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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

Geographies of Solitude wins three awards at Berlinale

The Canadian feature documentary by Jacquelyn Mills took honours including the Caligari Film Prize.

February 18, 2022

Cameras roll on Nicole Dorsey’s sophomore feature, Balestra

Montreal’s Item 7 and Vancouver-based Oddfellows Entertainment are producing the project, which will be made as a film and spun into a limited series.

February 18, 2022

MELS announces 10,000 square-foot virtual production stage

The innovative new stage has a motorized ceiling and furthers MELS’ investment in virtual production in Montreal.

February 18, 2022

In Brief: Global picks up celebrity reality series Beyond the Edge

Plus, Magnify Digital has renewed the Audience Development Pilot Project, Door Knocker Media and Ballinran Entertainment are developing The Movie Man, and more.

February 17, 2022

Atom Egoyan joins The Creative School’s MFA in Scriptwriting & Story Design program

The Oscar-nominated The Sweet Hereafter filmmaker will mentor and teach as the program’s first writer in residence.

February 17, 2022

Cineflix Productions options the Vancouver-set Wakeland detective novels

Development is underway on a crime series based on the Canadian private-eye books by Vancouver-born Sam Wiebe.

February 17, 2022

CTV orders third season of Transplant

The upcoming season of the Sphère Média-produced medical drama will see Hamza Haq reprise his starring role as Dr. Bashir Hamed.

February 17, 2022

Creative BC taps Lou-ann Neel as Indigenous lead

The veteran artist and arts administrator will spearhead the design and delivery of a suite of targeted programs to support Indigenous filmmakers.

February 16, 2022

Blue Ant Media launches lifestyles-focused FAST channel

Homeful’s launch on streaming service XUMO in the U.S. adds to a growing roster of Blue Ant Media FAST channels.

February 16, 2022

OYA Black Arts Coalition announces cohort for two inaugural programs

The OBAC Business Affairs Boot Camp and the Scale Up Immersive include workshops and mentorship for Black-owned businesses in Canada’s entertainment sector.

February 15, 2022

CSAs ’22: Night Raiders, Scarborough top film noms

Each film has 11 nominations, including Best Motion Picture, going into Canadian Screen Week in April.

February 15, 2022

Hulu picks up Crave’s upcoming Letterkenny spinoff Shoresy

The New Metric Media-produced hockey comedy is set to launch its debut season this spring.

February 14, 2022