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Whistler Film Festival announces ScreenSask producers cohort
The six Saskatchewan-based participants will develop an original project over eight months and receive market exposure at the Whistler Film Festival.
Blink49 appoints Kate Pfetsch as brand studio VP
The new VP of partnerships reports to brand studio head Adam Puchalsky.
Seeds takes two awards at 2025 imagineNATIVE
The festival also awarded Tasha Hubbard’s Singing Back the Buffalo and Amanda Strong’s Inkwo for When the Starving Return.
CFC launches Comedy Series Lab with Bell Media, Blink49 Studios
Launching in the fall, the initiative pairs racialized and equity-deserving talent with a showrunner mentor to develop their skills and original comedy pilots.
Deals: Blue Ant Studios, Boat Rocker, Silverlining Rights
Blue Ant Studios’ Mysteries from Above flies to the U.S., Boat Rocker plays its Mix Tape for European buyers, plus more.
BANFF ’25: Producers need private equity ‘perspective shift’
Global and domestic TV execs examined the necessities of co-financing and the potential for Canada as an unscripted hub on day three of the festival.
Telefilm boosts support for animated features
The development and export initiative is a part of Telefilm’s wider prioritization of animation.
Banff ’25: Unlocking a Canadian star system
Panelists argued that institutions like the Canadian Screen Awards and CBC need to rethink how they’re amplifying domestic talent.
Dark Slope announces $1M fund for Canadian volume production
Dark Slope executive chair Raja Khanna discusses how the investment decision originated after noticing gaps in funding from projects utilizing the company’s studio.
Eagle Vision launches two sister companies
The Winnipeg-based prodco has also promoted writer, director and showrunner Dinae Robinson to head of content.
Leonard Cohen doc wins top Canadian prize at Rockie Awards
KOTV’s Être ado won the Prix Francophone and BBC’s Hell Jumper claimed the Grand Jury Prize.
DGC BIPOC membership remains below national average: report
The Directors Guild of Canada’s 2024 census also revealed that average yearly incomes fell 22.4% across ethnic and gender lines, due to the 2023 strikes.
Knowledge Network greenlights doc Seeking Saltwater City
The three-part series from Black Rhino Creative is the first greenlight from the Stories (Un)told stream, with another project now in development.
BANFF ’25: Canada’s media leaders look globally for growth
Bell Media’s Sean Cohan, Rogers’ Colette Watson and CBC’s Marie-Phillippe Bouchard discussed opportunities at home and abroad at the Banff World Media Festival.
BANFF ’25: Content leaders explore market challenges, AI
Broadcasters from Canada and the U.K. discussed YouTube strategies for discoverability and Tubi’s CEO broke down the streamer’s Gen Z success on day two of the festival.
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