Letterkenny season three to bow on Canada Day

Despite its summer premiere, the upcoming season is set in…winter?

YMA hands out English-language Awards of Excellence

Sinking Ship Entertainment and Relish Interactive scored multiple wins at last night’s 2017 Youth Media Alliance English-language awards ceremony.

Quebecor Media Group picks up Blue Moon, Ransom

The broadcaster made 10 additions to its 2017/18 slate across TVA and addikTV.

Whistler Film Festival names 2017 feature lab project selections

Projects produced by Toronto’s Wildling Pictures and B.C.’s Silverlight Entertainment are among those tapped for the program.

Breaking Barriers-backed indie Angelique’s Isle enters production

The feature from Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau was one of three projects announced as part of CBC’s $7.5 million fund.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, May 15 to 21, 2017

Big Brother Canada is at #16, with NCIS at #1 and Survivor at #2.

Starz acquires All Governments Lie

The White Pine Pictures documentary also sold to a number of European and Asian broadcasters.

Boat Rocker unveils new factual division

The Toronto-based entertainment co will also start production on two new original unscripted series.

Comet Entertainment partners with U.K. animation house Illuminated

Canada/U.K. coproduction Buddy and Elvis is slated to begin production later this year.

Makeful greenlights Love by Lynzie

Blue Ant Media has also announced the launch of a new social content studio.

Bell Media unveils L.A. Screenings pickups

The 13-title acquisition roster includes Tassie Cameron-created mystery thriller Ten Days in the Valley and The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films May 19 to 25, 2017

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 and Maudie break $3 million and $2 million respectively, with C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier taking the third spot at the box office.

Incendo hopes for a Sleeper hit

The company’s second TV movie of the year is currently filming in Montreal.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films May 19 to 25, 2017

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is at #4, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at #1 and Alien: Covenant at #2.

Adrienne Mitchell receives Nell Shipman Award

The Back Alley Films cofounder was honoured by the Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee.