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Film Festival
Heather Haynes, Elizabeth Radshaw exit Hot Docs
Hot Docs has no immediate plan to fill the roles, with Diana Sanchez supporting the programming and industry teams in the meantime.
Raven Banner acquires Ava Maria Safai’s feature debut Foreigner
Raven Banner will introduce the feature to distributors during Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
CMPA sends producer, screen industry delegates to Ireland
Fifteen producers will participate in the Galway Film Fleadh and meet with Irish production studios, buyers and distributors.
Fantasia adds more Canadian films to 2025 lineup
Writer-director Ian Tuason’s The Undertone is among the features in the third wave reveal at the Montreal genre film-focused festival.
In Brief: Knowledge Network sets Christine Sinclair animated short
Plus: Two Canadian projects win at Sunny Side of the Doc, Eleanor Noble is re-elected as ACTRA national president, and more.
Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks to open TIFF Special Presentations
Levack’s sophomore feature is joined by four other projects from across the globe in the Toronto International Film Festival’s first wave of world premieres.
In Brief: Scriver brothers’ Endless Cookie wins Annecy Grand Prix
Plus: Blink49 appoints Dylen Postnikoff to VP role, Bob Odenkirk and Jane Schoenbrun board Jess McLeod’s short film as EPs, and more.
Whistler Film Festival names Producers Lab International cohort
The participants will travel to Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh in July for a targeted business development mission.
Whistler Film Festival announces ScreenSask producers cohort
The six Saskatchewan-based participants will develop an original project over eight months and receive market exposure at the Whistler Film Festival.
Seeds takes two awards at 2025 imagineNATIVE
The festival also awarded Tasha Hubbard’s Singing Back the Buffalo and Amanda Strong’s Inkwo for When the Starving Return.
Leonard Cohen doc wins top Canadian prize at Rockie Awards
KOTV’s Être ado won the Prix Francophone and BBC’s Hell Jumper claimed the Grand Jury Prize.
In Brief: Cjay Boisclair wins 2025 WIDC Advantage Award
WIFT+ Toronto and its foundation welcome new board members, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival announces executive changes, and more.
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