Plus: SODEC selects shorts for production support, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival launches screening tour, and more.
Laura Adkin’s film Re: Uniting leads the film nominees for the annual B.C. audiovisual sector awards.
The WGC Screenwriting Awards also saw Workin’ Moms and Little Bird recognized for comedy and drama, respectively.
The Rockies Gala Awards will be hosted by comedian Allana Harkin, while Late Bloomer‘s Jasmeet Raina will host the Rockie Awards International Program Competition.
The Fawzia Mirza feature won Best Feature Film while Amy Mielke and Brittney Gavin’s Cold Dip won Best Documentary Film.
Sandre’s short The Pleasure is All Mine won Best of Showcase and Audience Choice at the 15th annual Showcase.
The $5,000 bursary was launched by the Banff World Media Festival and the DGC in 2022 with support from Warner Bros. Discovery Canada.
The festival for emerging filmmakers also announced some initial titles in its June programming lineup.
Michael MacMillan, Denis Villenueve and Patrick Huard will be honoured during Canadian Screen Week.
Plus: Eleven NFB titles to world premiere at Sommets du cinéma d’animation, Jenna Marks’ Salted wins the CBC Pitch This! competition, and more.
The $5,000 annual Hot Docs award will be presented to Duke in a ceremony on May 3.