Hollywood Suite boards Creepy Bits season two

The horror anthology series from David J. Fernandes is now filming in Ontario.

Deals: Filmoption, Blue Fox, 9 Story Distribution

Filmoption International picks up the sales rights to We Forgot to Break Up, The QB Bad Boy and Me goes wide, and more.

Indigenous comedy showcase doc in the works

Rez Comedy will be co-directed by Keith Nahanee and Quentin Lee, and produced by Vancouver-based Margin Films.

Crave commissions docuseries from Attraction

The 10 x 30-minute series Sainte-Justine: salle d’opération is slated to premiere this fall.

Exec shuffle at Bell Media sees new SVP of content and sales

Stewart Johnston steps into content role, as Karine Moses joins SMB as VP.

In Brief: Dolly Kruger named RBC Emerging Indigenous Filmmaker Award recipient 

Plus: SODEC selects shorts for production support, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival launches screening tour, and more.

CBC ups cross-Canada content strategy with programming slate

CBC’s Sally Catto and Barbara Williams discuss the pubcaster’s content strategy, budget turbulence and which series won’t be moving forward.

Telefilm launches second phase of Sustainability Action Plan

The second phase is built on 10 key objectives, including defining decarbonization strategies, assessing industry tools and boosting training and partnerships.

Canada’s Youth Media Alliance crowns its 2024 Awards of Excellence winners

Dounia season two and a pair of educational series from Trio Orange took home multiple awards at yesterday’s ceremony, which also honored veteran producer Johane Landry.

CBC reveals new, returning series for 2024-25

Upfronts ’24: The lineup includes new series from Allan Hawco and CBC sketch comedy alums, as well as an expansion of CBC News FAST channels.

Guru Studio bolsters senior team with hires, promotions

Among the new additions is former Brain Power and Netflix exec Jasmine Gard.