✖
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Aug. 20 to 26, 2021
The Alec Pronovost-directed comedy Maria knocks Le guide de la famille parfaite from the top spot, grossing more than $168k in its debut week.
Cameras roll on Crave’s Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk is Montreal prodco KOTV Productions’ first English-language series.
Ontario Creates names 21 Canadian producers and projects for 16th annual iff
Buffalo Gal Pictures, Mad Samurai Productions and White Bear Films are among this year’s Canadian prodcos participating in the annual financing forum event at TIFF.
Asian Canadian Film Alliance gets to work
Co-founder and White Elephant filmmaker Andrew Chung speaks about the origins of the new organization ahead of its first moderated panel discussion.
Canadian feature Wars wins prize at Karlovy Vary
Eleonore Loiselle’s turn in Nicolas Roy’s first feature film sees her honoured at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
BIPOC TV & Film launches showrunner training bootcamp
The non-profit plans to train up to 50 Canadian BIPOC writers under the leadership of writer and executive producer Anthony Q. Farrell.
Wildhood acquired by Berlin’s Films Boutique
The Bretten Hannam-directed feature will world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
MELS adds three to executive team
The appointments come as the company is making a major technological shift with its virtual production initiatives for both the local and international film and TV projects.
Factual prodco and distributor Off the Fence moves into Canada
Led by Imelda Wiebers, the company is seeking opportunities across science and ancient history, as well as Canadian wildlife co-production.
Michael Greyeyes inks first-look deal with Blumhouse
The Blood Quantum and Wildhood actor is featured in Blumhouse’s upcoming feature Firestarter, which was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton earlier this year.
Deals: Bell Media, Terror Films, Sinking Ship
Bell Media nabs The Unusual Suspects and a Canadian horror indie lands a North American distributor.
Anthony Shim’s sophomore feature to film in B.C., South Korea
Shim writes, directs, produces and stars in the film, which is currently in production in and around Vancouver.
Uninterrupted Canada, Bell Media go for gold with Christine Sinclair doc
Cameras will roll in the fall on the documentary about the Olympic gold medalist’s personal story of perseverance.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Aug. 16 to 22, 2021
Ted Lasso continues to lead digital originals while PAW Patrol stays in the top three in the overall demand list.
Wow! Unlimited’s Frederator Studios options Black history-themed plays
The Emmy-winning studio is developing an animated series spotlighting underrepresented trailblazers with humour for family audiences.
The definitive CDN broadcast and production resource.Over 5,000 company listings!
