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Kew posts overall revenues of $260.3M for fiscal 2017
CEO Steven Silver told investors the company’s future success will hinge on its ability to realize the synergies between its growing number of production and distribution assets.
Reel One, Sinking Ship add to distribution slates
Ahead of MIPTV, Toronto’s Sinking Ship has acquired Rank the Prank (pictured), while Montreal’s Reel One has added five Hallmark TV movies to its slate.
Stranded finds a home in Sudbury
Directed and produced by Gearshift Films’ president Jordan Barker, the Toronto-based prodco has started production on its upcoming horror feature in Northern Ontario.
Catherine Tait named president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada
Updated: The film and TV industry veteran becomes the first woman to hold the position, replacing outgoing president Hubert Lacroix.
Cameras roll on ‘The Body Remembers’
Co-written and directed by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (pictured) and Kathleen Hepburn, the Canada/Norway copro marks Tailfeathers’ directorial debut.
In brief: Breakthrough Entertainment adds sales exec
Plus: Indiecan nabs the North American rights to Mark A. Lewis’s third feature, The Age of Adulting, which will have its premiere during Canadian Film Week.
National Canadian Film Day highlights female filmmakers
The festival will host 700 screenings of Canadian films in Canada and abroad, as well as a special event discussion between Deepa Mehta and Alanis Obomsawin.
Bell Media takes majority stake in Pinewood Toronto
Nanci MacLean, VP and head of Bell Media Studios will oversee operations at Pinewood Toronto.
Lone Scherfig’s untitled feature sets up in T.O.
Produced by Toronto’s Strada Films and Denmark’s Creative Alliance, the film stars Jay Baruchel and Bill Nighy.
Quebec to tax Netflix, foreign digital companies
In its 2018 budget, the province also laid out plans to boost funding for the cultural sector and open tax credits to digital-only projects.
Red Snow rolls in Yellowknife
Backed by CBC’s Breaking Barriers Fund, Marie Clements’ drama follows a Giwch’in soldier in Afghanistan.
NBCU’s Robert Greenblatt, Kevin MacLellan to keynote BANFF
The 2018 Company of Distinction is also bringing eight of its most senior executives, including Jeff Wachtel and Deirdre Brennan, to the Alberta festival’s 39th edition.
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