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TVO explores program pairings for Black History Month
TVO Docs programmers Shane Smith and Aidan Denison discuss using acquisitions to boost the themes of originals like Play It Loud!
Deals: Film Movement, Vertical, Quebecor, Photon Films
Canadian films Paying For It and The Lost Daughter land U.S. distribution, Distinct Society heads abroad, and more.
TIFF forms advisory committee for 2026 content market launch
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey discusses the strategy behind forming the committee as the organization announces its first seven members.
Crave’s Empathie to world premiere at Series Mania
The Trio Orange-produced series will take part in the festival’s International Competition program.
Canadian Film Centre adds three to board of directors
The latest appointees hail from Cinespace, Prime Video and Toronto city council.
Deals: Pink Parrot Media, Kazoo Films, 9 Story
Pink Parrot Media acquires two films ahead of EFM, Night of the Zoopocalypse heads to the U.K. and 9 Story expands Scholastic Entertainment’s digital footprint.
Ian Bawa’s feature debut Strong Son shooting in Winnipeg
The feature is based on Bawa’s 2020 short about a professional bodybuilder who becomes the primary caregiver of his elderly father.
Milkcow, Atomic Cartoons among partners on TF1’s Action Rabbits
The companies are developing the CG-animated series with Paris-based Blue Spirit Productions and French network TF1.
Cineplex sells online store to CosmoBlue Canada
Cineplex disclosed the transaction in its Q4 and year-end financial results.
Black Fawn acquires Matthew Ninaber’s A Knight’s War
Black Fawn Distribution has set a limited theatrical release in March before the film heads to Super Channel this summer.
CBC orders third season of Mittens & Pants
The live-action series also launched on online game platform Roblox in late 2024.
Creative BC selects 25 projects for development support
The scripted and unscripted projects are being supported through Creative BC’s Equity and Emerging Development Program, totalling $250,000.
The Roku Channel picks up comedy Bria Mack Gets a Life
The comedy series about a Black woman and her invisible hype girl drops on the AVOD platform on Feb. 14 in multiple territories.
TVOKids greenlights unscripted kids series from Sphere
The 26 x 11-minute series follows a CGI-animated skeleton as he answers questions about the body posed by real-life children.
Fenix Film & Television adds Kristen Boychuk as unscripted VP
Boychuk’s past credits include Farming for Love with Lark Productions and Styled with Great Pacific Media.
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