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Sylvain Lafrance begins five-year term as Telefilm chair
He succeeds outgoing board chair Robert Spickler, effective today.
Writers Guild of Canada council elects Bruce Smith as president
The Street Legal creator succeeds outgoing president Alex Levine, who held the role since 2021.
Production volume in Canada hit more than $12B in 2022-23
The 2023 CMPA Profile shows a 4.4% increase from the prior year, but the association warns these numbers don’t reflect recent production levels.
Connor Marsden’s Violence to film in Sudbury in June
The ’80s-set operatic punk rock thriller stars Rohan Campbell and Maddie Hasson.
Amelia Moses wins BANFF’s 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée bursary
The $5,000 bursary was launched by the Banff World Media Festival and the DGC in 2022 with support from Warner Bros. Discovery Canada.
Super Channel ups Brandon Best to director role
Best will support chief content and communications officer Kim Ball in the execution of the company’s content strategy.
Horror comedy Turn It Up! rocks out in London
Written and directed by Sam Scott, the ensemble film sees an indie rock band get in over their heads with a universe-bending melody.
Hamilton Film Festival to launch distribution arm
HFFd will make its debut at the 19th edition of the festival in October, with the drama East End as the first project on its slate.
Couronne Nord acquires rights to Emmanuelle Pierrot novel
A film version of La version qui n’intéresse personne will be directed by Myriam Verreault.
Hollywood Suite acquires doc The Ashgrove Experiment
EXCLUSIVE: The doc details the making of the 2022 improvised drama Ashgrove, which has been sold to a dozen more territories.
CTV renews Children Ruin Everything for fourth season
The 16-episode season will be divided into two parts, with part one slated for CTV’s 2024-25 broadcast schedule.
Crave commissions detective comedy Double jeu
The French-language series is created by stars Rachid Badouri and Mehdi Bousaidan and will debut in 2025.
WGC, CMPA avert strike with tentative agreement
The IPA agreement comes less than two weeks after WGC members voted to authorize a potential strike.
Yintah wins 2024 Hot Docs audience award
The doc on the Wet’suwet’en First Nation also won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary.
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