The PSP also launches the Story Department Internship, while doc The Paper Man picks up Whistler Film Festival’s Audience Award.
The organizers from some of Canada’s top film festivals look back on the herculean task of pivoting to digital during the pandemic and try to predict what’s in store for 2021.
Effective immediately, the director of industry programming has been appointed to the newly created role.
Plus, Just For Laughs moves online for its 38th year, BIPOC TV & Film launches a new short film initiative, and WFF sets the lineup for its Adventure Film series.
‘Canada’s Coolest Film Fest’ is currently exploring ways to combine its virtual aspects with plans for an adapted local five-day physical edition.
Finalists include Camille Hollett-French with Man in Pieces and Sibel Guvenc with Loya.
The $1-million feature-length doc, premiering today at Whistler, is produced by the newly formed production banner Inner Revolution Films.
Plus: Whistler unveils its Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship and Power Pitch finalists, while Rogers makes a request to the CRTC to bring a new channel to Canada.
The industry veteran will oversee the festival’s industry and talent programs, including its Signature Series and Content Summit.
Theatrical distribution heads at eOne, FunFilm and VVS discuss how the rise of streaming and the “Disney-fication” of the market is affecting business.
The debut feature from the Montreal filmmaker won the best Canadian feature prize, while The Fireflies Are Gone and Stockholm also claimed awards.
Whistler Film Festival: Execs from Rhombus, XYZ and Sepia dish on the pitfalls, politics and opportunities of coproducing in China, Europe and South Africa.