned by CBC and Channel 5, Searching for Cleopatra documents archaeologist Kathleen Martinez’s recent exploration of the Egyptian ruler.

March 9, 2020

Craig David Wallace embraces Daughters

Co-written with Ian Malone (Big Top Academy, The Next Step), the thriller is executive produced by Raven Banner’s Michael Paszt, James Fler and Andrew Hunt.

March 6, 2020

Sarah Polley named ACTRA’s Woman of the Year

The Oscar nominee is being recognized for her artistic and advocacy work.

March 5, 2020

CTV sets Cardinal’s final investigation

The fourth and final season of the hit detective series sees Nathan Morlando (Mean Dreams) direct.

March 5, 2020

Five Qs with: Robin Mirsky

The board of directors’ tribute honouree talks how the Rogers Group of Funds has evolved and the decision to open a new envelope with Creative BC.

March 4, 2020

Naveen Prasad’s next step

The industry veteran discusses his decision to move on from his post as president of Vice Canada and what’s next for him.

March 4, 2020

Shaftesbury, Company option Burrows’ Birder Murder Mysteries

The first partnership between the two companies, the project is expected to bring together a roster of Canadian and U.K. screenwriters.

March 3, 2020

Miramax exec joins Cineflix Rights as head of scripted

The newly created role sees James Durie focus on the distributor’s global strategy for sales, presales, acquisitions and coproductions for its scripted content.

March 2, 2020

Alison Murray gets moving on The Vegas

The Canada/Argentina coproduction sees The Film Farm’s Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss serve as executive producers.

February 27, 2020

CSA best film race: How the young pretenders became the contenders

Writer/director nominees for the coveted category weigh in on their process, how they pitched their film, and more.

February 26, 2020

A Perfect Plan, Hazy Little Thing among CFF world premieres

Director Sergio Navarretta’s The Cuban will open the 14th edition, while Steve Markle’s Shoot to Marry caps off the Toronto-based fest.

February 26, 2020