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In Brief: Blue Ant Studios ups Nick Solowski to VP role
Plus: Village Keeper wins at Regent Park and the DGC’s initial director observer placements are underway.
Quebecor Fund, CMF allocate $1.76M in production funds
A total of nine series will receive production support for original Quebec-based IP.
Photo gallery: 2024 WIFT+ Crystal Awards Gala
The 37th Crystal Awards were held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Nov. 21.
Cameras roll on Nish Media’s Indigenous-led Pitago Stop
The series, co-directed by Jason Brennan and Sonia Bonspille Boileau, follows the daily lives of employees at a roadside rest stop.
Bell Media combines news teams in Quebec
The move will bring together Noovo Info, Noovo Moi, CTV News Montreal and CJAD.
CRTC denies AMI request for wholesale rate increases
AMI had been seeking a boost in revenues for discretionary services AMI-tv and AMI-télé.
CMPA names participants for 2024-25 mentorship programs
Among the CMPA’s mentorship programs is a new initiative for Newfoundland and Labrador producers with PictureNL.
Lu Asfaha wins 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award
Asfaha won the award for her psychological thriller screenplay They Echo, which is slated for production next summer.
Blue Ice acquires Blue Rodeo, Broken Social Scene docs
Both films will make their Canadian theatrical debuts at Toronto’s Hot Docs Cinema in 2025.
Animated fantasy Fairyheart receives Eurimages support
The Hungary/Canada/Germany copro is slated to begin production in Q1 2025.
Corus Entertainment acquires raft of titles from ITV Studios
More than 80 hours of programming has been picked up for Slice, Home Network and Flavour Network.
Boat Rocker boards New Zealand, U.K. copro The Ridge
The psychological thriller will go to camera next month with Boat Rocker set to distribute the series globally.
Serial Maven Studios hires Fleur Wheatley in U.K. expansion
The former Keshet International executive will represent sales in several European regions.
Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family
The B.C.- and Alberta-shot feature adapts Hubbard’s documentary of the same name.
Netflix Canada appoints Lindsay Doyle as public policy lead
EXCLUSIVE: Doyle most recently served as head of government affairs and public policy for YouTube in Canada.
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