Film

Martin Katz, Ngardy Conteh George win Indiescreen Awards

The 2024 awards were presented at the Atlantic International Film Festival on Sept. 12.

Telefilm unveils three-year Atlantic Strategy

The strategy is tailored to support the specific needs of the East Coast film industry, and is the first of a series of region-specific plans.

Netflix acquires Indigenous doc Yintah for multiple regions

The feature doc will stream on Netflix in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. on Oct. 18.

Jules Arita Koostachin’s Angela’s Shadow added to VIFF slate

The narrative feature will makes its world premiere at VIFF on Oct. 2.

TVO board pulls support for documentary Russians at War

UPDATED: The film has garnered widespread criticism from the Ukrainian community over its depiction of Russian soldiers.

Bonjour Tristesse’s seven-year journey to the screen

TIFF ’24: The producers behind the film adaptation discuss the complicated process to option the rights to the 1954 novel.

40 Acres producer responds to outstanding payment allegations

IATSE Local 634 and 411 claimed in a joint statement that the production has not fully paid vendors, actors and crews.

Yan England attached to direct One Day Closer

The film is based on the bestselling memoir by Lorinda Stewart, who negotiated her daughter’s release from captors in Somalia.

Khaled Sabbour launches distributor New Mountain Films

The producer and distributor has tapped former eOne exec Frank Mendicino to lead marketing efforts.

Kaniehtiio Horn’s feature debut plants seeds of its own

TIFF ‘24: The team behind Seeds discuss training Kahnawake workers on set and wrapping production ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Protestors interrupt TIFF opening screening

The protestors called for TIFF to cut ties with sponsor RBC, breaking out into chants in a screening for opening film Nutcrackers.

Film sector faces significant development financing gap

Canadian writers, producers and funders discuss the growing need to fill the void that the Harold Greenberg Fund left behind.