Plus, eOne hires a former BBC Worldwide exec for its Latin America sales team and NSI launches NSI New Northern Voices.
The U.S. pay TV network has ordered a sixth season of the unscripted series from Arrow Media and Saloon Media.
Steve Harvey’s East 112 options Forte’s Snapshots, while Cineflix Rights sells a raft of crime and investigation titles to international broadcasters.
Miryam Bouchard (pictured) and Ricardo Trogi’s latest are among the titles selected.
The $600,000 program for scripted projects marks the first time the two organizations have formally partnered on a fund.
The inaugural cohort consists of projects like Olivier Higgins and Melanie Carrier’s Errance sans retour and Les rayons gamma from Henry Bernadet.
Both copros will make their world premieres in the festival’s Discovery section.
The former Canadian Heritage senior policy advisor will “focus on innovation through the lens of industry-wide disruption and opportunities for growth.”
The Attraction Images-produced feature stars Patrick Huard, Robin Aubert and Sophie Lorain.
Plus, Film Training Manitoba and Sonar Entertainment up executives within their ranks.
Executive producers behind the sci-fi series starring Katee Sackhoff discuss the show’s atypical development process.
The filmmaker’s credits included The Second Time Around and the Genie Award-winning Dancing in the Dark.