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Submit your nomination for Playback’s 10 to Watch
The annual celebration of up-and-coming voices in Canada’s screen industry is back, with nominations open until Oct. 18. Click here to submit.
Playback’s Indie List 2021: One week left to submit
The deadline for this year’s Indie List is June 30. Don’t miss your chance to participate.
Ontario Creates teams with 20 industry orgs on sustainability-focused initiative
Born out of industry consultations in 2019, the Ontario Green Screen Strategic Plan aims to put in place specific, measurable sustainability goals that can be implemented across the provincial screen sector.
David Miller, one of Canadian film’s most beloved figures, dies at 47
Tributes have poured in for the producer and distributor, who touched the careers and lives of so many in the Canadian screen sector.
10 to Watch: Last chance to nominate
The deadline to nominate the industry’s next up-and-comers is tonight. Click here to access the survey directly.
Welcome to the new Playback
Publisher Jenn Kuzmyk and editor-in-chief Liza Sardi outline new Playback initiatives and offerings as the publication evolves alongside the industry it has covered for more than 30 years.
Submissions open for Playback’s 10 to Watch
The annual feature that recognizes up-and-coming talent will focus on 10 racially diverse industry professionals; nomination deadline is Sept. 21.
Black Canadian producers, creators call for ‘transformative change’
More than 50 professionals in the screen sector have co-signed a letter to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, calling for, among other things, the creation of a Black Screen Office.
Shaftesbury Tech debuts Bubble Bloom
The free tablet app for kids aged six to 15 is the first of six positive distraction games the prodco’s technology division plans to release.
Like George, I am in a vise. I am trapped. I can’t breathe either.
Column: Reelworld founder and executive director Tonya Williams asks “is your story perpetuating the negative stereotypes that lend to the public fear and violent treatment of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour as less than human?”
Playback stands in solidarity
Playback stands in solidarity with Black and Indigenous communities and all people of colour.
‘Making things simply won’t be the same without him’: remembering David Hayman
The revered music supervisor was an integral part of Toronto’s indie scene, working on titles including Kim’s Convenience and Once Were Brothers.
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