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AIFF, ISO name eight Arctic Indigenous participants for Witness Film mentorship program
The Indigenous Screen Office marks its first year as the initiative’s lead partner with the 2025 edition.
SODEC supports seven promo projects focusing on youth
Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks and Sarianne Cormier’s Au revoir Pluton are among the films whose promotional projects were selected.
Deals: Paramount+, Farpoint, TVA
Paramount+ in Canada becomes the sponsor of Pacific Screenwriting Program’s Scripted Series Lab, Farpoint Films announces several international series sales, and more.
Ali Kazimi recognized with 2025 Fire Horse award
The filmmaker will receive a $25,000 cash prize from the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival as part of the award.
OUTtv launches on YouTube TV and Primetime in the U.S.
Beginning this week, YouTube subscribers can access OUTtv’s catalogue of series and films for US$5.99 monthly.
Hot Docs programming, industry directors talk 2025 edition
Hot Docs director of programming Heather Haynes and industry programs director Elizabeth Radshaw discuss how this year’s event fits in with Hot Docs’ larger organizational realignment.
In Brief: Canadian shorts to world premiere at Tribeca
Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.
Hot Docs announces conditional offer for Ted Rogers Cinema sale
The Hot Docs Festival begins today (April 24) and runs until May 4.
Four Canadian features screening in competition at Annecy
Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.
BANFF announces 2025 ISS Pitch Forum participants
The 13 participants will present their projects to a panel of media funders, collaborators and industry delegates at the festival.
Jonathan Roiter to join Spin Master as CFO
The exec transition follows the previously announced retirement of outgoing CFO Mark Segal.
Rogers’ Q1 results see significant media revenue boost
The revenue was bolstered by the launch of Warner Bros. Discovery’s suite of channels and content.
DGC selects inaugural market accelerator delegation for BANFF
The delegation includes the 2025 Jean-Marc Vallée Bursary recipient Alfonso Maiorana.
National Film Board’s Shirley Vercruysse set to retire
The Vancouver-based executive director of the Western Documentary Unit will leave the NFB at the end of September.
Sherry Media Group acquires eight docs for STEM on IMAX film series
Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.
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