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Film
CRTC calls for comments on treatment of stock footage costs
The Commission is considering the same modification the CAVCO office has made, recategorizing stock footage when calculating Cancon cost requirements.
Deals: Serendipity Films, Melbar Entertainment Group, Filmoption
Crimes of the Future secures a U.K., Ireland release, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television boards The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, plus more.
Good Deed Entertainment acquires U.S. rights to Ashgrove
EXCLUSIVE: Directed by Jeremy LaLonde, the psychological drama is set for release in Canada and the U.S. on Dec. 2.
In brief: Board changes for the Ottawa Film Office
Plus: Red Arrow has hired a sales VP for English-speaking markets, a Canadian project has won a prize from the Attagirl global film lab, and more.
Before I Change My Mind sets world bow at Locarno
Directed and co-written by Trevor Anderson, the film was selected for the Concorso Cineasti del presente competition and is eligible for the Swatch First Feature Award.
Clement Virgo’s Brother to world premiere at TIFF
Virgo wrote and directed the Canadian coming-of-age story, adapted from David Chariandy’s novel about two brothers in Toronto in the early 1990s.
DOC Atlantic sets first cohort for Breakthrough program
The program offers training and mentorship for local filmmakers who identify as Indigenous, Black or a person of colour, culminating in pitch sessions at Lunenburg Doc Fest and Montreal’s Forum RIDM.
Canadian doc explores nation’s 100-year nuclear history
Commissioned by documentary Channel and now in production, Atomic Reaction will depict Canada’s connection to the Manhattan Project and the invention of the atomic bomb.
Final day to submit for Playback’s 10 to Watch
The deadline for the 2022 edition of 10 to Watch is July 5. Submit your nominations here.
Fantasia announces more Canadian world premieres
Four more homegrown features, including Berkley Brady’s Canadian Rockies horror Dark Nature, will bow at the 26th annual film festival.
In brief: Heritage allocates $9.2M to support film exhibitors, distributors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences inducts several Canadians in 2022, WildBrain makes a change to its board of directors, plus more.
DGC BC to hold postmortem on recent bargaining process with negotiating producers
Kendrie Upton, executive director of DGC BC, sheds light on the “frustrating” period of negotiations that led to a strike but ultimately ended with a ratified agreement.
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