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In brief: Inès among world premieres set for Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma
Plus: Wildhood and Night Raiders get Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award nods, Drinkwater to open international youth festival, and more.
Canadian producers look for ‘magic element’ at Canneseries
The team behind CBC Gem series Revenge of the Black Best Friend share their sales hopes in Cannes while in competition at the TV festival.
Cameras roll on Canadian gothic feature The Island Between Tides
The film is shooting in Prince Rupert, B.C., as an adaptation of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie’s ghost story Mary Rose.
Programmer profile: The Roku Channel
The Roku Channel is crafting a content strategy that capitalizes on consumer interest in AVOD.
Love Nature greenlights two original series, launches social responsibility initiative
Conservation groups featured in Wild Dogs: Running with the Pack and Becoming Orangutan will benefit from Love Nature Gives Back.
Quentin Lee preps Comedy Invasion in Vancouver
The stand-up comedy series, based on the existing IP Comedy InvAsian, will go into production on four live shows in May.
Cineflix Media acquires Coroner producer Back Alley Films
The deal will see Cineflix absorb the Toronto prodco’s operations and assets, including its content library, as co-founders Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman move on to new opportunities.
Netflix extends studio lease at B.C.’s Martini Film Studios for another five years
The Langley studio offers eight sound stages and more than 260,000 square feet of total space.
Jennifer Baichwal’s Into the Weeds to open Hot Docs
The annual Toronto-based documentary festival will feature 63 world premieres overall, including several new Canadian docs.
Mercury Filmworks acquires rights to Attack of the Underwear Dragon
The Ottawa-based animation company plans to develop and produce a 2D-animated musical children’s comedy series from the story.
Saloon Media partners with Bullrush Pictures to adapt Hospital Show
The award-winning web series, which first premiered on YouTube in 2019, is now in development as a half-hour comedy about actors working on a fictional medical drama.
Boat Rocker unveils debutante doc as first of premium slate
The media company will finance and distribute premium documentaries, starting with Le Bal Paris from subsidiary prodco Maven.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs for March 14 to 20, 2022
Transplant, Big Brother Canada and Murdoch Mysteries all make the top 30.
CMF promotes execs as part of senior team restructure
EXCLUSIVE: Valerie Creighton will continue on as president and CEO while five executives have been elevated to lead CMF’s content, analytics, marketing and inclusion strategies following senior leadership departures.
Cineflix Rights brings Cancon to Cannes for in-person MIPTV
Canadian copro Sugar and Reginald the Vampire lead the slate as the Cineflix Media-owned distributor returns to Cannes for the first time since 2019.
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