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Carlos Pacheco appointed Boat Rocker director of partnerships
The former JFL digital director (pictured) will be responsible for forming partnerships with emerging and established YouTube talent, and brands looking to create original digital content.
WFW continues corporate expansion, buying Paul Potvin’s LES
The deal follows the equipment supplier buying Telescopic Camera Cranes (pictured), repping FlyCam Canada’s aerial photo technology, and rebranding Cinequip White as Whites Digital Sales and Service.
Raindance Film Festival unveils Canadian indie film bookings
The latest films by David Mortin (Mad Ship pictured), Nima Sarvenstani, Ryan McKenna and Katherine Herndl will screen as part of the North American Indies sidebar in London.
Netflix to debut Russell Peters stand-up TV special, docu-series
The U.S. video streaming giant is bringing the Canadian comic (pictured) to the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9 for a screening of his Notorious special.
Joanna Webb joins Shaftesbury as SVP content strategy
The former CTV and Corus programming exec (pictured) will work with senior management to align content strategies across the company’s divisions, including factual, kids and digital media in the newly created role.
The 2013 Playback Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame Inductees
Playback celebrates the lives and careers of six extraordinary Canadians from the film and television industry, and awards three special mentions, including the annual Swarovski Humanitarian Award.
Playback 2013 Breakout Award: Xavier Dolan
The young Quebec director, who bowed his latest film, Tom a la ferme in Venice, likens filmmaking to football – seizing the project and taking it as far as possible.
Playback 2013 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Slawko Klymkiw
The Canadian Film Centre CEO has, over the last eight years, grown the organization from a “mom and pop” shop into a flourishing business focused on developing Canadian industry talent.
Playback 2013 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: George Anthony
The Montreal-born writer and producer put his stamp on Canadian entertainment with a long career at the CBC, cheerleading the development of iconic TV series such as Royal Canadian Air Farce and This Hour has 22 Minutes, and features like Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.
The 2013 10 to Watch: Ian Harnarine
The writer-director of the Genie Award-winning short Doubles With Slight Pepper is gaining international attention with his global perspective.
The 2013 10 to Watch: Katie Boland
Kicking off this year’s list is actor-producer Katie Boland, who, at 25 years old, has already emerged as a successful and multi-dimensional talent.
Playback 2013 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Colm Feore
Feore’s impressive acting career has encompassed the portrayal of such Canadian icons as Pierre Trudeau and Glenn Gould, as well as roles in Hollywood hits like Pearl Harbor and the bilingual Canadian box-office hit Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Playback 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award: marblemedia
As the mult-platform content creation company turns 12, its co-founders Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg discuss marblemedia’s growing distribution biz and expansion into L.A. and scripted fare.
Swarovski 2013 Humanitarian Award: David Suzuki
For his tireless efforts to raise environmental awareness through television and the David Suzuki Foundation, David Suzuki is named Playback‘s 2013 Swarovski Humanitarian Award honouree.
Playback 2013 Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame inductee: Al Waxman
Playback posthumously honours the “King of Kensington,” Al Waxman, one of Canada’s most beloved television stars.
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