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NFB launches interactive gambling documentary
Produced out of its Toronto studio, Thank You for Playing explores the ways in which games of chance can lead to the development of addictive behaviours.
In Brief: How Pyewacket benefited pocketbooks
Plus: Canada-Israel digi media projects receive development and production coin, Scott White joins CAVCO and more.
Deals: CraveTV, Riddle Films, TFO
Starz original Counterpart is heading to the Bell Media-owned streamer, plus more deals.
Shaftesbury, Cineplex expand partnership
The Murdoch Mysteries holiday special will debut on cinema screens in 11 cities across the country ahead of its CBC debut.
Hochelaga does not advance in Oscar race
The Max Films-produced feature from director Francois Girard didn’t make the short list for best foreign-language picture.
Breaking barriers: Diversity needs ‘margin for failure’
In part two of Playback‘s roundtable, execs talk international biases against diverse casting, the need for a higher risk tolerance and the growing demand for representation.
A safer workplace manifesto
The industry has a problem. It’s time to address it. Here’s how we can start.
Breaking barriers: The ‘risk’ of diversity
When it comes to reaching a growing audience that’s chronically under-represented on screen, the real risk is being averse to change. Execs sound off in Playback‘s roundtable.
Photo gallery: DOC Institute Honours 2017
The documentary organization feted the year’s best filmmakers and projects at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel.
LevelFilm picks up Prodigals
The third feature from director Michelle Ouellet will get a spring 2018 theatrical release in Canada.
Pinewood ramps up expansion plans in Toronto’s Port Lands
As well as unveiling a 27,500-square-foot, $6-million facility, the studio intends to add a further 66,000 square feet of sound stages in 2019.
Les Films Seville’s sequel successes
A pair of police comedies helped Playback’s Distributor of the Year thrive in an increasingly challenging exhibition market.
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