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APTN renews Gespe’gewa’gi: The Last Land for third season
The nine-episode third season of the Rezolution Pictures’ docuseries goes into production this month.
WFF names participants for three 2023 talent programs
The annual festival has named its Producers and Screenwriters Lab cohorts, as well as the inaugural participants of the Saskatchewan market accelerator.
Inside Out’s 2023 lineup includes four Canadian world premieres
Among the world bows are the Canadian documentaries Supporting Our Selves, Leilani’s Fortune, and A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living.
NFB, ISO select two Immersive/Interactive fellows
The placements will be at NFB interactive studios: Claudia Skunk in Vancouver and Neegan Siouï Trudel in Montreal.
Deals: NFB, North of Now, 9 Story Brands, Exile, Wickensburg
Paramount+ lands licensing rights to NFB/North of Now Films’ Anything for Fame, 9 Story Brands strikes product partnerships for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, plus more.
In Brief: Catalyst, Knix partner on doc initiative to launch at BANFF
Plus: Sundance selects Eva Grant for Native Labs fellowship, Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy spreads its pixie dust in Canada, and more.
The Sandbox among Hot Docs Forum winners
U.S. doc I of the Water picked up the top prize during the Forum, which ran from May 2 to 3.
SODEC doles out production funding to 14 fiction features
Eleven of the projects have a total budget of $3.5 million or more, spanning several genres.
Media revenue dips at BCE as it names new CFO
The company continues to see low ad demand, though it was offset by growth in digital and telco subscriptions.
Hot Sheet: Ted Lasso mounts a comeback to top demand charts
Meanwhile, the ESPN+ documentary series Quest for the Stanley Cup continued its upward climb on the digital originals chart as the NHL playoffs heat up.
Pinewood Toronto Studios acquired by Pinewood Group
The U.K. studio operator has taken full ownership of the Port Lands studio after Bell Media completed the sale of its 63% majority stake.
Nelvana looks east for inspiration with Polygon Pictures
The companies have signed a development deal to create Japanese content that appeals to an international audience.
CBC Gem comedy Zarqa returns for season two
Star and creator Zarqa Nawaz will sit in the director’s chair for the six-episode second season.
Big Bad Boo hires Jerry Diaz for global distribution role
The former WildBrain and Nelvana exec is joining the studio behind 16 Hudson to steer its growing international sales business.
CosMedia.Inc inks Latin American distribution deal with RCN
The partnership provides Colombia-based RCN exclusive localization and distribution rights to the CosMedia.Inc catalogue of movie and series IP.
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