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Film
Deals: ComediHa!, Films We Like, Bell Media, Rogers Communications
ComediHa! and Zone3 sell the adapted format of In Lieu of Flowers to Italian prodco Stand By Me, Films We Like acquires the Canadian rights to documentary feature Geographies of Solitude, and more.
CFC announces 2022 Norman Jewison Film Program cohort
Five directors, five producers, five writers and four editors were chosen from a record number of submissions.
Item 7 to produce a new documentary on the life of Jean-Marc Vallée
The documentary titled, Cut Print Thank You Bye, will be directed by Montreal filmmaker Marie-Julie Dallaire and produced by Item 7’s founder Pierre Even.
In Brief: WIFTV announces participants for Tricksters and Writers program
Plus: Big Time Decent’s Backroad Truckers is in production for season two, 3 Arts Entertainment launches a Toronto office, and more.
Craig McGillivray and Greg Rubidge launch 10Star Media
The sales, financing and production company will be headed by McGillivray in Toronto.
Wage increases, retroactive pay included in tentative DGC BC deal
Guild members will begin a five-day voting process on June 19 on the tentative deal reached with the CMPA and AMPTP.
Captive takes home top Canadian prize at the 2022 Rockie Awards
BANFF ‘22: The documentary feature won the Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content and $25,000.
Deals: Sphere Animation, OUTtv, Bell Media, Black Market Releasing
Sphere Animation copro The Game Catchers gets a second season and sales, OUTtv launches on The Roku Channel in the U.S., Bell Media partners with FilmRise, and more.
Magnify Digital, OCAD, Telus Fund launch screen media content research project
Supported by Mitacs Accelerate and the Canada Media Fund, the project will measure how successful screen media content is and how it impacts audiences’ lives.
DOC adds new members and at-large director roles
The Documentary Organization of Canada says the board changes are part of a commitment to equity and inclusion.
Score G, Electric Panda, Super Channel partner on Bif Naked doc
Score G Production Films president Adam Scorgie discusses the prodco’s financing strategy and its slate of feature docs on prominent figures.
Canadian Academy selects eight executive residency participants
The program was created to help break down the barriers that currently exist for Black, Indigenous and persons of colour who are pursuing a corporate career.
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