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Christina Piovesan
Tandem Films boards Jérémy Comte’s Paradise
Paris and London-based Film Constellation has launched sales for the drama thriller from Comte.
CSA roundtable ’24: What is the secret to success in TV?
Part two of Playback‘s Canadian Screen Awards roundtable looks at shifts in the current TV landscape for creatives.
CSA roundtable ’24: Creators discuss legacy, getting personal
Part one of the discussion with some of the top Canadian Screen Awards nominees examines authenticity in storytelling.
Playback’s Producer of the Year 2022: Christina Piovesan
After successfully breaking into primetime drama and kids TV, the film producer charts the next steps for First Generation Films and herself.
Brandon Cronenberg-helmed copro Infinity Pool set for September shoot
Produced by Film Forge and Elevation Pictures, and exec produced by NEON and Topic Studios, the sci-fi thriller is structured as a coproduction between Canada, Hungary and Croatia. (Star Alexander Skarsgård pictured.)
The Exchange gets underway in Ottawa
The coming-of-age comedy is produced by London, U.K.-based prodco Who’s On First and Toronto’s Elevation Pictures. (Noah Segal pictured).
CMPA reveals producer awards nominees
Producers behind Freaks (pictured), The Grizzlies and Mouthpiece are up for this year’s Indiescreen Awards.
Patricia Rozema goes back to producing roots with Mouthpiece
Through her Crucial Things banner, the filmmaker teamed up with First Generation Films to produce her latest feature project.
Breaking Barriers backs projects from Patricia Rozema, Rama Rau
Produced by Toronto’s First Generation Films, Rozema’s latest feature Mouthpiece is based on the stage play by Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken.
First Generation adapting Scaachi Koul essay collection for TV
The Toronto prodco has optioned the rights to One Day We’ll All Be Dead And None of This Will Matter, tapping Koul to pen the small-screen version.
Mackenzie Lush departs eOne for First Generation Films
The new VP of development and production for scripted TV at the Toronto-based prodco takes over the role from Julie Di Cresce.
Why Elevation got into the production game
Co-president Noah Segal on how SVODs are changing the nature of distribution and how the Toronto distributor plans to get a slice of the action.
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