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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

St. John’s-set Son of a Critch starts rolling on season two

The CBC coming-of-age comedy has started production on the 13-episode sophomore season.

July 14, 2022

Sanaa Lathan’s On the Come Up set for TIFF debut

Lathan’s directorial feature film debut is the third world premiere – and third title in total – announced for the Toronto International Film Festival’s 47th edition.

July 13, 2022

Disney+ Canada hires Toronto-based head of partnerships

Justin Erdman will build private- and public-sector partnerships to drive subscriber growth and viewer engagement with the streamer’s content.

July 12, 2022

Portraits From a Fire among big Leo Award winners

Trevor Mack’s feature won five trophies, as did British Columbia: An Untold History and A Clüsterfünke Christmas, at the B.C. film and TV awards.

July 12, 2022

CRTC calls for comments on treatment of stock footage costs

The Commission is considering the same modification the CAVCO office has made, recategorizing stock footage when calculating Cancon cost requirements.

July 11, 2022

Bell Fibe TV1 picks up second season of Sunshine City

EXCLUSIVE: Sideways Dog Productions founder Jake Horowitz says season two will go to camera in late October in Orillia, Ont.

July 8, 2022

Deals: Serendipity Films, Melbar Entertainment Group, Filmoption

Crimes of the Future secures a U.K., Ireland release, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television boards The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, plus more.

July 8, 2022

In brief: Board changes for the Ottawa Film Office

Plus: Red Arrow has hired a sales VP for English-speaking markets, a Canadian project has won a prize from the Attagirl global film lab, and more.

July 7, 2022

Clement Virgo’s Brother to world premiere at TIFF

Virgo wrote and directed the Canadian coming-of-age story, adapted from David Chariandy’s novel about two brothers in Toronto in the early 1990s.

July 6, 2022

Deals: Prairie Pants Distribution, CTV Life Channel, A Média, Gusto

A Corner Gas FAST Channel has launched on Amazon Freevee, CTV Life Channel has acquired The Great Cookbook Challenge, plus more.

July 4, 2022

In brief: Heritage allocates $9.2M to support film exhibitors, distributors

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences inducts several Canadians in 2022, WildBrain makes a change to its board of directors, plus more.

June 30, 2022

DGC BC to hold postmortem on recent bargaining process with negotiating producers

Kendrie Upton, executive director of DGC BC, sheds light on the “frustrating” period of negotiations that led to a strike but ultimately ended with a ratified agreement.

June 30, 2022