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Film
Jennifer Baichwal’s Into the Weeds to open Hot Docs
The annual Toronto-based documentary festival will feature 63 world premieres overall, including several new Canadian docs.
Boat Rocker unveils debutante doc as first of premium slate
The media company will finance and distribute premium documentaries, starting with Le Bal Paris from subsidiary prodco Maven.
CMF promotes execs as part of senior team restructure
EXCLUSIVE: Valerie Creighton will continue on as president and CEO while five executives have been elevated to lead CMF’s content, analytics, marketing and inclusion strategies following senior leadership departures.
Cineflix Rights brings Cancon to Cannes for in-person MIPTV
Canadian copro Sugar and Reginald the Vampire lead the slate as the Cineflix Media-owned distributor returns to Cannes for the first time since 2019.
CRTC to hand down CBC/Radio-Canada licence renewal decision by end of June
The CRTC set the deadline as it issued another administrative renewal of the pubcaster’s current broadcast licences.
Op-Ed – C-11: Can we change the conversation?
Policy analyst and media researcher Irene S. Berkowitz issues a “call to action” to find common ground between legacy and new media creators, noting their divide is a false fight.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for March 18 to 24, 2022
Quebec drama Au revoir le bonheur leads the list, followed by The Lion and the Wolf (Le loup et le lion).
Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos tapped as Ottawa’s new film commissioner
The veteran media and entertainment executive replaces Bruce Harvey, who moved to Vancouver to work in production and be closer to family.
Je me soulève among Canadian winners at International Festival of Films on Art
The short We Are Not Speaking the Same Language also won an honour at the Montreal festival, which features films on art.
Canadians win Oscars for Dune, The Queen of Basketball
Patrice Vermette took a trophy for production design on Dune while director-producer Ben Proudfoot won Best Documentary Short for The Queen of Basketball.
Blue Ant International adds Canadian titles to MIPTV slate
The 180-hour programming list includes new acquisitions within lifestyle, factual and kids content.
Deals: VisionTV, Spin Master, Nelvana, TV5 Quebec
VisionTV acquires Servant of the People, Skydance names Spin Master as master toy partner, Nelvana makes deals surrounding Sesame Street and Babar, plus more.
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