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Film
APTN to broadcast documentary Inconvenient Indian
The decision came from consultations between the film’s participants and the producers, including the National Film Board, 90th Parallel Productions and Jesse Wente.
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall’s OMI among SXSW Canadian winners
A music video from Alexander Farah and an episodic pilot from Nicole Dorsey also took prizes at the festival in Austin.
Telefilm relaunches Marketing Program, funds more groups through Promotion Program
The Crown corporation has announced some changes for the Marketing Program and more funding for initiatives that amplify Black women filmmakers under the Promotion Program.
In brief: Cameras roll on feature doc Nitassinan
Plus: Gay Mean Girls starts production on second two, the Vancouver Film School renews its Women in Game Design Scholarship scholarship, and more.
Unions in no rush to remove masks on set
“We don’t need to be the first to cross the finish line on this one,” says ACTRA Toronto executive director Alistair Hepburn.
Canadian copros among 20 projects in Hot Docs Forum
Matabeleland, about a migrant truck driver, and an untitled labour union doc are in the international financing event.
Several Canadian shorts set for Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The NFB’s The Flying Sailor is among the projects in competition at the French festival running in June.
Splitting hairs: The screen industry’s unequal treatment of Black actors
Joan Jenkinson, executive director of the Black Screen Office, pens this op-ed about the inequities Black performers face in hair and makeup departments on sets.
Diana Sanchez to co-lead programming at Blue Mountain Film Festival
The former senior director, film at TIFF will work with Helen du Toit for the inaugural June film festival at Blue Mountain Village.
The Sessions Episode 4: Diversity, representation and the Online Streaming Act
In this fourth episode of a new podcast series, Joan Jenkinson of the Black Screen Office and Jesse Wente of the Indigenous Screen Office discuss Bill C-11’s efforts to remove systemic barriers.
Barry Avrich film about a Toronto swindler to premiere at Hot Docs
The Talented Mr. Rosenberg is among the Special Presentation films in the festival running April 28 to May 8.
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