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CBC sets new dramas, builds on comedy slate, says goodbye to two titles for 2022-23
The pubcaster’s fall slate includes new Canadian drama Plan B, starring Karine Vanasse and Patrick J. Adams, but won’t see the return of Coroner or TallBoyz.
CTV drama Sullivan’s Crossing readies cameras for Nova Scotia
The series, based on Robyn Carr’s books, is being produced as an interprovincial coproduction.
Nova Scotia raises film fund cap, increases fund for 2022-23
The province is boosting the Film and Television Production Incentive Fund’s per-project cap by $6 million to make it easier for larger productions to film there.
The CW orders 3Bird Media food competition series
Recipe for Disaster will be shot in Toronto and see professional chefs facing “disasters” in fantastical worlds while cooking dishes.
Rogers, Shaw delay close of merger
The companies have agreed to hold off closing the deal pending resolution with the Competition Bureau.
Cineflix Rights secures deals for several Canadian series
Sales of Wynonna Earp, Coroner and Happily Married are among a raft of new deals for Cineflix Rights’ scripted slate.
L.A. studios ‘bullish’ about filming in Toronto: mayor
Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city’s first in-person film industry mission to L.A. since 2019 was “successful,” with studios saying: “Keep doing what you’re doing.”
How Inside Out came together after two years of a pandemic
Interim co-head Andrew Murphy talks about the challenges the 2SLGBTQ+ film festival faced to put together a hybrid version amid a leadership change.
In brief: DOC Institute announces Breakthrough prize winners
Plus: The National Screen Institute names its CBC New Indigenous Voices cohort, Paperboat Animation has announced a new slate, and more.
Bill C-11 supporters, critics go before Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Witness testimony included representatives of Corus Entertainment, OUTtv Network, Skyship Entertainment Company and the University of Ottawa.
Industry leaders feel ‘heard’ after National Culture Summit
Leaders of the Reelworld Screen Institute, the Indigenous Screen Office and Canada Media Fund discuss key takeaways from the ‘significant’ summit in Ottawa.
SODEC announces production assistance for nine French-language features
Several of the titles were also on Telefilm’s recent Production Program funding list, including André Forcier’s Ababouiné and Yan Lanouette-Turgeon’s Mlle Bottine.
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