Film Festival

In Brief: Blue Ant’s Love Pets heads to Samsung TV Plus in N.A.

Plus: One Day This Kid wins in Texas and Jerome Yoo is selected for the CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund.

DGC reveals inaugural Director Market Accelerator delegation

The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.

Hot Docs selects 16 Canadian projects for Deal Maker program

Among the Deal Maker selections are projects from Intuitive Pictures, Kannon Films and Uninterrupted Canada.

Two Canadian docs set for Visions du Réel world premieres

Sophie Bédard Marcotte’s I Lost Sight of the Language and Julien Elie’s Shifting Baselines are both screening in competition.

Chase Joynt’s The Nest among Hot Docs world premieres

The feature documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is directed by Joynt and Julietta Singh.

Canadian Film Fest unveils industry panel series

Panels in the Toronto fest’s industry component will tackle topics ranging from funding to location scouting.

Luna Vachon doc among Canadian Film Fest world premieres

Also set to world premiere at the fest is Ingrid Veninger’s Crocodile Eyes and Tarique Qayumi’s Conceiving Clara.

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma unveils 2025 award winners

Chloé Leriche was among the winners for her feature Atikamekw Suns.

Shepherds wins top prize at Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Maryse Legagneur’s The Last Meal also won the award for best first feature.

Canadian docs slated to premiere at CPH:DOX

The Danish documentary-focused film festival runs from March 19 to 30.

Vampire Zombies… From Space! among VFF winners

Other award winners include Mads K. Baekkevold’s The Chef and the Daruma and Neil Diamond and Joanne Robinson’s So Surreal: Behind the Masks.

In Brief: Amuz Distribution renamed Just For Entertainment

Plus: APFC launches training programs for minority francophone creatives and a project from Gobez Media will compete in Burkina Faso.