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Portraits From a Fire among big Leo Award winners
Trevor Mack’s feature won five trophies, as did British Columbia: An Untold History and A Clüsterfünke Christmas, at the B.C. film and TV awards.
Indigenous Screen Summit delegates gain momentum for projects at BANFF
Dallas Soonias and Jordan Molaro, who were among the 14 Indigenous producers taking part in the Pitch Forum, say they landed leads and potential sales at the summit.
CRTC renews CBC/Radio-Canada licences with ‘more modern and flexible framework’
The licences include new spending requirements for more diverse content, and allowance of digital expenditures toward regulatory requirements.
Seven public broadcasters issue open call for science docs
Sunny Side ’22: CBC is among the pubcasters in an initiative looking for high-quality science doc films.
Cameras roll on Tasha Hubbard’s Singing Back the Buffalo
Hubbard says the feature doc, which looks at the “rematriating” of buffalo and is bound for CBC, APTN and a festival launch, is her most ambitious project yet.
Workin’ Moms to end after its seventh season
Production is underway in Toronto on the final season of the CBC and Netflix original comedy, created by Catherine Reitman.
Top broadcast execs flag ‘grey’ areas of Bill C-11
BANFF ’22: Heads of CBC, Rogers Sports & Media, APTN, Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, and Blue Ant Media discussed the opportunities in the bill and the amendments they want to see in it.
Captive takes home top Canadian prize at the 2022 Rockie Awards
BANFF ‘22: The documentary feature won the Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content and $25,000.
APTN, CBC, ISO launch pre-development program for Indigenous creators
The Early Stage Scripted Development Program for Indigenous Creators follows CBC and APTN’s agreement to collaborate on increasing First Nations, Inuit and Métis programming.
CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst unveiled
BANFF ’22: CBC content heads revealed the program for senior-level writers as they discussed programming priorities.
Canadian Academy selects eight executive residency participants
The program was created to help break down the barriers that currently exist for Black, Indigenous and persons of colour who are pursuing a corporate career.
CBC balances ‘dual strategy’ for linear and Gem
CBC exec Sally Catto says the pubcaster’s traditional channel and streamer are still both “vital for different reasons to different audiences.”
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