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Stornoway Communications bolsters exec team
Veteran TV exec Don Gaudet joins the Toronto-based broadcaster and production company as VP programming, while Cindy Boyd is upped to VP operations.
Mars et Avril to open Festival du Nouveau Cinema
Martin Villeneuve’s sci-fi fable (pictured) is one of 17 local films to screen as part of the Montreal festival’s Canadian Focus sidebar.
Shaw gets mobile with new service
Called Shaw Go, the media co is launching a series of TV content apps, first for Western Canada’s Movie Central, with the second coming within a month.
Discovery World HD orders more Chef’s Domain
The channel has greenlit a second season of Lively Media’s food series, which follows top Canadian chefs in their search for local ingredients.
Actor Winston Rekert dies of cancer
Rekert recently received the Union of B.C. Performers’ Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award.
Solange Attwood promoted at Si Entertainment
Previously helming the company’s distribution division as director of sales, she will take on the role of VP international sales and development.
ideaBOOST shortlist announced
A total of 15 projects, including Rollers of the Realm (pictured), The Path, Ramen Party and The Ghost Town Project have been shortlisted for the CFC Media Lab’s business and creative development program.
DHX’s Pirates heads to Super RTL in Germany
Germany’s Super RTL has snapped up CGI-animated series Pirates, Adventures in Art from Canada’s DHX Media.
Alanis Obomsawin doc to open ImagineNATIVE film festival
The 13th annual edition is bookended by a portrait of a struggling First Nation community in northern Ontario and Anita Doron’s coming of age feature The Lesser Blessed, which stars Benjamin Bratt (Obomsawin pictured).
Cinema Guzzo bulks up on Imax screens
The Quebec chain is also adding a second giant screen in one of its multiplexes to deal with increased demand for Imax titles, including during Hollywood blockbuster opening weekends.
Logo picks up Shaftesbury’s Why Men Cheat
The Toronto-based production and distribution company has sold the one-hour doc Why Men Cheat, commissioned by the CBC, to Logo in the U.S.
Lost Rivers to open Planet in Focus fest
Lost Rivers, director Caroline Bacle’s documentary about the hidden rivers beneath urban centers, will open the 13th annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival in Toronto.
TIFF12: The documentary wrap
Here’s a wrap-up of all of the key documentary news from the event’s 11 days, from the red carpets and parties, to the directors and the deal-making.
Vimeo unveils content monetization models
Creative director of film and video Jeremy Boxer (pictured) says the newly released Tip Jar service and the upcoming pay-to-view feature will aim to help content creators cash in on the growing digital market.
Inside the surge of U.S. buying activity at TIFF12
TIFF senior manager of sales and industry office Justin Cutler (pictured) analyzes the 30% increase in sales stateside and how films with the “DIY” approach like Much Ado About Nothing were an audience hit.
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