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How Secret Location took on The Great C
The eOne-owned studio continues to push the boundaries of virtual reality with its 30-minute “cinematic VR narrative” based on the short story by Philip K. Dick.
Carole Vivier to retire from Manitoba Film & Music
The CEO and film commissioner has been with the org since 1985 and is set to step down next summer.
Women held 40% of leadership roles in CMF-backed projects in 2017/18
The funder’s annual report also states that overall investment was down 5.4% year-over-year, though new federal funding will become available this year.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 17 to 23, 2018
Crazy Rich Asians takes the top spot, followed by The Meg at #2 and Mission Impossible: Fallout at #3.
Temple Street to bring The Biggest Modern Woman of the World to TV
X Company scribe Hannah Moscovitch will adapt Canadian author Susan Swan’s debut novel about a giantess who exhibits with P.T. Barnum.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 17 to 23, 2018
1991 leads the list, followed by La Chute De L’Empire Americain at #2 and Dans La Brume at #3.
Projects from Foroughi, Deer selected for CFC Features
The CFC partnered with Women in View to select this year’s projects: Sadaf Foroughi’s sophomore effort Summer With Hope and Tracey Deer’s Beans.
ACTRA adds Lisa Blanchette to director role
The newly appointed director of public policy and communications takes over from Elliott Anderson.
TIFF names Joana Vicente executive director and co-head
The exec director of New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project will assume the new post on Nov. 1.
Corus sets Holmes + Holmes premiere
Season two of the lifestyle show, which has been expanded to run for 12 episodes, will mark 15 years since Mike Holmes first debuted on Canadian TV screens.
Deals: Cineflix, Evolutionary Films, levelFILM
Cineflix options a true-crime article from journalist Karen K. Ho, levelFILM and Seville International grab Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers ahead of TIFF, plus more.
Playback’s 5 to Watch: Class of 2018
Meet the ambitious filmmakers and execs changing the Canadian film and TV landscape.
CRTC renews Hollywood Suite’s broadcast licence
The commission also gave five-year renewals to Channel Zero’s Moviola and French-language audio channel Canal M.
Global unveils fall premiere dates
New Hollywood dramas, comedies and reality shows will bolster the network’s lineup.
Inside My Heart to world premiere at VIFF
The doc from Canadian director Debra Kellner will bow in the fest’s Impact stream alongside the Canadian premiere of Dolphin Man: The Story of Jacques Mayol.
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