Wild Media Entertainment expands into VFX

Visual effects veteran Jeff Bruneel (pictured) has been hired to oversee the new division.

Op-Ed: What do we do AfterMeToo?

Vibika Bianchi, veteran producer, programmer and the acting chair of AfterMeToo, reflects on a year that changed the industry.

Programmer profile: OUTtv and Revry

OUTtv CEO Brad Danks and Damian Pelliccione, co-founder and CEO of Revry, discuss their programming strategies.

Christine Magee named Talent Fund chair

The co-founder and co-chair of Sleep Country Canada will take over the post from Hartley T. Richardson.

Boat Rocker combines content and rights teams under Studios banner

The newly merged division will be headed up by Jon Rutherford, who has been promoted to managing director of the Studios division.

Elle-Maija Tailfeathers

Two Canadian features added to Berlin lineup

Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open will make its world premiere in the festival’s Generation program.

The exit interview: CBC’s Heather Conway

The pubcaster’s outgoing EVP of English Services reflects on the challenges, complexities and accomplishments of her five-year tenure, and looks ahead to what’s next.

Photo Gallery: 2018 DOC Institute Awards

Cinematographer Zoe Dirse and filmmaker Amar Wala were honoured at the DOC Institute’s annual awards ceremony at the Gladstone Hotel.

Image courtesy of TIFF

Anthropocene gets exclusive 4K engagement on iTunes

Distributed by Mongrel Media, the hit doc will be available for a limited time in a premium format ahead of its Sundance screening.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Dec. 3 to 9, 2018

The Big Bang Theory leads the list, followed by The Good Doctor at #2 and Young Sheldon at #3.

‘A Mexico-Canada romcom would probably work well in Mexico’

Latam Pictures’ CEO Mineko Mori says local comedies are on the rise in Mexico, and it’s a potentially fruitful area for a copro.

CBC hires Claude Galipeau as EVP, corporate development

The former Rogers Media exec will join the public broadcaster effective Jan. 7, reporting to CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait.

Bron inks $100M co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures

The multi-picture agreement includes upcoming Warner Bros. titles such as Joker and Torrance.

Van Helsing renewed for season four at Syfy

The Nomadic Pictures series will begin production in Vancouver in early 2019.

ACTRA members ratify new Independent Production Agreement

“I think it will help shift the culture forward, as we’re looking to do in the entirety of the industry,” said ACRTA National president David Sparrow of the issues addressed in the IPA.