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Three Canuck films make Sundance lineup
The documentary Stories We Tell, (pictured), and scripted thrillers and dramas S-VHS and The Meteor will be shown in out-of-competition sections of the annual festival in Utah.
Weekly roundup: Season premieres, awards and channel changes
Bomb Girls’ season two premiere date set, NSI online short film festival wins announced, Channel Zero unveils Rewind and ZoomerMedia’s Joytv gets national satellite carriage.
D Films takes Canadian distribution rights to The Deep
The Canadian distributor acquired long-term Canadian rights in all media for Iceland’s official Oscar submission for best foreign-language film (pictured).
Concert film Burlesque: Raunch and Roll to shoot in 2013
Directors Jason and Brett Butler and producer Jonathan Hlibka will get cameras rolling on Dec. 31 as they spotlight top Canadian burlesque artists.
Three writer-producer teams selected in Whistler’s China script pitch competition
The creators of the three winning projects – Blush, The Eddie Zhao Story and Butterfly Tale – who will now work with their Chinese co-creators to develop scripts, appealed to their potential future Chinese audiences with their pitches.
Movie Central and NSI Script to Screen projects unveiled
The five selected projects will receive funding, creative support and expertise from Movie Central and the NSI to develop their feature film concepts to production-ready scripts with market viability.
Tricon’s Ex-Wives of Rock gets U.S. carriage
The female-focused non-fiction series (pictured) will anchor a new Friday night schedule devoted to original series on Fuse, a national music channel.
Tricon’s Andrea Gorfolova to get entrepreneur award
The president and founder of Tricon (pictured), who fled Eastern Europe during the end of the Communist era, is receiving the award in part for “her courage in fleeing a restrictive regime and triumph in overcoming extraordinary obstacles.”
Little Guy partners with Monster Factory on new app
The Toronto indie developer has released Super Snack Time, an app for kids ages nine and up, and inked a licensing deal with toyco Monster Factory.
Michael Polis exits DHX Media-owned Wildbrain Entertainment
While Polis (pictured) has left his position as Wildbrain’s president and DHX’s EVP of branded entertainment and consumer products, he will continue to lead DHX’s transmedia kids IP UMIGO project.
Soska twins’ American Mary nets limited U.K. theatre release
The cinema run will back the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of the horror thriller in Britain by Universal Pictures’ home entertainment division.
eOne takes Cuban Fury’s North American rights
The romantic comedy from London-based Big Talk and starring Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Nick Frost is expected to hit theatres in 2013.
Cinemax action drama Strike Back debuts on Showcase
The drama channel, unveiling its winter schedule Wednesday, said it will also air the second seasons of Justified, XIII and Rizzoli & Isles (pictured).
15 projects get $10 million from the Canada Media Fund
Among the projects to get commitments from the fund’s experimental stream are a live online talent contest and a downloadable 3D animation suite.
Doc series bundled into Discovery school offering
Extraordinary Canadians from Montreal-based prodco PMA Biographies is a key element in Discovery Communications’ expanded Canadian educational streaming-video services (writer David Adams Richards pictured).
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