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TIFF adds more Canadian titles, including Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Other newly announced homegrown features include an NFB doc on Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and Marie Clements’ feature Bones of Crows.
CMF allocates $10.7M via Pilot Program for Racialized Communities
Hungry Eyes Media’s feature 40 Acres and season four of Diggstown are among the 19 projects to receive production support.
micro_scope acquires rights to Alain Farah novel
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Philippe Falardeau is set to direct and write the screenplay in collaboration with Farah.
Metafilms feature doc launches production in Japan
Mama no himitsu marks the feature directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker Laurence Lévesque.
Mary Harron’s Dalíland to world premiere as TIFF’s closing gala
Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron returns to the festival after her limited series Alias Grace had its debut at TIFF in 2017.
TIFF Tribute Awards to return as gala fundraiser
The annual awards ceremony was retooled for broadcast on CTV in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deals: Ashgrove, eOne, Spin Master, ICI Tou.TV
Ashgrove sells remaining international distribution rights to Cardinal XD, eOne renews exclusive deal with Creature Films, plus more.
In brief: Blink49 Studios expands L.A.-based scripted team
Plus: RBC unveils a new award for emerging Indigenous filmmakers, and Alanis Obomsawin will world premiere a new film at the International First Peoples Festival.
CMPA brings Indiescreen Awards to Whistler
The association has also doubled the cash prizes for both the Established Producer and Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer awards.
ISO sets three-year strategic plan
The organization has also released its 2021/22 annual report, outlining the allocation of $13 million in federal funding.
TIFF unveils over a dozen Canadian titles for Discovery, Wavelengths programs
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall’s When Morning Comes and Gail Maurice’s Rosie are among the homegrown features set to make their world premieres.
Canadian films Riceboy Sleeps, Viking to world premiere at TIFF
Anthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps and Stéphane Lafleur’s Viking will bow in the festival’s competitive Platform program alongside eight other titles.
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