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Cameras roll on Incendo’s sixth rom-com of 2021
Montreal-shot When Love Blooms is penned by Jack Waz and directed by Eric Tessier.
Amazon’s head of Canadian originals on Prime Video’s domestic strategy
In a Q&A with Playback, Christina Wayne shares what the streamer is looking for in its growing Canadian content slate of scripted and unscripted titles.
Production insurance fund gets $49M top-up as demand surges
The Short-Term Compensation Fund has received 369 applications since last fall, and has thus far paid out less than $1 million in claims.
ACTRA National hires Trevor Hampden as diversity director
Hampden takes over the position of director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging following the departure of Olivia Nuamah.
As summer heats up, Ontario keeps cinemas on ice
The province’s reopening guidelines show it will be a minimum nine more weeks until cinemas can open, with exhibitors missing out on major U.S. releases.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for May 11 to 17, 2021
The Handmaid’s Tale overtakes The Mandalorian for the top Digital Originals spot, while PAW Patrol breaks into the overall TV series demand chart.
CSAs ’21: Transplant and Schitt’s Creek win big as Screen Week wraps
The hit shows won best drama and comedy, respectively, in addition to best performance awards for Hamza Haq and Catherine O’Hara.
CSAs ’21: Tracey Deer’s Beans wins best feature, best first feature
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape also claimed multiple awards.
Following COVID delays, Diggstown season three finally underway
Cameras are rolling in Nova Scotia on new episodes of the Floyd Kane-created drama, with Cory Bowles, Lynne Stopkewich and Juanita Peters among this season’s directors.
Road to the CSAs: Drama contenders talk legacy, loss and Cancon’s international profile
Departure, Cardinal, Burden of Truth, Vikings and Transplant vie for the most coveted drama prize in the Canadian TV calendar.
Discovery Channel orders space-travel series from Boat Rocker Studios
The eight-part competition series, produced by Boat Rocker’s Matador Content and BoomTown Content, will see the winning contestant travel from earth to space aboard the International Space Station.
In brief: Sinking Ship teams with Australia’s Northern Pictures
Plus, Whistler names finalists for 2021 Screenwriters Lab and Mark O’Brien’s The Righteous (pictured) is set for its world premiere at Fantasia.
Canada’s production growth slows due to Cancon reduction: report
Pre-pandemic numbers in the CMPA’s 2019/20 Profile reveal foreign production growth, but a 12.4% decrease in Canadian content production volume.
WildBrain takes Headspinner’s Denis and Me to TV
The company has picked up the Headspinner-produced YouTube series for Family Channel, and will also take over global distribution and AVOD management.
CSAs ’21: Best comedy, drama nominees lauded on night three
Schitt’s Creek, Baroness von Sketch Show, Cardinal and Kim’s Convenience each picked up multiple Canadian Screen Awards in creative arts and performance categories.
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