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Film
Cardinal, Schitt’s Creek scribes earn top TV prizes at WGC awards
Wynonna Earp creator Emily Andras (pictured) was honoured with showrunner of the year and the guild announced a new bursary in honour of Denis McGrath.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films April 19 to 25, 2019
Toronto-shot Shazam! takes the top spot, followed by Captain Marvel at #2 and Dumbo at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films April 19 to 25, 2019
The Grizzlies comes in at #1, followed by Stockholm at #2 and Mad Dog Labine at #3.
Peter Raymont wins the Don Haig Award
The White Pine Pictures president and co-founder will be presented with a $10,000 cash prize at the 2019 Hot Docs Awards later this week.
Handful of Films wins raft of Rosies
The prodco won best docuseries and best non-fiction short, while elsewhere there were wins for Wynonna Earp and #Roxy.
Russian horror remake goes to camera in Ottawa
The English-language remake of Russia’s Queen of Spades will wrap principal photography in May.
Sony Pictures Classics tunes in to The Song of Names
The U.S. distributor has picked up the rights to the Serendipity Point Films copro starring Tim Roth and Clive Owens.
NFB hires Coty Savard to North West Studio
Savard, who has previously worked at Mosaic Entertainment, joins the Edmonton production unit as it expands its slate of projects.
Hot Docs ’19: Ingrid Veninger on taking a leap of faith
Self-funding The World or Nothing, her first documentary feature film, was both a daunting and liberating experience says the indie director.
Deals: PNP, Goldrush, Minds Eye, Kew Media
PNP acquires two films from Samuel Goldwyn, Canada copro A Score to Settle lands U.S. distribution and more.
Hot Docs ’19: Tasha Hubbard’s unexpected journey
The filmmaker discusses why she decided to take on nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up and how she approached the doc’s sensitive subject matter.
In brief: Carmilla co-creator among Corus Writer’s Apprentice picks
Plus: Wattpad heads to Singapore and Netflix sets a premiere date for Muse Entertainment’s MOW Good Sam.
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