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It’s Indie List time again
You might not love doing it but we know you love reading it. Get your numbers together for the 2016 list, encompassing the 2015 calendar year.
Bedward’s Foreigner wins two WIFT-T Showcase prizes
The winners of the WIFT-T BravoFACT Pitch Competition were also revealed at the event. (The Foreigner pictured.)
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs March 7, 2016 to March 13, 2016
The Peanuts Movie tops the chart for the week of March 7 to March 13, with The Good Dinosaur at #2 and Creed at #3.
Les Films Outsiders moves into features
Ca Sent La Coupe, by director Patrice Sauve, will shoot in Montreal this spring.
OMDC’s operating budget trimmed
Ontario has requested the OMDC make both a one-time and overall base-budget reduction but the changes do not affect tax credits.
In brief: CMF/Screen Australia coin; Dead of Summer’s B.C. shoot
Screen Australia and the CMF distribute $700,000 across three digital coproductions, Dead of Summer starts production in Vancouver, plus more news from the week.
Amy Cameron joins Cameron Pictures
The former CBC production exec is partnering with her sister Tassie Cameron on her recently launched production company.
Deals: DHX, Boat Rocker, 9 Story, IndieCan
DHX Media has secured 10 more broadcast deals for its rebooted Teletubbies series (pictured), plus more deals of the week.
Cinespace Toronto launches Cancon initiative
A new program in memory of Cinespace founder Nick Mirkopoulos will see studio space provided rent free to qualifying Canadian projects. (Code 8‘s Robbie Amell pictured.)
Arcana, Shout! Factory extend deal for HP Lovecraft trilogy
The companies have extended their distribution deal for the animated franchise. (Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom pictured.)
Fed turns on the culture taps
The Liberal government delivered its first budget this week, promising millions in funding for the CBC/Radio-Canada, as well as Telefilm and the NFB.
Telefilm’s patriotic platform
A new initiative hopes to be an “Own the Podium” for Canada’s audiovisual industry.
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