OYA reveals year three cohort for Scale Up Business Bootcamp

A total of 11 companies have been selected for the initiative, which provides business support through workshops, mentorship and networking.

Wildling Pictures, Adam Yorke developing Canadian spy film

The Toronto prodco has optioned the history book Cracking the Nazi Code, about the untold story of Canadian spy Winthrop Bell.

Family Channel, TVNZ order animated series Badjelly

The 2D animation is coproduced by Montreal’s Sphere Animation, New Zealand’s Mukpuddy Animation and Ireland’s Cantilever Media.

500 Days in the Wild to world premiere at Whistler

Dianne Whelan’s doc joins four Canadian features making their world premiere at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival.

Cineflix Rights launches Property Brothers FAST channel

The channel includes more than 300 episodes from the home reno franchise and is available in Canada on The Roku Channel, Tubi and Plex.

REMC report outlines roadmap to national racial equity database

The study from REMC and Nordicity includes several recommended steps to establish a national database for race-based data collection in Canada’s film and TV sector.

Playback Film Summit: What’s drawing audiences to indies?

How grassroots campaigns and event screenings are attracting new audiences to Canadian features.

Rona partners with Noovo, Zone3 for home reno show

Le Grand chantier Rona marks a return to the Quebec TV market for the home retailer after launching the seven-season Ma Maison Rona in 2004.

WildBrain’s Deirdre Brennan to lead Screen Australia

Brennan will assume her role as CEO of Screen Australia on Jan. 8, 2024, taking over from Graeme Mason.

Seth Rogen joins CBC’s Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down

Rogen joins as a guest judge and executive producer under his production banner Point Grey Pictures, with Jennifer Robertson set to host.

Canadian thriller Jackknife wraps filming in Ontario

The film marks the second feature from writer, director and producer Adam Jack.

Builder Brothers Dream Factory heads to Europe, Asia

The 3D-animated preschool series has been picked up by ITV for the U.K., in addition to sales in other territories.

In Brief: Russell Grosse appointed to CMF board of directors

Plus: Whistler Film Festival unveils participants for the Newfoundland and P.E.I. accelerator programs, and the Forest City Film Festival names its pitch prize winners.

Crave revisits classic Quebec space franchise in new docuseries

The three-part series Dans une galaxie près de chez vous : 25 ans de mission is directed by Etienne Fournier and produced by Zone3.

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Ariane Louis-Seize wins $25,000 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film

Louis-Seize won the honour for her debut feature Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person during the ongoing Windsor International Film Festival.