Five television premieres will screen at the fest, plus TIFF addresses speculation surrounding Birth of a Nation.
Miniseries Alias Grace and season two of Take The Shot’s Frontier (pictured) are among 19 TV projects to receive support via the Cable Network Fund.
The festival unveiled more galas and special presentations, as well as its City to City, Contemporary World Cinema, Masters and Wavelengths programs. (Terra Long’s 350 MYA pictured.)
Canada/Australia coproduction Beat Bugs is the largest project ever undertaken by the subsidiary of Vancouver’s Thunderbird.
Maliglutit and ‘Those Who Make Revolution’ (pictured) will compete for a $25,000 prize.
Justin Simms’ Away from Everywhere and Michael Melski’s Perfume War will also get world bows.
The newly acquired Boat Rocker Media subsidiary has entered an agreement to acquire “substantially all of the business” of the troubled animation studio.
Filmmaker Nadine Valcin will be mentored by eOne’s director of acquisitions and a noted West Coast director.
The first feature from Minds Eye’s six-picture deal with VMI Worldwide and Bridgegate Pictures is currently filming in Vernon, B.C.
The latest data from FilmL.A. shows B.C., Ontario and Georgia are continuing to lure work away from California, thanks to the one-two punch of incentives and, in Canada, currency fluctuations.
Other Canadian films to world-premiere at the festival include We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice, Boundaries and Nelly.
The departure of Domenic Vivolo has led to a reorganization of responsibilities in the broadcast and distribution divisions of the company.