Film

Cornelia Principe wins 2025 Hot Docs Don Haig Award

Principe will be presented the award on May 2 at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation.

AIFF, ISO name eight Arctic Indigenous participants for Witness Film mentorship program

The Indigenous Screen Office marks its first year as the initiative’s lead partner with the 2025 edition.

SODEC supports seven promo projects focusing on youth

Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks and Sarianne Cormier’s Au revoir Pluton are among the films whose promotional projects were selected.

In Brief: Canadian shorts to world premiere at Tribeca

Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.

Four Canadian features screening in competition at Annecy

Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.

Sherry Media Group acquires eight docs for STEM on IMAX film series

Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.

Mlle Bottine selected to Cannes Juniors screenings

The French-language comedy is one of eight films selected for the 2025 edition of Cannes Écrans Juniors.

Four projects selected for Docs-in-Progress in Cannes

The animated feature Julián, produced in part by Aircraft Pictures, will participate in the Annecy Animation Showcase.

Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

The film will make its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight Narrative section.

In Brief: North of North hits Netflix’s global top 10

Plus: Bell Fibe TV1 greenlights season two of Normal Scotia, Racewalkers set to kick off the Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, and more.

Hot Docs unveils award nominees for 2025 festival

The winners will be revealed on May 2 during the Hot Docs Awards Presentation & Reception.

Montreal’s Laughing Dragon Studios is closing its doors

The 23-year-old 2D animation studio did service work for clients including Disney and Apple TV+.