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Victoria Ahearn

Victoria Ahearn is Editor of Playback. A veteran multimedia arts journalist, she was formerly chief film and TV writer at The Canadian Press and reporter-editor in various departments at the national wire service, landing bylines in the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and many major publications across the country. She's a Humber Radio Hall of Fame inductee, been a copywriter for Corus Entertainment and written for community paper Danforth CentreTown News. At Playback, she oversees content for the publication's daily newsletter.

Posts by Victoria Ahearn

Michelle van Beusekom takes reins at Knowledge Network

The veteran broadcast and production leader becomes president and CEO of the B.C. public broadcaster on Feb. 6.

January 9, 2023

Vancouver-based filmmaker Catherine Cyran has died

Cyran helmed several holiday movies in Canada and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for directing White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II for the Disney Channel.

January 6, 2023

Cineplex Pictures to distribute Lionsgate titles in Canada

The theatrical distribution agreement is for 11 titles on Lionsgate’s 2023 slate, including John Wick: Chapter 4.

January 6, 2023

Brunico Communications acquires NATPE

The sale of the National Association of Television Programming Executives includes its international content markets, conferences and several events.

January 3, 2023

Bell Fund sets $2.4 million for 12 short-form digital series

Eight English and four French-language projects will receive funding, including season two of CBC Gem’s Zarqa.

December 21, 2022

Ottawa charts record-breaking production volume

The Ottawa Film Office says live-action production volume was up 37% in 2022 compared to the previous year.

December 21, 2022

SODEC taps 10 fiction features for production funding

Eight French-language and two English-language projects were chosen, including biographical drama Ethel from Maudie director Aisling Walsh and writer Céleste Parr.

December 20, 2022

In Brief: Whistler Film Festival, AWFJ hand out EDA Awards

Plus: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is back in Alberta, Disney channels launch on StackTV, and discovery+ lands on Prime Video in Canada.

December 19, 2022

Deals: Hollywood Suite, Super Channel, CBC Gem, Radio-Canada

Hollywood Suite scoops up Ethan Hawke-helmed docuseries The Last Movie Stars, Super Channel acquires Go Button Media’s Deadly Science, plus more.

December 16, 2022

Critics Choice Awards choose Sarah Polley, James Cameron

Both are nominated for best director, among other trophies: Polley for Women Talking and Cameron for Avatar: The Way of Water.

December 15, 2022

Trish Neufeld readies doc on Lululemon founder Chip Wilson

Stretched, about the rise and fall of the Canadian billionaire, is in post and now open to potential buyers.

December 14, 2022

Canadian Academy’s Quebec section reveals board changes

Karine Dubois and Antonello Cozzolino have been elected, while Odile Méthot and Laurence Deschênes-Tremblay have been appointed as the board restructures.

December 13, 2022