Film

Universal Language takes best Canadian film at TFCA Awards

Monday’s gala ceremony also saw the Toronto Film Critics Association honour Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story as best Canadian doc.

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished wins short film Golden Bear in Berlin

The documentary from Lesley Loksi Chan also won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Deals: Cineflix, Raven Banner, GRB Media Ranch, Fremantle

Cineflix Rights acquires worldwide distribution for a Nordic crime drama, Raven Banner acquires worldwide sales and distribution rights to a U.S. horror comedy, and more.

Bell Media inks development deal with Tom Green’s prodco

The pact will cover both scripted and unscripted projects.

Vampire Zombies… From Space! among VFF winners

Other award winners include Mads K. Baekkevold’s The Chef and the Daruma and Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson’s So Surreal: Behind the Masks.

Can I Get a Witness? leads winners for 2025 VFCC Awards

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were announced on Feb. 18 at the VIFF Centre.

In Brief: Amuz Distribution renamed Just For Entertainment

Plus: APFC launches training programs for minority francophone creatives and a project from Gobez Media will compete in Burkina Faso.

Breaking Glass Pictures acquires Jevon Boreland’s Welcome

The psychological thriller follows a couple whose romantic getaway becomes a fight for survival.

Minority English production hit record low in 2022-23: report

The report from the Quebec English-language Production Council analyzed Canadian production trends from 1996-97 to 2022-23.

Deals: Film Movement, Vertical, Quebecor, Photon Films

Canadian films Paying For It and The Lost Daughter land U.S. distribution, Distinct Society heads abroad, and more.

TIFF forms advisory committee for 2026 content market launch

TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey discusses the strategy behind forming the committee as the organization announces its first seven members.

Deals: Pink Parrot Media, Kazoo Films, 9 Story

Pink Parrot Media acquires two films ahead of EFM, Night of the Zoopocalypse heads to the U.K. and 9 Story expands Scholastic Entertainment’s digital footprint.