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Federgreen grows producing, acquisitions talent across banners
Producers Emily Foster and Lauren Thomas have joined Federgreen Entertainment, while Christian Burgess will head acquisitions at Red Water Entertainment.
Utopia acquires U.S. rights to Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms
The French-language psychological thriller has also been sold in several other territories.
OUTtv renews drag design competition series Sew Fierce
The second season is currently in production, with British-Canadian drag artist Crystal joining as co-host.
Canadian documentaries step into the TIFF spotlight
New data from DOC says Canadian audiences are increasingly watching homegrown unscripted stories, but funding for feature docs is drying up.
Farpoint Films explores near-death experiences in new series
The 13-episode series I Died … And Came Back is filming in Canada and the U.S.
CRTC removes advertising time limit from discretionary channels
The CRTC said the potential increase in ad revenue could positively impact Canadian programming expenditures.
Deals: CBC, Sinking Ship, Level 33, WildBrain
Paramount+ original drama The Ex-Wife has been acquired by CBC and Radio-Canada, Sinking Ship racks up new sales, plus more.
CMF allocates over $3.9M to 25 interactive digital media projects
The funding has been allocated through CMF’s partnerships with the Shaw Rocket Fund and Ontario Creates.
APTN orders treasure-hunting docuseries Red River Gold
Saxon de Cocq is a writer, director and producer for the series, which tells the story of the Red River Resistance through the search for lost British gold.
Kimberley Ball to succeed Jackie Pardy as Super Channel CCO
Pardy will retire from her 35-year career in the Canadian media industry in December, stepping down as chief content officer.
WildBrain workers move to form a union
Hundreds of animators at the Vancouver studio have signed union support cards, and they’re running a town hall next week to talk about next steps.
Gravitas Ventures acquires U.S. rights to horror film Wintertide
Producer Kyle Bornais negotiated the rights deal after working with the distributor on the U.S. release of The Swearing Jar.
NFB sets new diversity targets for March 2025
The organization said it aims to have more than 30% of productions helmed by filmmakers identifying as Black or a person of colour.
In Brief: Dominique Dugas tapped to lead Quebec Cinema
Plus: CaribbeanTales and TIFF name The Big Pitch participants, DGC Ontario increases its AFC fund in response to WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and more.
New report warns parity gains in Canadian film, TV are ‘fragile’
Women in View’s latest On Screen Report states that women and gender-diverse creatives saw an overall reduced share of film and TV work in 2020 and 2021.
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