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In brief: CBC names Donald Lizotte as Jean Mongeau’s successor
Plus: Tasha Hubbard’s doc wins over audiences at imagineNATIVE and Stand! gets the big screen treatment.
Telefilm hires two for exec team
With the addition of Rene Bourdages and Marie-Claude Lavigne, Telefilm says its executive leadership team is now complete.
Telefilm updates theatrical doc program
After more than a decade, Rogers Group of Funds will no longer be a funding partner on the program for feature-length documentary projects.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Oct. 18 to 24, 2019
Matthias et Maxime claims the top spot, followed by Il pleuvait des oiseaux at #2 and Kuessipan at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Oct. 18 to 24, 2019
Joker comes in at #1, followed by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil at #2 and Zombieland: Double Tap at #3.
WaZabi Films lands worldwide rights to Jeremy Irons feature
The Montreal-based sales agent will shop the Irons-produced film at the American Film Market in November, launching it alongside 1976 Productions’ feature Coda.
Patricia Rozema and Robert Budreau tie at DGC Awards
The directors picked up the DGC’s Feature Film award, while Tasha Hubbard won the gala’s Discovery prize.
imagineNATIVE awards ‘The Body Remembers’, We Will Stand Up
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open picked up Best Dramatic Feature at the Indigenous film fest, while Sembradoras de vida was awarded for best feature documentary.
Updated: Alberta industry scrambles to assess impact of 2019 budget
Alberta’s UCP government revealed a number of changes as it begins to lay out the plan to replace its grant program for a tax credit system.
Inside Out, OUTtv name OUTspoken recipients
The two projects, No Squad in the Wild and The Archivist, will receive $18,000 each.
Deluxe receives U.S. court approval for bankruptcy plan
The post-production firm says the approval will allow it to reduce its long-term debt by half and gain access to around USD$115 million in new financing.
D Films assets go up for sale
Two months after it was placed in privately appointed receivership, a sale process for the business assets of D Films has been initiated.
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