People/Companies

Black Fawn acquires Matthew Ninaber’s A Knight’s War

Black Fawn Distribution has set a limited theatrical release in March before the film heads to Super Channel this summer.

Fenix Film & Television adds Kristen Boychuk as unscripted VP

Boychuk’s past credits include Farming for Love with Lark Productions and Styled with Great Pacific Media.

Evoke appoints business affairs, development execs

Evoke has also signed an overhead, financing and distribution deal with Canadian-American producer Anthony Fankhauser.

Reelworld names 2025 Emerging 20 Program cohort

The Reelworld Screen Institute program provides workshops and mentorship geared towards producing a final script.

Fifth Season hires Muriel Rosilio as director of sales for Canada

EXCLUSIVE: Fifth Season announced the newly created role along with a number of sales to broadcasters and streamers in Canada.

Shaftesbury appoints Shauna Jamison as VP, production

Jamison has more than 20 years of production experience working across Canadian and U.S. productions.

Twenty selected for third edition of Access BIPOC Producers

The program aids producers in their work to scale up their business and access the international market.

Deals: Mongrels, Blue Ant, Sphere Abacus, Cineflix Rights

Sales agent Alief boards Jerome Yoo’s Mongrels, Blue Ant Media adds FAST channels to My Free DirecTV, and more.

Spin Master Entertainment expands global distribution team

The company announced two new hires following the news of a live-action Bakugan film in development with Canadian director Brad Peyton.

Miryam Charles receives inaugural Charles Officer award

The Haitian-Canadian filmmaker marked her feature debut with 2022’s Cette maison.

BCE reports 3.6M Crave subscribers in year-end results

The streamer saw an 18% increase in total subscribers for the year, according to BCE’s Q4 and year-end results.

In Brief: Haida basketball doc to premiere at Big Sky Doc festival

Plus: The Pacific Screenwriting Program sets four showrunners for pilot initiative, Sundance Institute names Rhayne Vermette as a fellow, and more.