People/Companies

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.

Shaftesbury hires Susan Alexander for creative exec role

The former Corus production executive oversaw the development of series such as Family Law and Geek Girl.

Photon Films acquires Canadian rights to Bob Trevino Likes It

EXCLUSIVE: The dramedy won the jury and audience awards for narrative feature at SXSW in 2024.

Pipeline Studios hires Rebecca Lugo as senior sales exec

Lugo formerly worked in sales at Toronto’s WildBrain and the U.K.-based Jetpack Distribution.

OUTtv commissions third season of Sew Fierce

The third season, produced by Sonic Nursery Creative, is set to enter production in the fall, according to a release.

The Things You Kill, Two Women win at Sundance

The films from Alireza Khatami and Chloé Robichaud both made their world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival.

Serial Maven Studios merges with Cantina Media

The company will focus on a bespoke approach to unscripted projects in an international marketplace.