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Film
Super Channel preps sports-based sub-brand
The Edmonton-based company acquired the Canadian rights to the U.S. football franchise Legends Football League ahead of a planned April launch.
TIFF cuts festival programming
The public film festival will reduce its lineup by 20% and retire two of its 16 curated sections.
CBC reveals inaugural Breaking Barriers recipients
Writer/director Sook-Yin Lee’s feature film Octavio is Dead! is among three projects to receive production financing through the $7.5 million fund.
Below Her Mouth inks raft of int’l deals
Netflix acquired the Serendipity Point Films feature in multiple territories, while the project also landed theatrical releases in the U.S., Japan and Germany.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Feb. 10 to 16, 2017
Below Her Mouth is at #1, followed by L’erotisme et le vieil age at #2 and Nelly at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Feb. 10 to 16, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie tops the chart, with Fifty Shades Darker at #2 and John Wick: Chapter 2 at #3.
Funding, modernization big themes in Cancon consultation report
After months of public and online discussion, Canadian Heritage has released a summary of its findings, which will help inform its upcoming cultural policy toolkit.
Bron eyes expansion into television
With its film business expanding fast in Canada and the U.S., the Vancouver studio has announced a pair of L.A. hires to support the launch of a TV division.
Cameras roll in Montreal on Mr. Roach
The film, starring Karine Vanasse, is produced by Films du Boulevard’s Real Chabot.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2017
Jack Reacher tops the chart, followed by Pinocchio at #2 and Inferno at #3.
Outplay Films picks up world rights to Ingrid Veninger’s latest
Porcupine Lake, developed through the pUNK Films Femmes Lab, is the Toronto filmmaker’s sixth feature.
Deals: DHX Media, 9 Story, Squeeze
DHX is expanding the Teletubbies brand into video games, Squeeze inks more international deals for Cracke, plus more deals.
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