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WFF ’22: Coyote wins Best Canadian Feature
Katherine Jerkovic’s Quebec-shot drama, produced by Nicolas Comeau, also won a performance honour.
Damon D’Oliveira among Indiescreen Awards winners
Sara Blake, Magali Gillon-Krizaj and Tyler Hagan also won a prize from the CMPA at the WFF ceremony.
Principal Media makes strategic investment in Chesler/Perlmutter
The partnership adds the Toronto prodco’s scripted catalogue to Principal’s distribution slate, with the potential for format sales and new FAST channels.
In Brief: OYA, CFC name 2023 Scale Up Immersive cohort
Plus: The Whistler Film Festival names its 2022 Power Pitch competition winner, RIDM announces its winning Canadian docs, and more.
Sea to Sky, Grinding Halt Films to adapt novel Ragged Company
The B.C. prodcos are in development on a film adaptation of the novel written by Indian Horse author Richard Wagamese.
Hot Sheet: Andor season finale dominates digital demand
Netflix’s 1899 and HBO’s The White Lotus also made waves on the top five digital originals and overall TV demand charts for the week of Nov. 21 to 27.
CBC plans to widen its audience with content brand focus
EVP Barbara Williams and programming head Sally Catto discuss the new CBC Entertains brand and the possibility of expanding CBC’s FAST channel work.
Advisory committee reformed to recommend CBC board candidates
The federal government has selected a 10-person committee to recommend new CBC/Radio-Canada board members that meet gender parity and diversity goals.
AMI names Disability Screen Office founding board members
Andrew Morris will remain as interim executive director until the DSO hires a permanent executive director and transitions into a fully independent operation.
DOC calls on funders to address systemic inequities
The organization also called for the National Film Board of Canada to deliver a progress update on its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan, published in 2021.
Pluto TV launches in Canada with dedicated Cancon channels
Canadian programs such as Property Brothers, Bake with Anna Olson, Max and Ruby and Private Eyes are part of the initial launch slate.
Remembering prolific cinematographer Nikos Evdemon
The award-winning director of photography died at his Toronto residence on Oct. 30 at age 82, says his son.
Susanne Serres’ Celestine wins top prize at 2022 WIDC Awards
The WIDC Feature Film Award offers an estimated $250,000 worth of in-kind production support from more than a dozen industry service producers.
Cineflix Productions teams up with Gladys Knight
The partnership between Cineflix and the Grammy Award-winning singer and producer is to develop a scripted miniseries based on her life and career.
CBC unveils winter programming for video, podcast content
The pubcaster also revealed the newly announced unscripted series Push and the new hosts of long-running docuseries The Nature of Things.
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