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TIFF adds Best Canadian Discovery Award
TIFF has re-introduced a dedicated award for early-career Canadian filmmakers after a five-year hiatus.
Blue Ant Media promotes Kelly Payne to VP role on originals team
EXCLUSIVE: Payne has been upped to the newly created role of VP of strategy and operations, original production.
Bell Fund allocates $2.2 million to 11 short-form series
The selected series include seven scripted projects and four documentaries.
Deals: Rogue Panda Pictures, WildBrain, Crave
Rogue Panda Pictures inks a publishing deal for the Escaping Denver podcast, WildBrain catches a Pokémon FAST channel deal, and more.
TVOKids is getting Bumpy! from Turtlebox
The stop-motion toon will stream on the Ontario pubcaster’s YouTube channel and smart TV app next year.
Lionsgate Canada taps Georgia Shearman for development role
Shearman rounds out the company’s scripted team as director, scripted development.
Simon Foster appointed chair of Ontario Arts Council
Foster assumes the role from Rita Davies following her nine-year term.
Santa Barbara festival to run Denis Villeneuve retrospective
All 11 of the Villeneuve’s films will be shown during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 18 to 24.
Women in View folds into St. John’s women’s film festival
The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival is the new home of the gender equity organization.
Lili & Lola gets greenlight for season four
Big Bad Boo Studios will roll out new episodes of the preschool series next year.
Production wraps on William Scoular’s Northbound
The Bruce Dern starrer is produced by Beyond the Frame, Lumanity and Gatehouse.
SODEC selects 10 documentaries for funding
The latest round of the production assistance program allocated funding to feature and medium-length docs.
Roku adds accessible streaming service AMI+
AMI’s accessibility-focused streaming service is now available on Roku with French-language support rolling out in the coming months.
B.C. prodco fined $25K for unlawful drone filming
The Vancouver company pleaded guilty to unlawfully capturing drone footage of killer whales, with an additional $5,000 fine for the drone operator.
Slice takes exclusive broadcast rights to The Daily Show
The series will be available to stream on both StackTV and Paramount+ in Canada as of Sept. 9.
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