The CBC original docuseries is produced by Toronto-based HeartHat Entertainment.
Boat Rocker Rights picks up The Secrets of Friendship, CBC/Radio-Canada expands its Paralympics broadcast deal, plus more.
Plus, Canadian Film Fest reveals inaugural You-CAN-Pitch participants, Cinespace and York University partner on a production accountant program, and more.
Other returning comedies include sketch seriesThis Hour Has 22 Minutes and The New Wave of Standup special.
The extended deal with CARAS will see CBC broadcast the annual Canadian music awards into 2028.
The Career Advancement Module sessions will run March through July, coinciding with the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and Female Eye Film Festival.
Fenix Film & Television, Small Army Entertainment and CBC discuss how the groundbreaking series Push came together with key creatives from the disability community.
Executives at the Boat Rocker company discuss how the pandemic inspired a strategy and slate that includes scripted miniseries on Greenpeace and Emily Carr.
Production on season two of the Piazza Entertainment-produced series has begun in Ontario and Manitoba.
KOTV president Louis Morissette discusses the Montreal prodco’s short- and long-term strategy for English-language production.
The pubcaster says it ordered a second season from Sphere Media, but without a coproduction partner, financing couldn’t be completed.
The historical drama tops the pack with 19 nominations, followed by CBC’s Sort Of and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure with 15 nods apiece.