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In Brief: The Chef & the Daruma wins at VIFF Audience Awards
Plus: WIDC selects eight women and non-binary directors for Career Advancement Module and WIFT-AT sets 2024-25 Mentorship Match cohort.
Re: Uniting leads 2024 UBCP/ACTRA Award noms
The awards will be handed out on Nov. 23 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Docs For Change sets first feature with The Pink Pill
The feature documentary is directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and tackles the taboo topic of women’s sexual health.
Gangnam Project dances on for season two at CBC Kids
The 10 x 30-minute series recently wrapped production in Hamilton, Ont. and Seoul.
Production wraps on Nick Butler’s sophomore feature Lunar Sway
The film stars Noah Parker as a young man coping with the return of his estranged mother, played by Liza Weil.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2024: Jay Carolyn Wu
LaRue Entertainment’s head of development has been a staunch champion of emerging voices in Canada’s screen sector.
Bell Media rebrands Discovery to USA Network
The broadcaster has inked a deal with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution for USA Network and Oxygen True Crime as part of its Discovery rebrand.
Roku orders festive rom-com Jingle Bell Love from Incendo
The film, starring New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre alongside Michelle Morgan, will premiere in Canada on CBC and CBC Gem in December.
TV5 CEO is frontrunner to lead CBC/Radio-Canada, say reports
Multiple outlets have reported Marie-Philippe Bouchard will take the top job at the national pubcaster, though Heritage says the decision has not been finalized.
Sinking Ship, Cheeky Little Media to co-produce Flower & Flour
A handful of broadcasters have already come on board the CG-animated series, including ABC Australia and TVOKids.
Blue Ant Studios promotes Diane Rankin to new EVP role
The promotion will see Blue Ant’s existing development and marketing teams report to Rankin.
Epic Story Media appoints Steve Couture as co-CEO
He will work alongside founder Ken Faier while remaining CEO of Epic Storyworlds.
Gravitas Ventures acquires Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season
EXCLUSIVE: The film stars Jonas Chernick and Sara Canning as two lovers in an ongoing affair at a lake resort.
Publicist Bill Vigars dies at 78
Vigars spent 40 years as a film and TV publicist, but was best known for his work promoting Terry Fox’s 1980 Marathon of Hope.
Playback’s 10 to Watch 2024: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
The 29-year-old composer has made his mark with scores for films like Shook and This Place and is now working on his first series with Netflix’s Bet.
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