Dina Appleton has joined the Toronto-based company as it continues to expand internationally.
While TV ad revenues continue to slide, Bell Media parent BCE saw traction with its Alt TV product, targeting condo-dwellers and cord-nevers.
The announcement marks the first time the vaunted Canadian filmmaker will world-premiere one of his films at TIFF.
“High-potential” projects can received up to $2.5 million in funding.
Manifold Pictures’ sci-fi for Hollywood Suite was the only drama to receive funding, while projects from Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn’s Kingulliit Productions also received support.
Indie producers will be asked how to best modernize the Broadcasting and Telecom Acts and ensure all members of the system contribute.
New series The Stand-Up Show with Katherine Ryan and one-hour special Homegrown Comics will join the specialty’s lineup this fall.
The France/Canada copro, directed by Quebec’s Daniel Roby, won best film at the Montreal genre fest.
The global streamer has set up a studio and programming commitment in Spain, offering an opportunity to compare its strategy for international markets.
Rezolution Pictures’ Red Fever and 90th Parallel’s Michelle Latimer-directed Inconvenient Indian are two of the projects to receive funding.
Two Canadian virtual reality projects have also been selected to compete at the Italian festival.