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TIFF ’18: The Orchard nabs Nguyen’s Hummingbird Project
Produced by Item 7 and Belgium’s Belga Productions, the film will get a theatrical release stateside in 2019.
Jann croons in Calgary
Filming is underway on the CTV comedy in which Jann Arden plays an artist who’s convinced a rebrand will put her waning career back on course.
New Charles Officer doc explores the story behind The Little Prince
The CBC-backed feature documentary examines the legacy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s famous novella, which has sold nearly 140 million copies since it was first published in 1943.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 2018
Little Italy comes in at #8, while Crazy Rich Asians and Mission Impossible: Fallout claim the #1 and #2 spots, respectively.
Bridging a Canadian culture gap with an Australian format
Ahead of its season one premiere, APTN has renewed First Contact, which is based on the SBS series that immerses non-Indigenous people into Indigenous communities.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 2018
Little Italy takes the top spot, followed by Ricardo Trogi’s 1991 at #2 and La Chute De L’Empire Americain lands at #3.
Photo gallery: CBC Films launch
The pubcaster unveiled its new film brand and toasted TIFF at a luncheon event in Toronto.
How to solve a problem like Canadian film viewership?
Industry players like Telefilm Canada and CBC are coming up with some new ideas to help solve an age-old problem.
Bell Media adds first kids titles to CraveTV
More than 200 hours of programming including The Adventures of Paddington Bear has joined the SVOD’s library via its strategic partnership with Wow! Unlimited.
TIFF ’18: Well Go USA takes Freaks
The U.S. distributor grabbed rights to Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s sci-fi thriller for multiple territories in a seven-figure deal.
In brief: DGC unveils 2018 Discovery nominees
Plus: Gharrett Paon and Bretten Hannam score top honours at Pitch This!, Canadians recognized at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and more.
CBC launches Films brand, funds new features
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is one of four films to receive support through the Breaking Barriers Film Fund, which has been rebranded under CBC Films.
Red Square, Indiecan, Unstable Ground partner on LightVAULT
Aimed at distributors and indie filmmakers, the encrypted cloud server is designed to combat content piracy and unauthorized sharing.
TIFF ’18: The winning formula behind Akash Sherman’s Clara
The writer/director and producer Ari Lantos discuss bringing the sci-fi feature to screens, and their plans for more collaborations.
CFC teams with Netflix on five-year funding initiative
Meanwhile, the film centre partnered with Comweb Corp/William F. White to launch a new scholarship for Indigenous creators in Jay Switzer’s name.
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