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In brief: Creative BC opens $1.4M production program
Plus: Mainframe Studios unveils its first 2D animated series as it expands its content slate and Love Nature wraps on one-hour special Osprey.
Montreal’s DDEG partners with Lex+Otis to launch KRAKN Animation
The joint venture will provide pre-production and animation services, with locations in L.A. and Montreal.
A+E Networks acquire 35% stake in Reel One
A+E Networks will partner with Reel One majority shareholder Newen to accelerate the company’s content and distribution strategies.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for June 15 to 21, 2021
Disney+ series Loki overtakes The Handmaid’s Tale on the Digital Originals list, while Crave’s Letterkenny climbs to the No. 9 spot.
Nova Scotia nearly doubles incentive fund budget
The provincial government increased the Film and Television Production Incentive Fund by almost 87% to $48.6 million following record applications in the 2021/22 fiscal year.
Brandon Cronenberg-helmed copro Infinity Pool set for September shoot
Produced by Film Forge and Elevation Pictures, and exec produced by NEON and Topic Studios, the sci-fi thriller is structured as a coproduction between Canada, Hungary and Croatia. (Star Alexander Skarsgård pictured.)
How a sizzle brought Sort Of to life
BANFF ’21: The series’ creators and executive producer spoke about how the proof of concept sold the series to CBC and internationally in a Master Class.
Wattpad Studios, Webtoon merge as post-deal strategy comes into focus
Parent company Naver will inject $100 million into developing and producing projects under the Wattpad Webtoon Studios banner, which will be headed up by Aron Levitz.
TIFF ’21: How the festival is moving forward from 2020
TIFF co-heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente tell Playback Daily the 2021 festival will build on the success of last year’s innovative hybrid model to bring new value for sponsors and attendees.
AMC+ slates Rhombus Media copro The North Water for July
The U.K./Canada treaty coproduction, produced for BBC, counts Niv Fichman among its executive producers and Fraser Ash and Kevin Krikst as co-executive producers.
Trio of Netflix commissions being animated in Canadian studios
Boat Rocker Studios and Atomic Cartoons are working with the streaming giant on projects set to launch this fall.
Telefilm appoints Adriana Chartrand as lead of Indigenous initiatives
Chartrand, the former institute manager at imagineNATIVE, replaces Adam Garnet Jones who left the Telefilm role earlier in the year.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs from June 7 to 13, 2021
The Good Doctor season finale leads the list, while W Network acquisition Why Women Kill cracks the top 20.
TIFF prepares coast-to-coast in-person screenings for 46th edition
Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders (pictured) is among the official selections for the 2021 festival, which will include more than 100 films and offer both in-person and digital screenings.
BANFF ’21: Indigenous creators see growing opportunities in global marketplace
Banff World Media Festival’s International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit brought together creatives and media leaders from across the world to discuss the future of Indigenous storytelling.
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