✖
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Oct. 15 to 21, 2021
Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) debuts in the top spot, followed by Maria Chapdelaine and Night Raiders.
What we heard: The industry reacts to return of Rodriguez
Canada’s screen sector has welcomed the new minister of Canadian Heritage with the expectation of swift new legislation to update the Broadcasting Act.
Pablo Rodriguez to return to Canadian Heritage portfolio
The Heritage portfolio has changed hands at a critical time for the audiovisual sector with the Liberals expected to table new legislation for the Broadcasting Act in the coming months.
Blood Quantum, Rhymes for Young Ghouls prodco rolls on new project
Prospector has been developing You Can Live Forever for years.
Netflix, CBC Gem order new Simon Barry production
Principal photography underway for the YA comedic drama Fakes on location in Vancouver.
Filmrise AVOD snags 9 Story trio
Barney & Friends, Angelina Ballerina and Camp Lakebottom are headed to the North American AVOD.
Rogers stock price falls amid battle of the boards
The company’s inner turmoil went public over the weekend as former chairman Edward Rogers attempts to overhaul the board of directors.
How one of Canada’s oldest film festivals developed a new coproduction marketplace
Under the guidance of TIFF veteran Heyat Benkara, Festival du nouveau cinéma put a new focus on coproductions by spotlighting in-development feature-length fiction and virtual reality projects.
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.
The definitive CDN broadcast and production resource.Over 5,000 company listings!
