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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for April 30 to May 6, 2021

Le dernier Nataq leads, followed by La deesse des mouches a feu at #2 and Big Giant Wave at #3.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for April 30 to May 6, 2021

The list sees Demon Slayer: Mugen Train come in at #1, followed by Nomadland and The Marksman at #2 and #3, respectively.

Vicious Fun, Bleed with Me in for ‘Summer of Chills’

The two Shudder Originals are part of the AMC Networks streamer’s summer slate.

Fanny, Kimmapiiyipitssini among Rogers Audience Award winners

Someone Like Me, Still Max and Hell or Clean Water were also unveiled as part of the five winners sharing the $50,000 prize.

Industry orgs urge parties to put politics aside and pass Bill C-10

As the public discourse around freedom of speech continues to escalate, screen sector organizations are urging cooler heads to prevail and the clause-by-clause review of Bill C-10 to resume.

McGillivray Entertainment Media ups Angela Jennings, Jeff Baker

Jennings will now serve as president of the Scott McGillivray-led prodco, while Baker will oversee its content slate as head of production.

Deals: Portfolio, Guru, Sinking Ship

Portfolio sells 2D-animated show Addison, Guru Studio’s True and the Rainbow Kingdom sings a new tune and Sinking Ship’s Lockdown launches in Spanish.

ISO, Netflix support 39 Indigenous creators

Some of the companies supported as part of the 2021 cohort include Big Soul Productions and Rezolution Pictures.

Inside FH Health’s mass testing regime

Companies such as FH Health, which on a busy day tests up to 500 people on Netflix or Amazon sets, have become an integral part of the film and TV sector as Ontario navigates the third wave of COVID-19.

BIPOC TV & Film panel breaks silence on discrimination in Canadian TV

The panel, which is the first of two planned discussions, tackled the complicated issues around reporting discrimination when it comes to creative decisions and microaggressions.

HGTV greenlights Scott Brothers Entertainment’s Curb Appeal Xtreme

The show is a spin-off of the U.S. network’s outdoor renovation show Curb Appeal.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for April 27 to May 3, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale claims the #2 spot on the Digital Originals list, while Shadow and Bone comes in at #5 and Letterkenny lands at #10.

Cineplex revenue down 85% to $41.4M in Q1

CEO Ellis Jacob said the company has taken the necessary measures to navigate the latter stages of the pandemic, and is confident a mammoth backlog of tentpole titles will entice audiences back to theatres when they reopen.

Rayon Verde brings So Much Tenderness to life

Filmmaker Lina Rodriguez’s latest fiction feature counts Kazik Radwanski, Deragh Campbell and Noelle Schonwald among its stars.