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Unite 9, Plan B win big at Prix Gemeaux gala
Aetios Productions’ prison drama and KOTV’s freshman sci-fi series (pictured) were awarded at the annual event, which honours the best in Quebec television.
APTN sets up Anaana’s Tent
The English-language children’s variety show, produced by Taqqut Productions, aims to teach kids Inuit values and Inuktitut words.
Vanessa Case joins Vice Canada as SVP, Studio Canada
The former Blue Ant exec will head up Vice Studios’ production slate in Canada, including development, production, financing, sales and licensing.
TIFF ’18: The Orchard nabs Nguyen’s Hummingbird Project
Produced by Item 7 and Belgium’s Belga Productions, the film will get a theatrical release stateside in 2019.
Bridging a Canadian culture gap with an Australian format
Ahead of its season one premiere, APTN has renewed First Contact, which is based on the SBS series that immerses non-Indigenous people into Indigenous communities.
How to solve a problem like Canadian film viewership?
Industry players like Telefilm Canada and CBC are coming up with some new ideas to help solve an age-old problem.
TIFF ’18: Well Go USA takes Freaks
The U.S. distributor grabbed rights to Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s sci-fi thriller for multiple territories in a seven-figure deal.
CBC launches Films brand, funds new features
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is one of four films to receive support through the Breaking Barriers Film Fund, which has been rebranded under CBC Films.
The Film Farm team wins CMPA producer award
Prowler Films’ Caitlin Grabham was named the recipient of the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award.
WFF ’18: Audience of Chairs, Great Darkened Days added
The festival will also feature the world premiere of Sean Patrick Shaul’s documentary on B.C.-based filmmaker Uwe Boll.
Nova Scotia prodcos team on Canada/Cuba copro
Pictou Twist Pictures, Picture Plant and Toronto’s Conquering Lion will coproduce a film based on the lives of The Cuban Five alongside Cuba’s film agency.
From reality TV to TIFF premiere: Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky
After meeting on Steven Spielberg’s reality series On the Lot, the filmmakers teamed up to co-direct sci-fi thriller Freaks.
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