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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 2021
Caramel Films France/Canada copro Aline, a fictionalized take on Celine Dion’s life, debuts at No. 1, followed by L’Arracheuse de temps.
CMPA, AQPM reach tentative agreement with ACTRA
The deal, which must still be ratified, marks the tentative close of negotiations for three national IPAs for CMPA, including NABET and the DGC.
Lauren Grant gets personal with her directorial debut
The Clique Pictures producer says her experience with the short Things We Feel But Do Not Say, which recently screened at the Whistler Film Festival, highlighted the barriers to financing for narrative shorts in Canada.
TIFF releases annual Top Ten list of best Canadian films
The list of features has eight first appearances and five Indigenous filmmakers, including Danis Goulet with Night Raiders.
Deals: Radio-Canada, Incendo, WaZabi Films, Larco, Gusto
Terence Films acquires option rights to After (Après) from CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution, Incendo and BlackBox Multimedia co-developing Ellery Queen, and more.
Hideaway Pictures, MPCA renew partnership with $150 million production deal
The companies first partnered in 2016 to produce film and TV projects in Northern Ontario, including Hallmark series When Hope Calls.
Bell Fund taps 15 projects for $3M in short-form digital series program
The program has provided $740,000 to English-language projects for audience development through a new pilot initiative in addition to $2.2 million in production funds for English and French projects.
David Carver tees up biopic on late Canadian golf great Moe Norman
Carver plans to shoot the U.S.-Canadian copro on both sides of the border, with a Canuck team including David Steinberg.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Nov. 22 to 28, 2021
Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time leads digital demand, followed by Disney+ series Hawkeye.
Brooke & Sam dramedy wraps principal photography in Toronto
Ally Pankiw, who helmed Netflix’s hit Feel Good, is making her feature directorial debut on the project.
In Brief: The CMPA is set for the second cohort in its co-production accelerator program
Plus: The CMPA has appointed a director of policy, and Sphere adds to Montreal scripted and unscripted teams
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2021: Kent Donguines
PRESENTED BY CBC: The Vancouver-based producer has already landed on the radar of TIFF, Hot Docs and Netflix as he grows his production banner Aimer Films.
EXCLUSIVE: Cineflix Productions names director of scripted development
Former iThentic exec Lisa Baylin has been tapped for the newly created role based in Toronto.
Indie theatres worry they won’t survive in the future, says Telefilm study
The Canadian Content and Independent Cinema study found theatre owners fear government subsidies will lapse before moviegoers are ready to fully return.
Toronto’s Blink Studios gets ‘significant’ investment from INSP LLC
The Indian Land, S.C.-based entertainment network says it wants to expand its relationships in the international film and production community.
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