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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

Hot Docs ’21: Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality to open fest

Presented online, this year’s lineup includes 219 films from 66 countries and will see the debut of its Citizen Minutes project.

March 23, 2021

Harold Greenberg Fund, Creative BC reveal BC Shorts recipients

One Day This Kid from writer/director Alexander Farah and producer Madeleine Davis is among the short film projects tapped to receive $20,000 from the program.

March 22, 2021

Peacock Alley’s Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur to debut next month

Commissioned by Oxygen, the two-hour special is also set to premiere on Super Channel.

March 19, 2021

Deals: Breakthrough, Murder by Milkshake, MK2|Mile End

Breakthrough Entertainment strikes deals for The Oak Room and other titles, while writer/director Nadia Litz picks up the world rights to a true crime book and MK2|Mile End acquires the Canadian rights to six titles.

March 19, 2021

Burden of Truth comes to a close after four seasons

In a statement, CBC’s Sally Catto said the pubcaster respects the team’s wishes to end the series “as their story reaches what they feel is a natural conclusion.”

March 19, 2021

Production heats up on Mary Makes It Easy

The CTV Life Channel original series shot in the chef’s home kitchen consists of 25 half-hour episodes, including a holiday special, and will debut later this year.

March 18, 2021

APTN unveils two newly-created programming positions

Adam Garnet Jones will join the organization as director of TV content and special events, while director of marketing Lisa Ducharme has moved over to the programming side.

March 17, 2021

Director Rodrigo Gudino closes The Breach

Produced by Pasha Patriki of Hangar 18 Media with co-producers Andrew Thomas Hunt, James Fler and Michael Paszt from Raven Banner Entertainment, the film also sees musician Slash attached.

March 15, 2021

Incendo rolls on two rom-coms

Both Destination Love and Sweet as Maple Syrup are produced in association with Citytv and expected to air as part of the channel’s Fall in Love Fridays lineup.

March 15, 2021

Wattpad, CBC unveil first titles from partnership

Young adult drama Near or Far and thriller The Last Place to Hide are being developed as CBC Gem original series.

March 11, 2021

Anne scores TFCA’s Rogers Best Canadian Film prize

Meanwhile, Violation, Possessor and The Nest were among the projects honoured by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

March 10, 2021

Super Channel, Canadian Film Fest unveil virtual fest lineup

The second annual Canadian Film Fest presented by Super Channel will see the Toronto premiere of Sugar Daddy kick off the fest, while the Canadian debut of Range Roads closes it out.

March 9, 2021