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ImagineNATIVE festival awards prizes
Caroline Monnet’s Bootlegger won Dramatic Feature Award and Landon Dyksterhouse’s Warrior Spirit took home the Documentary Feature Award.
In brief: Canadian films, directors feted
Plus: Experimental Forest Films and Women in the Director’s Chair name the latest cohorts for their respective initiatives.
Corus Studios expands global sales team
The Corus Entertainment-owned studio hit 1,300 hours of content sales in the previous fiscal year, with more than 70 hours already sold in Q1.
Directors Guild of Canada reveals feature, doc and short film winners
Wendy Morgan, Yung Chang, Danis Goulet and Hannah Michielsen score big in the 20th annual awards, while Trickster also picks up a win.
Underrepresented writers lost ground amid reduced commissions in 2020: report
The Writers Guild of Canada’s updated Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report shows members from underrepresented communities saw a mix of small gains and losses in opportunities.
Disney+ picks up The Hardy Boys
Both seasons of the live-action series will premiere on the streamer outside of the U.S. and Canada in 2022.
Corus sees lift in revenue in fiscal 2021
The broadcaster’s pandemic recovery continues as the company plans to leverage its content production and distribution capabilities with international partners.
Indie Report 2021: Producing a dramatic comeback
Results from Playback‘s 2021 Indie Report demonstrate the resilience of Canada’s independent production sector in the face of a global pandemic.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Oct. 11 to 17, 2021
Squid Game continues to lead while Only Murders in the Building rises on the digital originals and overall demand list.
OUTtv elevates drag format in new series
Reality competition series Call Me Mother is the first to feature queens as mentors, and has a companion weekly podcast.
Canadian MIPCOM participants laud in-person results
Our roundup of feedback from attendees at the TV market delivers reveals quality and volume of in-person meetings, and formats and kids content as hot areas for growth.
Nine Canadian world premieres set for RIDM
The Montreal International Documentary Festival — led by a brand new team — announces Gabor among the full 2021 lineup at the hybrid event.
Production revenues boost Thunderbird’s bottom line
The Vancouver-based company had 18 titles in production during the last quarter of fiscal 2021, with production revenue seeing an annual increase of 63%.
Rogers CEO addresses board of directors, Shaw merger concerns
Updated: The company’s Q3 2021 financial reports revealed a committee has been formed to set protocols for interactions between the chair of the board and the management team.
Liquid Media partners with predictive project platform
Slated will provide packaging, financing, sales and distribution services aiming to drive growth for IP owners and producers in both film and TV.
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