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Shaftesbury
In Brief: Sort Of, Ruby and the Well win innovation awards
Plus: the Canadian Academy unveils the 2023 Women in Post cohort, Telefilm supports mid- to large-scale Canadian film festivals, and more.
How Departure’s ferry sinking sequences came to life
Director T.J. Scott and producer Patrick Cassavetti discuss the logistics behind keeping the Shaftesbury series’ most ambitious scenes on budget.
Shaftesbury taps Christina Fon to head up partnerships and scripted
Fon joins the company from Montreal’s Rezolution Pictures, where she was serving as VP and executive producer.
IPF selects nine TV projects for production financing
Recipients include a new season of Murdoch Mysteries and Conquering Lion Pictures’ Half-Blood Blues.
Citytv orders Canadian version of Law & Order for 2023-24 lineup
Rogers Sports & Media also announced original OMNI series Our Big Punjabi Family and Katiba Banat: Sisters in Arms.
Deals: NFB, WildBrain, Bravo Charlie, OUTtv, CBC
NFB’s Ever Deadly gets picked up by Kino Lorber for U.S. distribution, France’s SND picks up Bravo Charlie’s Solo, plus more.
Global sets Family Law, Departure for summer schedule
They join newly acquired U.S. musical game show Superfan, which features Canadian singer Shania Twain.
Shaftesbury hires Chris Farrer as VP, creative and coproductions
The U.K.-based exec replaces Alexandra Finlay, who joined A+E Networks earlier this year.
CSAs ’23: CBC’s The Porter leads TV nominations
The historical drama tops the pack with 19 nominations, followed by CBC’s Sort Of and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure with 15 nods apiece.
In Brief: Two Canadian projects to pitch at Series Mania Forum
Plus, ACTRA Toronto and the Toronto Film Critics Association hand out annual honours, and an Inuit VR copro debuts in Berlin.
I Woke Up a Vampire joins WildBrain’s content slate
L.A.-based television producer Thomas Lynch is the creator and showrunner of the series, produced by WildBrain in association with Netflix.
Fifty years of Citytv: A look at its past, present and future
How the Rogers-owned channel is using its original “spunky and local” DNA to succeed.
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