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Animaze animation festival marking 10th anniversary
Organizers discuss the Montreal festival’s origins and this year’s slate, which includes a focus on France and a metaverse experience.
CBC, Netflix, APTN greenlight Arctic comedy series
Inuit co-creators and writers Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril are also set to executive produce with Miranda de Pencier.
PSP appoints Camilla Tibbs as new executive director
Tibbs will join the Pacific Screenwriting Program in May with support from Scripted Series Lab programming manager Kate Anderson.
Indigenous Screen Summit’s 2023 pitch participants unveiled
The 15 participants will present scripted and unscripted projects to buyers at ISS during the Banff World Media Festival.
Federal budget includes $40 million in added funds for CMF
The additional investment is meant to support content from underrepresented voices and French-speaking communities.
Big Sky Studios now fully open for business in Winnipeg
With the second of two phases of construction now complete, the facility is fully operational with four stages.
Sixteen South, Nelvana team up for A Horse Named Steve
An adaptation of a Kids Can Press book, the 2D-animated comedy series is Sixteen South’s first Canadian copro.
Trilight Entertainment saddles up for holiday movie
A Cowboy Christmas, filming in Saskatchewan, marks the feature directorial debut of Barbershop Films CEO Jeremy Drummond.
9 Story Media Group CCO Angela C. Santomero exits
Santomero will continue to work with 9 Story in a “consulting capacity” while Wendy Harris moves up to SVP, head of creative affairs.
Hot Docs adds slew of Canadian world premieres
The Sherien Barsoum-directed Cynara is among the newly announced Canadian world premieres in the fest, which will open with Lin Alluna’s Twice Colonized.
WildBrain to acquire Toronto’s House of Cool for $15.5M
The acquisition is expected to more than double WildBrain’s pre-production capacity for proprietary and third-party content.
Bon matin Chuck, Lac-Mégantic docuseries selected at Canneseries
The titles will world premiere as part of the April television festival, with Streams Flow From A River and L’air d’aller also part of the lineup.
CTV renews Sphere Media’s Transplant for season four
The new 10-episode season is scheduled to film in Montreal in spring.
CRTC chairperson Vicky Eatrides to keynote at BANFF
The keynote marks Eatrides’ debut at the Banff World Media Festival, which runs from June 11 to 14.
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