Film

Canadian Film Fest announces 2016 winners

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town (pictured) and Winter Hymns take home three awards each.

News

Paul Lewis lands at Great Pacific Media

The former Discovery Canada exec becomes president at the West Coast factual producer.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs March 14, 2016 to March 20, 2016

Game of Thrones season five is #1 on the DVD chart for the week of March 14 to 20, with Alvin and the Chipmunks at #2 and The Peanuts Movie at #3.

Why CMF, Telefilm are going all in on VR at MIPTV

As more VR products begin to hit the global market, the funders want to put Canada on the world stage.

Production underway on Residue

The West Coast creature feature is the first in a planned trilogy of films. (Producer and star James Clayton pictured.)

Capitalizing on critical buzz for Sleeping Giant’s release

Michael Robson, D Films’ SVP of acquisition and new business development, on the mass-media-supported distribution strategy for Andrew Cividino’s festival darling.

In brief: Mike Jackson joins Blue Ant Int’l; VSC rebrands

Blue Ant International hires Jackson (pictured) to the role of senior director of international sales and acquisitions, plus more news from the week.

Five reasons to pay attention to branded content

Key takeaways for traditional content creators from the burgeoning branded-content space, from BCON Expo in Toronto.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films March 18, 2016 to March 24, 2016

Zootopia tops the chart for the week of March 18 to March 24, with Allegiant at #2 and 10 Cloverfield Lane at #3.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films March 18, 2016 to March 24, 2016

Les mauvaises herbes takes the top spot for the week of March 18 to March 24, followed by copros Race and Brooklyn at #2 and #3, respectively.

Screen Nova Scotia names exec director

Erika Beatty will take the reins of the organization on April 4 in the newly created role.

Factory Film, 9 Light partner up for Deadly Dance Mom

The Ontario-based production companies are joining forces under the name Certified Organic Entertainment, with production set to begin on their debut feature next month.