The docudrama Marlene, directed by Wendy Hill-Tout, debuts at No. 2, while Au revoir le bonheur continues to lead in its eighth week.
The initiative from the Independent Production Fund and Canada Media Fund is financing 20 scripted short-form series for the 2022 cohort.
Andrea Martin’s work on SCTV would be enough to guarantee her immortality, but she has also amassed award-winning credits on stage and the big screen
The 43,000 square foot Burnaby, B.C. facility will include the company’s first permanent LED volume to provide end-to-end virtual production services.
Reel Canada has teamed up with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival for a “Celebrating Indigenous Voices” spotlight at the one-day event.
Whether building broadcast networks or creating legendary franchises, for Boyce it was always about the audience.
Charlotte Le Bon also wrote the coming-of-age story Falcon Lake, coproduced by Montreal’s Metafilms.
The Indigenous-led production also has an on-set training program for emerging and mid-career level Indigenous creators and crew, as well as entry-level individuals.
Executives from Nelvana and Cineflix Rights discuss how business strategies have shifted at markets such as MIPTV.
Conway will transition to a new advisory role on strategic planning at the organization as co-president Chris McDonald assumes sole leadership.
Politicians are also among those heralding the Pope Productions president who helped build up the Newfoundland and Labrador film and TV industry, with productions including Hudson & Rex.
The Canadian Cinema Editors event will also hand out special honours, including a posthumous Career Achievement Award for the late filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée.
Amazon Studios’ Brent Haynes, head of scripted series, Canada, discusses The Sticky and how Canada’s East and West Coast play a big role in Prime Video’s scripted development slate.
D360 picks up Lady Ada’s Secret Society for a YouTube-first launch, Crave paves a road for Sesame Street, and Sinking Ship Entertainment’s Dino Dana to stream in China.