Playback’s 10 to Watch 2022: Adrian Wallace

Known for titles such as Courtside and Hip Hop My House, the filmmaker is on a mission to inspire the next generation of Black Canadians.

Sort Of among MIPCOM Cannes Diversify TV nominees

Radio-Canada’s Pour toi Flora and Quebecor/Club Illico’s Audrey’s Back are among the other Canadian contenders for next month’s awards.

Blue Ant International sets largest MIPCOM lineup to date

The slate includes new documentaries on King Charles III and Canadian factual and scripted titles such as Loons: A Cry From the Mist and Baroness von Sketch Show.

Whistler Film Festival announces initial Canadian titles for lineup

Jason James’ Exile will have its world premiere at the festival, with another five films from B.C. directors unveiled.

TSN picks up Serendipity Media doc Camp of Dreams

The Bell Media channel will air the doc, about Indigenous Canadian NHL player Ethan Bear’s annual hockey camp, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Cineplex

Cineplex reportedly in talks for Regal Entertainment merger

Cineplex has approached parentco Cineworld’s lenders on a deal to merge the two companies, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Media Ranch sells international formats to U.S. prodcos

The Montreal-headquartered company has also secured additional seasons for formats sold to European broadcasters.

Blue Ant’s Beach House Pictures expands into India

The partnership with Mumbai-based Riverland Entertainment builds on the Singapore-based prodco’s continued expansion within Asia.

CBC to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with original programming

CBC, APTN and Hollywood Suite will each have all-day special programming to commemorate the federal holiday on Sept. 30.

Blink49 Studios in development on copro with U.K. prodco Eleven

The companies are set to coproduce a TV series based on American author M.L. Rio’s novel If We Were Villains.

Playback’s 10 to Watch 2022: Josiane Blanc

The Toronto-based Francophone filmmaker can do it all, creating and producing scripted and unscripted projects with a strong social impact.

Fairclough, LaRose launch production hub Two Wise Monkeys Canada

The Toronto-based unscripted prodco has launched with a development slate stacked with true-crime, paranormal, history, science, and nature series.

Sold out CIFF screening triggers theatrical run for Alberta film

Father of Nations, directed, co-written and produced by Aleisha Anderson, will run in select Alberta theatres beginning Oct. 7 after its world bow at the Calgary International Film Festival.

Cinespace to build second Marine Terminal studio in Toronto

Cinespace’s new second long-term lease with PortsToronto will see it redevelop Terminal 52 with three production and support spaces.

Night Raiders, Crimes of the Future among leading DGC Awards nominees

Danis Goulet and David Cronenberg’s features got three nominations apiece, as did Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, in the film categories.