Exec/Industry Moves

In Brief: Blue Ant Studios ups Nick Solowski to VP role

Plus: Village Keeper wins at Regent Park and the DGC’s initial director observer placements are underway.

Cameras roll on Nish Media’s Indigenous-led Pitago Stop

The series, co-directed by Jason Brennan and Sonia Bonspille Boileau, follows the daily lives of employees at a roadside rest stop.

Bell Media combines news teams in Quebec

The move will bring together Noovo Info, Noovo Moi, CTV News Montreal and CJAD.

Serial Maven Studios hires Fleur Wheatley in U.K. expansion

The former Keshet International executive will represent sales in several European regions.

Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family

The B.C.- and Alberta-shot feature adapts Hubbard’s documentary of the same name.

Netflix Canada appoints Lindsay Doyle as public policy lead

EXCLUSIVE: Doyle most recently served as head of government affairs and public policy for YouTube in Canada.

Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted wins for national feature at RIDM

Other Canadian winners include Kim O’Bomsawin’s Ninan Auassat: We, the Children, which won in the Magnus Isacsson Competition.

ImagineNATIVE acquires global media database Kin Theory

The Kin Theory database includes Indigenous actors, writers, directors, musicians and more currently working in the industry.

In Brief: Indigenous Cinema Alliance adds new fellows

Plus: Seneca Polytechnic creates Sony-funded financial awards and Telefilm and the ISO work with Sacred Earth on a sustainable filmmaking workshop.

CBC/Radio-Canada emissions cut by 16%, says sustainability report

The 2023-24 environmental sustainability report is the pubcaster’s third since launching its 2021-26 environmental strategy.

Natyf TV signs licensing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment

Among the licensed films is the Will Smith-starring Seven Pounds and the 2014 remake of About Last Night.

CBC sets winter 2025 streaming, broadcast lineup

The new winter series include Saint-Pierre, Small Achievable Goals and North of North.