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TIFF to honour Buffy Sainte-Marie at the 2022 Tribute Awards
The Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter will be awarded the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media.
NFB announces new head of its Quebec and Atlantic studio
Rohan Fernando will be based out of Halifax, where he will work on the NFB’s English-language documentary production slate.
Steve Gravestock leaving TIFF ‘in good hands’
The longtime senior programmer for the Canada and Nordic region reflects on the domestic industry, why he’s retiring from TIFF, and his fondest memories.
CMF triggers record high for industry activity
CMF-funded projects led to more than $1.9 billion in production industry activity, according to the funder’s 2021-22 annual report.
Deals: Vice, This Place, Sphere Media, Fuse TV
Canada’s Oscar entry, Eternal Spring, signs worldwide licence deal with Vice, V.T. Nayani’s This Place lands international sales agent, and more.
Amazon’s head of Canadian originals departs
Christina Wayne leaves Amazon Studios after playing a key role in the development of its Canadian originals strategy.
Navigating through the maze of the modern film market
As the film industry contends with uncertainty around theatrical, experts look to strategic spending, creative releases and the rebounding festival circuit as a way forward.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2022: Ryan Bobkin
The Toronto producer has had a fast career trajectory in Canada’s film industry as head of development of Film Forge, working with filmmakers Brandon Cronenberg and Amar Wala.
Majority of Canadian kids access streamers: report
Netflix is the most popular SVOD for kids between two and 17, but its competitors aren’t too far behind, MTM finds.
Fountainhead Talent relaunches as Element Artist Management
Roberta Romano has succeeded Julie Lafontaine as the talent agency’s owner and president.
Mariloup Wolfe’s Coeur de slush preps for action
Christian Larouche produces the drama, which was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, based on her own novel.
Bell Media Prime Time TV Program chooses inaugural comedy cohort
The program, offered to Black, Indigenous and/or racialized creators in Canada, will have Ins Choi as executive producer in residence.
Tehranto, Out in the Ring win Jury Film Awards at Cinequest
Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot’s The Hangman at Home also won Best Animated Short at this year’s Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival.
Hot Sheet: House of the Dragon soars to top five in TV demand
HBO’s Game of Thrones has trumped over Netflix’s Stranger Things on the overall TV list for the week of Aug. 22 to 28.
Chanda Chevannes joins NFB’s Ontario Studio as exec producer
The Unfractured director has more than two decades of experience as a documentary filmmaker.
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