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.
Jocelyn Hamilton, Christa Dickenson, Ramona Pringle, Frances-Anne Solomon, and Sarah Polley were honoured at the 35th annual gala.
Clement Virgo’s Brother and Luis De Filippis’ Something You Said Last Night are among the selected features.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Katherine Jerkovic’s Quebec-shot drama, produced by Nicolas Comeau, also won a performance honour.
Sara Blake, Magali Gillon-Krizaj and Tyler Hagan also won a prize from the CMPA at the WFF ceremony.
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.
The award-winning director of photography died at his Toronto residence on Oct. 30 at age 82, says his son.
The partnership between Cineflix and the Grammy Award-winning singer and producer is to develop a scripted miniseries based on her life and career.