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Sally Lee to lead the Canadian Independent Screen Fund
Lee will work to establish a $10-million annual fund to support screen-based content by Black and people of colour professionals.
Thunderbird Entertainment chairman departs
Brian Paes-Braga (pictured) has served as chairman of the Vancouver-based company’s board of directors since 2019.
Deals: Radio-Canada, Incendo, WaZabi Films, Larco, Gusto
Terence Films acquires option rights to After (Après) from CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution, Incendo and BlackBox Multimedia co-developing Ellery Queen, and more.
In Brief: The CMPA is set for the second cohort in its co-production accelerator program
Plus: The CMPA has appointed a director of policy, and Sphere adds to Montreal scripted and unscripted teams
EXCLUSIVE: Cineflix Productions names director of scripted development
Former iThentic exec Lisa Baylin has been tapped for the newly created role based in Toronto.
Toronto’s Blink Studios gets ‘significant’ investment from INSP LLC
The Indian Land, S.C.-based entertainment network says it wants to expand its relationships in the international film and production community.
Muse Entertainment taps Private Eyes producer for SVP role
Based in Toronto, Alex Jordan will work with Muse’s development team to produce scripted content in multiple genres.
Cameron Bailey promoted to CEO of TIFF
Bailey takes on the new role after being artistic director and co-head of TIFF with Joana Vicente, who left in October. He says he wants to “build a festival for the future.”
Play Management promotes two agents to partners
Kalee Harris and Mary Falcon – who represent talent including Jacob Tremblay and Sarah Levy – are tasked with finding “new and inventive ways” to promote talent.
TLN and ECG support Rogers-Shaw deal, but ask for safeguards
The independent ethnic broadcasters filed interventions against the proposed merger they now say is a “necessary response” to changes in the broadcasting landscape.
Production boom propels Thunderbird’s bottom line
The B.C.-based company has 27 programs in various stages of development across its divisions, 12 of which are company or partner-managed IP.
Network Media names leads for NFT Studios
White, one of the founders of Thunderbird Entertainment, will also be an executive producer for emerging content initiatives.
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