Kyle Rideout’s CFC-backed feature will be released theatrically in the U.S. in early 2018.
Carte Blanche Films’ Amelie et Compagnie received the lion’s share of the funding, with more than $800,000 going to the TFO series and its digital media component.
Can a prime Thursday night spot, and some help from Sheldon and the gang, spell big ratings for the four-part event series?
Three women will each go on to direct an episode of Sinking Ship’s Dino Dana, as the Women in View program aims to double the number of women directing Canadian media.
Plus: Women in Animation is set to open a Canadian chapter and APTN prepares to say goodbye to Mohawk Girls.
Preliminary results show the funder is close to achieving equal representation in a number of key roles across its portfolio, but more work is needed to get women on bigger-budget films.
Twenty films will compete for the Borsos prize, including Pat Kiely’s Someone Else’s Wedding.
The entertainment startup has raised $16M in funding from investors including Boat Rocker Ventures and eOne.
The Tokyo Trial prodco has also promoted Jane Beaubien to senior director, business affairs and finance.
The anthology romcom is helmed by six female directors, with Margaret Atwood serving as creative consultant.
The Toronto prodco’s latest project, a family cake-baking series for Food Network in the U.S., debuts this week.
Pandas and aliens, ducks with super powers and Oz, oh my! How the Howard Lovecraft producer is mining new and existing IP for a half-dozen film and TV projects.