Plus: RBC unveils a new award for emerging Indigenous filmmakers, and Alanis Obomsawin will world premiere a new film at the International First Peoples Festival.
The growing conglomerate will leverage Squeeze’s Unreal Engine expertise to expand its animation services menu.
For the Sake of Vicious filmmaker Reese Eveneshen will work with Avi Federgreen to boost the prodco’s development capacity for emerging talent and genre titles.
Craig Junner and Andrea Harrick have moved up within the global media division to further drive its FAST expansion.
The new division is led by former eOne execs Toby Dormer and Allison Brough.
The company announced the extension as part of its Q2 2022 financial report.
Sheri Rempel will temporarily replace outgoing CFO Andy Wilson, who departs the company less than two months after the resignation of former CEO Ron Thomson.
The former Portfolio Entertainment COO joins as EVP of finance and analytics, handling the funder’s day-to-day business and financial operations, and its strategic approach to research and data collection.
Plus, the RBC and Canadian Academy’s MVP project hits a milestone in its latest funding round.
The Montreal-based studio behind Fireheart will help Cinesite better meet a global demand for animated content.
The acquisition was announced as the streamer revealed its Q2 2022 results, which saw a more muted subscriber loss than predicted.
The VP, promotions, communications and international relations will temporarily take the reins from outgoing executive director and CEO Christa Dickenson.