The gala honoured Jennifer Podemski, Rick Mercer and Don McKellar with the inaugural Norman Jewison Founder’s Council Award.
The features were selected through Telefilm’s low-budget stream for productions with a budget of less than $3.5 million.
Stranger Things led digital demand in early June as the series moved closer to the premiere of its final season.
EXCLUSIVE: The in-development coming-of-age comedy series How To Be Brown hails from writer-director Maya Bastian.
The participants will travel to Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh in July for a targeted business development mission.
The French-language series is directed by Maxime Beauchamp and produced by Wookey co-founders Janelle and Jérémie Wookey.
The Bell Media president discusses plans to elevate Canadian content as the company undergoes a digital transformation.
The partners of the prolific Indigenous-owned prodco share the principles and expansion strategies that have contributed to its longevity.
Trailblazing Talks features Petty interviewing women who’ve made a mark on Canadian history, including Reelworld’s Tonya Williams.
Netflix previously licensed the first season and the companion documentary Amazing Antoine.
The French-language series is currently in production and produced by creator Anthony Cauchy and Magali Gillon-Krizaj.
The first three seasons of the Canadian procedural from Piazza Entertainment ran on CBC and CBC Gem.
The festival’s final two sessions focused on regulating AI and providing an in-depth look at the AI tools currently available to creatives.
The six Saskatchewan-based participants will develop an original project over eight months and receive market exposure at the Whistler Film Festival.