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

Sarah Polley, James Cameron land Golden Globe nominations

Polley is nominated for best screenplay for Women Talking while Cameron is up for best director and best picture for Avatar: The Way of Water.

Photo gallery: WIFT Toronto Crystal Awards

Jocelyn Hamilton, Christa Dickenson, Ramona Pringle, Frances-Anne Solomon, and Sarah Polley were honoured at the 35th annual gala.

TIFF releases annual Canada’s Top Ten list of features and shorts

Clement Virgo’s Brother and Luis De Filippis’ Something You Said Last Night are among the selected features.

VFS adds innovative performance capture to its curriculum

The new course at the Vancouver Film School is under a partnership with Beyond Capture Studios and is billed as a first for animation curricula.

In Brief: All-Round Champion sets fifth season

Plus: CPAC has partnered with the BSO Career Accelerator, a Maestro Fresh Wes cooking show is bound for Bell Fibe TV1, and Toronto agency TARO PR has rebranded.

Lone Eagle Entertainment developing Harold Ballard drama

Michael Geddes and Jason Priestley discuss their goal for a scripted, limited series version of the story depicted in the documentary Offside: The Harold Ballard Story.

Broadcasting Accessibility Fund funds three new projects

A CBC closed captioning project is among the initiatives receiving a total of $350,718 in grants to increase the accessibility of broadcasting content in Canada.

WFF ’22: Coyote wins Best Canadian Feature

Katherine Jerkovic’s Quebec-shot drama, produced by Nicolas Comeau, also won a performance honour.

Damon D’Oliveira among Indiescreen Awards winners

Sara Blake, Magali Gillon-Krizaj and Tyler Hagan also won a prize from the CMPA at the WFF ceremony.

DOC calls on funders to address systemic inequities

The organization also called for the National Film Board of Canada to deliver a progress update on its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan, published in 2021.

Remembering prolific cinematographer Nikos Evdemon

The award-winning director of photography died at his Toronto residence on Oct. 30 at age 82, says his son.

Cineflix Productions teams up with Gladys Knight

The partnership between Cineflix and the Grammy Award-winning singer and producer is to develop a scripted miniseries based on her life and career.