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Regan Reid
In Brief: How Pyewacket benefited pocketbooks
Plus: Canada-Israel digi media projects receive development and production coin, Scott White joins CAVCO and more.
Hochelaga does not advance in Oscar race
The Max Films-produced feature from director Francois Girard didn’t make the short list for best foreign-language picture.
Britbox SVOD coming to Canada
The British TV streamer from BBC Worldwide and ITV is set to launch in early 2018.
DGC to launch anti-harassment audit
The directors’ guild has enlisted advisor Daina Green to review its workplace policies and practices, while lawyer Emma Phillips will provide legal advice.
Network Media Group names new exec chairman
Frank Anderson will lead the board of the Vancouver-based company, which recently produced feature-length doc I Am Heath Ledger for Spike TV and TMN.
eOne signs first-look deal with King Bee Productions
The deal to develop and produce scripted TV marks the global studio’s latest partnership with high-profile creative talent.
LevelFilm picks up Prodigals
The third feature from director Michelle Ouellet will get a spring 2018 theatrical release in Canada.
Jay Switzer named to Order of Canada
The longtime industry exec and current chair of Hollywood Suite was honoured at a private ceremony in Toronto.
Breakthrough grabs worldwide rights to Manson doc
Produced by Calgary’s Pyramid Productions, Charles Manson: The Final Words recently premiered on Reelz Channel in the U.S.
Awards roundup: TFCA unveils best Canadian feature finalists
Plus: The Breadwinner, Alberta-shot Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale nab Golden Globe nominations.
City of Toronto to purchase Showline Studios
The City is stepping in to maintain the filming complex after Canada Post acquired the facilities to turn them into parcel distribution centres.
After #MeToo, how will the industry respond?
Organizers of the symposium on sexual assault presented seven recommendations to improve policies and supports for survivors.
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