Film

In Brief: ‘The Pink Pill’ claims DOC NYC Audience Award

Plus: Queering the Screen launches a national survey for 2SLGBTQIA+ screen industry professionals, Telefilm is relocating its headquarters, and more.

Canadian industry ‘isn’t delivering on racial equity’: REMC report

The Racial Equity Media Collective has called for consistent data collection, public targets and further accountability to begin closing the equity gap in Canada.

NFB, TIFF reveal first cohort of {re}defined doc initiative

The program pairs five young filmmakers from across Canada with NFB producers to create short documentary projects.

Justin McConnell films across continents for Hypernormalized

The horror-thriller feature has wrapped production after filming in four cities across three continents.

Telefilm invests $4M across 14 minority coproductions

Eleven countries are coproduction partners across the 14 Production Program selections.

Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout set dark satire Firesky

Starring Nesta Cooper, Karin Konoval and Michael Eklund, the film follows the inept employees of a company with secretly vile intentions.

RIDM seeks balance of political and poetic in doc programming

Artistic co-director Marlene Edoyan discusses how the Montreal doc fest is boosting strong social-political works in addition to the aesthetically adventurous.

BIPOC TV & Film selects eight for Unscripted Producers Lab

The lab began on Nov. 17 with a four-day intensive at Bell Media Studios.

Hot Docs names new festival, year-round programming leads

The Toronto doc organization revealed the programming team for its 2026 festival this week.

CRTC’s new Cancon definition gets mixed reaction from screen sector

The Commission issued its modernized definition of Canadian content on Tuesday, following a lengthy consultation process.

CRTC updates Cancon definition with new ownership, points rules

The updated definition introduces a sliding-scale approach to evaluating copyright ownership and the use of Canadians in key roles.

My Stepmother is a Witch tops $1 million at Canadian box office

The supernatural comedy from Attraction and La Fête now stands as Quebec’s second-highest-grossing theatrical release of the year.