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Film
In Brief: To Kill a Tiger to be part of global gender justice campaign
Plus: Partner Norbert Abrams to retire from talent agency Noble Caplan Abrams and the Racial Equity Screen Office receives $142,000 in funding.
Photon acquires Canadian rights to U.S. comedy Bad Shabbos
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Robbins’ film made its world premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Deals: H264, Sphere Media, Crave, Fox, ITV
H264 acquires worldwide sales and Canadian distribution rights to Marianne Métivier’s debut feature, Fremantle acquires international distribution rights to Sphere Media’s House of Secrets, and more.
Production wraps on Ian Tuason’s feature debut The Undertone
The film from Slaterverse Pictures and Black Fawn Films stars The Handmaid’s Tale actor Nina Kiri.
CBC documentary veteran Sue Dando to retire in March
The pubcaster has also shifted the roles for other members of its unscripted programming team.
Universal Language takes best Canadian film at TFCA Awards
Monday’s gala ceremony also saw the Toronto Film Critics Association honour Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story as best Canadian doc.
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished wins short film Golden Bear in Berlin
The documentary from Lesley Loksi Chan also won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Deals: Cineflix, Raven Banner, GRB Media Ranch, Fremantle
Cineflix Rights acquires worldwide distribution for a Nordic crime drama, Raven Banner acquires worldwide sales and distribution rights to a U.S. horror comedy, and more.
Bell Media inks development deal with Tom Green’s prodco
The pact will cover both scripted and unscripted projects.
Vampire Zombies… From Space! among VFF winners
Other award winners include Mads K. Baekkevold’s The Chef and the Daruma and Neil Diamond and Joanne Robinson’s So Surreal: Behind the Masks.
Can I Get a Witness? leads winners for 2025 VFCC Awards
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards were announced on Feb. 18 at the VIFF Centre.
In Brief: Amuz Distribution renamed Just For Entertainment
Plus: APFC launches training programs for minority francophone creatives and a project from Gobez Media will compete in Burkina Faso.
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