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Deals: Sinking Ship, Attraction Distribution, Super Channel

Sinking Ship Entertainment inks new sales for Odd Squad and Annedroids, Attraction Distribution to distribute Dear Flora internationally, plus more.

SODEC to help finance 15 feature-length documentaries

Two of the films are from Robbie Hart: Ice-Breaker and La fille du rocker: un voyage au bout de Lucien Francoeur.

Composer Bramwell Tovey has died

Tovey, who got a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Richard Bell’s film Brotherhood and a Genie nod for Bell’s Eighteen, was 69.

WildBrain signs on to rep Carmen Sandiego internationally

Building on an existing partnership with HarperCollins Productions, WildBrain has sold the franchise’s latest 2D-animated series to Disney for Japan and France.

Shaftesbury appoints Liz Levine as senior producer and VP of television

The veteran producer said the Toronto prodco has supported her throughout her career and joining it “feels a lot like coming home.”

Telefilm Canada announces $5.5M in production funding for French-language features

Pascal Plante’s Les chambres rouges and Jean-François Leblanc’s Vil et misérable are among the eight films funded under the Production Program.

In brief: Canadian feature Labour Day to debut at Cinequest

Plus: WildBrain Spark, Animation Café are producing a Sunny Bunnies spinoff, Netflix’s Toronto office is unaffected by the streamer’s latest layoffs, and more.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Stranger Things still trumps overall TV demand

Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ came in second and Prime Video’s The Boys rose on both the digital originals and overall TV charts for the week of June 13 to 19.

Former Bell Media exec Tony Leadman joins Weather Channel

Leadman will lead international distribution for the network’s primetime programming and original series.

CRTC renews CBC/Radio-Canada licences with ‘more modern and flexible framework’

The licences include new spending requirements for more diverse content, and allowance of digital expenditures toward regulatory requirements.

Blue Ant Media announces three greenlights, one renewal

Cub Camp, American Doomsday and Haunted Lost and Found are bound for the company’s specialty TV platforms, and Mysteries from Above is set for season two.

Canadian copro Saules aveugles, femme endormie wins at Annecy

The animated feature film was produced by companies from Canada, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.