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In Brief: The Invisibles to world premiere at Cinequest festival
Plus: Tamara Segura’s feature doc Seguridad will world bow in Miami, and LIFT announces the participants for its Expanding North program.
Telefilm partners with Parrot Analytics for audience insights
The funder will tap into the firm’s audience demand data to help inform its decision-making on concept funding, marketing and distribution.
CSAs ’24: Crave, APTN lumi’s Little Bird leads TV nominations
Little Bird earned 19 nominations overall, followed by CBC comedies Sort Of and Workin’ Moms at 18 and 12, respectively.
Hot Sheet: Stranger Things breaks into digital top three
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show jumped to No. 2 on the overall TV chart.
Quebecor Fund, CMF invest more than $800K via export program
The Quebecor Fund has also allocated $383,000 through its Film Production Assistance Program.
Study explores barriers to expanding Ontario’s film hubs
The study highlighted common challenges and recommended short- and long-term strategies to attract productions.
In Brief: Law & Order Toronto debut attracts 1.1 million viewers
Plus: Wet’suwet’en doc Yintah makes its world bow at the True/False Film Festival, Rodeo Production hires an EP for its Toronto operations, and more.
SODEC selects 21 films for development assistance
The projects include 12 feature-length narrative films and nine documentary titles.
Guru Studio options children’s book series Spot for TV
A preschool TV series based on the books is currently in the works, with former Amazon Kids+ exec Sarah Maizes on board in a consulting role.
CMPA-BC case study examines animation’s carbon footprint
The study, which assessed the annual emissions of a B.C.-based animation studio, found remote work had a significant impact on its overall footprint.
Deals: Fremantle, Quebecor Content, Amuz
Fremantle has sold CTV’s Sullivan’s Crossing in multiple Asian territories, Quebecor pre-buys season four of My Life is Murder, plus more.
Hot Sheet: The Bear breaks into digital demand top three
Hazbin Hotel continued its dominance of the demand charts in Canada.
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