BANFF ‘22: The documentary feature won the Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content and $25,000.
The culinary adventure reality series hails from Montreal-based Toast in collaboration with Quebecor Content.
A look at the factors helping French-Canadian content increase its impact, including a growing international taste for non-English-language content.
As senior director, acquisition and original film, Pearson will lead the company’s content acquisition team in addition to his remit to develop its feature film slate.
Effective immediately, Kennedy will oversee the global sales and distribution strategies for Quebecor subsidiaries, including Quebecor Content, TVA and Incendo.
Gaumont picked up the rights to adapt the series locally based on the scripts from creator Cathleen Rouleau.
The French-language series from Montreal’s Trio Orange and Quebecor Content is up for three prizes at the film festival in northern France.
Quebecor Content has acquired the adaptation rights to the hit reality survival series.
The SVOD platform will launch next month with 40 original productions, and plans to premiere a further 60 before the end of 2022.
International acquisitions VP Christine Maestracci will take over from outgoing CEO Pierre Moreau, who departs the post on Sept. 1.
Productions Déferlantes will adapt the popular singing competition format for the Quebec market, set to premiere on TVA in the fall.
The Night Logan Woke Up, a five-part psychological thriller from Quebecor Content, Canal+ and Studiocanal, goes to camera in March.