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Film
Deals: CBC Gem, Blue Ant Studios, Gravitas Ventures, Gusto
CBC heads to the Arctic in its latest acquisition, Canadian series and films secure U.S. distributors, plus more.
CMF allocates $14.6 M to 31 Indigenous and Francophone projects
CMF committed $8.9 million in production funding to 16 projects through its Indigenous program and $5.7 million to 15 project in its Francophone Minority program.
Composer Bramwell Tovey has died
Tovey, who got a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Richard Bell’s film Brotherhood and a Genie nod for Bell’s Eighteen, was 69.
In Brief: Sadaf Foroughi feature wins at KVIFF
Plus: William F. White International acquires the U.K.’s PKE Lighting, Nelvana bolsters distribution team with promotion, four Canadian feature films are set for Jerusalem Film Festival, and more.
TIFF slates Nicholas Stoller comedy Bros as a world premiere
The Universal Pictures title includes Billy Eichner as co-writer, and Judd Apatow and Josh Church as producers.
AQPM audiovisual report shows pandemic’s effects in Quebec
The findings show a 6% drop in the value of the province’s film and television production in 2020-2021 compared to the previous year.
ACTRA mediation with group representing advertising agencies fails to make progress
The actors’ union staged protests outside of ad agency offices this week in a bid to have them be part of negotiations for a new National Commercial Agreement.
Documentary pioneer Terence Macartney-Filgate dies at 97
The prolific director helped develop the direct cinema movement with the National Film Board of Canada, starting in the 1950s.
Sanaa Lathan’s On the Come Up set for TIFF debut
Lathan’s directorial feature film debut is the third world premiere – and third title in total – announced for the Toronto International Film Festival’s 47th edition.
NFB inks distribution deal with Tubi
Tubi is now streaming 29 NFB-produced titles, including Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s Angry Inuk, Félix Rose’s The Rose Family, and Tiffany Hsiung’s The Apology.
Portraits From a Fire among big Leo Award winners
Trevor Mack’s feature won five trophies, as did British Columbia: An Untold History and A Clüsterfünke Christmas, at the B.C. film and TV awards.
Mongrel Media boards Jamie Kastner’s first scripted feature
Currently in development, the film is a fictional take on Kastner’s 2017 documentary The Skyjacker’s Tale, about an American fugitive living in Cuba.
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