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Cameras roll on True West Films’ first scripted series The Drop
The comedy satire, created by Daniela Pagliarello and Aisha Evelyna, is slated to premiere in 2023 on Narcity as its first scripted acquisition.
Gary Mundell, Colin Geddes pair up for Tippett Productions
Tippett Canada president Mundell and Ultra 8 Pictures’ Geddes are spearheading the launch of the Canadian-based shingle to produce original content.
Titan1Studios developing YA novel series The Coseema Saga
Canadian writer Alison Hepburn will adapt the first book in the YA fantasy and sci-fi series by novelist Bridgette Dutta Portman for TV.
TIFF Deals: IFC Films scoops up domestic rights to BlackBerry
Plus, Photon Films acquires distribution rights to When Morning Comes and 101 Films International lands worldwide sales rights to Marlene.
Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF ‘a huge move in visibility’
Organizers explain the genesis of the first-ever event, which stems from the Trans Film Mentorship and founding film partner, Something You Said Last Night.
Steve Gravestock leaving TIFF ‘in good hands’
The longtime senior programmer for the Canada and Nordic region reflects on the domestic industry, why he’s retiring from TIFF, and his fondest memories.
Deals: Vice, This Place, Sphere Media, Fuse TV
Canada’s Oscar entry, Eternal Spring, signs worldwide licence deal with Vice, V.T. Nayani’s This Place lands international sales agent, and more.
Mariloup Wolfe’s Coeur de slush preps for action
Christian Larouche produces the drama, which was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, based on her own novel.
Bell Media Prime Time TV Program chooses inaugural comedy cohort
The program, offered to Black, Indigenous and/or racialized creators in Canada, will have Ins Choi as executive producer in residence.
In brief: Black Academy reveals Legacy Awards creative team
Plus: WFF elects new board members and hires a manager of operations, and Quebec will have a big presence at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival.
NFB greenlights five documentary and animation projects
The slate includes the Quebec provincial election feature doc La Course from Montreal-based director Jenny Cartwright.
Filmmakers flag concerns over NFB head appointment process
The NFB says it “cannot comment” on the NFB/ONF Creation allegation that outgoing head Claude Joli-Coeur “is on the hiring committee to select his own replacement.”
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