The awards will be presented June 14 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
The 60-minute documentary will be released on a variety of Bell Media platforms on Jan. 22.
Michael MacMillan, Denis Villenueve and Patrick Huard will be honoured during Canadian Screen Week.
The annual program gives films not part of the festival’s official selection an opportunity to be showcased to international buyers.
The eight-part series for Bell Media will see Patrick Huard and Colm Feore return to their roles.
Patrick Huard, who wrote and starred in both Bon Cop Bad Cop films, will direct the French-language version of the TV comedy.
The action-comedy flick, which bowed on 235 screens country-wide, reached the milestone after 10 weeks in theatres.
Almost a decade since the original was released, the sequel to one of Canada’s highest grossing films is set to go to camera. (Star Colm Feore pictured.)
The Quebec director, wearing the director and screenwriters’ hats in making the popular French-language film, picked up $40,000 in prize money.
The Montreal-based director will redirect and rewrite the Hollywood adaptation of his award-winning Quebec comedy.
The Ken Scott-directed Quebec film grossed more than $3.5 million in Canada in 2011.
The Quebec comedy came top among fest-goers from among 188 films from 73 countries that screened at the prestigious American festival.