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New Metric developing Shoresy video game with Treewood Games

Shoresy: The NOSHO is an arcade-style hockey role-playing game.

Felix & Paul Studios secures financing for new VR production

The studio says the still-unnamed project is its largest to date at an eight-figure budget.

Titan1Studios launches animation division in Calgary

EXCLUSIVE: The company has also revealed an initial slate of three animated series for the new studio, Missing Socks Entertainment.

CMF, Ontario Creates partner on interactive digital media fund

The CMF-Ontario Creates Pilot IDM Futures Forward Program will provide up to $20,000 of early-development support for digital media projects from emerging and equity-deserving companies.

Canadian Film Centre to bring UK copro projects to SXSW

Four prototypes supported through the CFC’s UK-Canada Immersive Exchange will have their public debut at the Austin-based festival next week.

Surge in animation drives demand for talent in B.C.: report

First-of-its-kind analysis of creative technology sector in B.C. highlights sector as key driver of economic growth and employment, despite pandemic impacts.

How virtual production became a reality for indie prodcos

Canadian companies are offering cost-effective solutions for indie filmmakers so they can afford the latest filmmaking tech tools Hollywood already embraces.

Emmys ’21: Felix & Paul Studios take TV to the next frontier

The studio’s co-founder and creative director Felix Lajeunesse shares production stories behind Space Explorers: The ISS Experience and how their U.S. partnerships have helped raise their profile with voters.

Raja Khanna’s role expands as Dark Slope launches Lumeto

In addition to the launch of the new company, Dark Slope has secured $3 million in new capital through a funding round led by Mars IAF.

U.K.-Canada Immersive Exchange participants unveiled

Chosen from nearly 500 applications, the talent development and coproduction program consists of 12 participants from Canada and 12 recipients from the U.K.

CMF @ 10: Evolving in a time of crisis, pt. 2

The organization is not sitting still, innovating constantly. And with the industry at what Valerie Creighton characterizes as a turning point, there is rare opportunity on the horizon. “If we get this right, Canada will hold its place with the best in the world,” she says.

CMF @ 10: Evolving in a time of crisis

The Canada Media Fund is not letting the pandemic slow efforts to better serve the industry as a whole.