✖
Christian Sparkes’ The King Tide among TIFF Platform selection
Vancouver filmmaker Anthony Shim joins Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and Nadine Labaki on the 2023 Platform jury.
CMF’s Canada-Germany copro incentive allocates over $550,000
The digital media projects receiving funding include An Empty Seat, a coproduction between Montreal’s Art et Essai and Berlin-based High Road Stories.
9 Story Media Group unveils new Open Season series
WildBrain, ABC Australia, Discovery Kids and France Télévisions have collaboratively greenlit the show for a 2024 launch.
Shout! Studios acquires U.S. rights to Frankie Freako
The film is Canadian director Steven Kostanski’s follow-up to PG: Psycho Goreman, with creature effects from newly minted Action Pants FX.
Two Canadian films to compete at Venice Days
Ariane Louis-Seize’s Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant and Delphine Girard’s Quitter la nuit have been selected for the Venice section.
WildBrain expands content deals with Prime Video, Amazon Kids+
WildBrain has sold more than 850 episodes from its library to Amazon’s VOD platforms as part of the recent deals.
‘Barbenheimer’ lifts Cineplex to record July box office
Cineplex earned $86 million in net box office revenue for the month, boosted by the dual release of Barbie and Oppenheimer.
Star Trek franchise lands at Paramount+ in Canada
Bell Media has confirmed that the majority of Star Trek titles have been phased out on Crave.
Nickelodeon renews PAW Patrol and spinoff Rubble & Crew
Spin Master’s hit preschool series is going into season 11, and its construction-centric offshoot will return with 26 fresh episodes.
Louise Archambault’s Le temps d’un été crosses $1M at box office
The dramedy has earned more than $1.17 million in Canada since its release on July 14, according to distributor Immina Films.
Quebec feature Red Rooms wins big at Fantasia
Writer-director Pascal Plante’s thriller won four awards in the Montreal festival’s Cheval Noir competition.
David Hudakoc, John Bain exit Toronto’s levelFILM
The departures of the co-founder and head of distribution were announced as the distributor unveiled a capital investment from its parent company.
Raven Banner, Rogue Panda to adapt Escaping Denver podcast for TV
The TV series will be based on Corus Entertainment’s scripted podcast exploring conspiracy theories surrounding the Denver International Airport.
Production underway in Toronto on CBC comedy One More Time
The comedy series, created by D.J. Demers and produced by Counterfeit Pictures, will premiere in winter 2024.
Telefilm commits $5M to 20 English market docs
The selected feature-length docs include bilingual and multilingual productions.
The definitive CDN broadcast and production resource.Over 5,000 company listings!
