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In Brief: Hubbard wins DOXA’s Canadian doc prize
Plus, the Music Video Production Project gets a bump from the RBC Foundation and production wraps on season two of My Roommate’s an Escort.
Sphinx, NFB set The Colour of Ink
The documentary from director Brian D. Johnson (pictured) also sees Anthropocene‘s Nicholas de Pencier serve as director of photography.
First Weekend Club bids adieu to CanadaScreens
Launched in 2015, the VOD service acted as a hub for homegrown films and offered curated playlists.
NFB hires Coty Savard to North West Studio
Savard, who has previously worked at Mosaic Entertainment, joins the Edmonton production unit as it expands its slate of projects.
Hot Docs ’19: Tasha Hubbard’s unexpected journey
The filmmaker discusses why she decided to take on nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up and how she approached the doc’s sensitive subject matter.
Tasha Hubbard’s ‘We Will Stand Up’ to open Hot Docs 2019
Hubbard leads a contingent of women directors that make up 54% of the work featured in the 26th edition of the festival.
Nathalie Cloutier upped at NFB’s French Documentary Studio
The producer, whose credits include The Amina Profile and RIDM winner A Delicate Balance, has been with the Studio since 2010.
In Brief: Canadians @ IDFA, WIFT-V mentorship, Antenna hire
Which Canadian films will screen at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, who gets a market-prep primer for WFF and what’s new at Blue Ant’s London outpost.
In Brief: Women in Animation honours NFB’s Fukushima
Michael Fukushima will be honoured for his role in achieving gender parity at the NFB, Rina Fraticelli receives a Governor General’s Award, and more.
In brief: Netflix’s David Wells to step down as CFO
As well: The NFB’s first interactive VR project Museum of Symmetry launches on Steam and Viveport, a new travel channel launches on Telus Optik, plus more.
NFB animated feature Wall gets theatrical release
Directed by Calgary filmmaker Cam Christiansen, the film is adapted from a play by acclaimed British playwright and screenwriter, David Hare.
Rex Tasker, NFB Atlantic founder, dies at 85
The producer and filmmaker helped reshape the NFB in the 1970s, opening an East Coast regional office to foster local filmmaking and storytelling.
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