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Hot Docs programming, industry directors talk 2025 edition
Hot Docs director of programming Heather Haynes and industry programs director Elizabeth Radshaw discuss how this year’s event fits in with Hot Docs’ larger organizational realignment.
Ali Kazimi recognized with 2025 Fire Horse award
The filmmaker will receive a $25,000 cash prize from the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival as part of the award.
In Brief: Canadian shorts to world premiere at Tribeca
Plus: The René-Jodoin Prize to be awarded to La Bande Vidéo, Windsor International Film Festival introduces new short film prize, and more.
Four Canadian features screening in competition at Annecy
Canadian features screening include the international coproduction Allah n’est pas obligé and Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s La mort n’existe pas.
DGC selects inaugural market accelerator delegation for BANFF
The delegation includes the 2025 Jean-Marc Vallée Bursary recipient Alfonso Maiorana.
National Film Board’s Shirley Vercruysse set to retire
The Vancouver-based executive director of the Western Documentary Unit will leave the NFB at the end of September.
Sherry Media Group acquires eight docs for STEM on IMAX film series
Film screenings for the first season of STEM on IMAX began Earth Day on April 22 and will run through World Oceans Day on June 8.
APTN unveils spring lineup
Series making their premiere on APTN include Red River Gold and Northwoods Survival while returning programs include Pow Wow Chow.
CosmoBlue Media to distribute Oh! Jazz platform in Canada
The jazz concert-focused platform will be available on the soon-to-be-launched CosmoGO.
Mlle Bottine selected to Cannes Juniors screenings
The French-language comedy is one of eight films selected for the 2025 edition of Cannes Écrans Juniors.
Reelworld announces 2025 Producers Program cohort
The program will run from April to July, with market support scheduled for later in the year.
TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to end after season 19
Filling its timeslot at the Ontario pubcaster in the fall is a new public affairs program The Rundown.
BANFF adds two board members
GroupM Canada CEO and president of WPP Canada Kevin Johnson and music supervisor Nora Felder are the latest additions to the board.
Northwinds Productions’ Drink docuseries records Webby win
Other winners include the CBC podcast Personal Best and the indie game Balatro.
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