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Film
Hot Docs actively seeking new owner of Bloor cinema
The organization has also set dates for the resumption of cinema programming and the 32nd edition of the Hot Docs Festival.
In Brief: The Chef & the Daruma wins at VIFF Audience Awards
Plus: WIDC selects eight women and non-binary directors for Career Advancement Module and WIFT-AT sets 2024-25 Mentorship Match cohort.
Re: Uniting leads 2024 UBCP/ACTRA Award noms
The awards will be handed out on Nov. 23 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Docs For Change sets first feature with The Pink Pill
The feature documentary is directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and tackles the taboo topic of women’s sexual health.
Production wraps on Nick Butler’s sophomore feature Lunar Sway
The film stars Noah Parker as a young man coping with the return of his estranged mother, played by Liza Weil.
Roku orders festive rom-com Jingle Bell Love from Incendo
The film, starring New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre alongside Michelle Morgan, will premiere in Canada on CBC and CBC Gem in December.
Gravitas Ventures acquires Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season
EXCLUSIVE: The film stars Jonas Chernick and Sara Canning as two lovers in an ongoing affair at a lake resort.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2024: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
The 29-year-old composer has made his mark with scores for films like Shook and This Place and is now working on his first series with Netflix’s Bet.
CBC commissions Mike Lobel’s Don’t Come Upstairs
The documentary, from co-writer, director and star Lobel, follows him as he searches for answers to a long-held family secret.
Deals: 9 Story, 7 Palms, APTN, Cinema Politica
9 Story sells and secures series ahead of MIPJunior, CBC and 7 Palms acquire Jessica Hinkson’s Sara and more.
Daniel Roher rolling on first narrative feature Tuner
The crime thriller focuses on a piano tuner who turns his skills toward safe cracking.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2024: Mike Johnston
Johnston’s Studio 104 Entertainment is behind the dramedy Wild Goat Surf and doc Curl Power, and he’s about to embark on his most ambitious feature yet.
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