Film

Luna Vachon doc among Canadian Film Fest world premieres

Also set to world premiere at the fest is Ingrid Veninger’s Crocodile Eyes and Tarique Qayumi’s Conceiving Clara.

Motel Pictures options Sabrina Reeves’ Little Crosses novel

Nicole Hilliard-Forde and team aim to turn the award-winning story into a feature film.

Shepherds wins top prize at Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Maryse Legagneur’s The Last Meal also won the award for best first feature.

Seven Canadian features set for Le FIFA world premieres

The March festival is dedicated to the international promotion and distribution of films on art and media arts.

Canadian docs slated to premiere at CPH:DOX

The Danish documentary-focused film festival runs from March 19 to 30.

Network partners with Elevation to distribute I Am feature docs

Docs on Joe Frazier, Luke Perry and Raquel Welch are included in the deal.

CMF reveals Distributor Program production funding recipients

The pilot initiative offers more flexibility for applicants by allowing contributions from Canadian distributors to unlock CMF funds.

In Brief: To Kill a Tiger to be part of global gender justice campaign

Plus: Partner Norbert Abrams to retire from talent agency Noble Caplan Abrams and the Racial Equity Screen Office receives $142,000 in funding.

Photon acquires Canadian rights to U.S. comedy Bad Shabbos

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Robbins’ film made its world premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Deals: H264, Sphere Media, Crave, Fox, ITV

H264 acquires worldwide sales and Canadian distribution rights to Marianne Métivier’s debut feature, Fremantle acquires international distribution rights to Sphere Media’s House of Secrets, and more.

Production wraps on Ian Tuason’s feature debut The Undertone

The film from Slaterverse Pictures and Black Fawn Films stars The Handmaid’s Tale actor Nina Kiri.

CBC documentary veteran Sue Dando to retire in March

The pubcaster has also shifted the roles for other members of its unscripted programming team.