Tag: Telefilm

NFB veteran Julie Roy appointed Executive Director of Telefilm Canada

Canadian Heritage Min. Pablo Rodriguez has appointed filmmaker and National Film Board (NFB) veteran Julie Roy as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada for a five-year...

TV & Film News – DGC announces Special Awards recipients

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has announced its Special Awards recipients to be recognized at the first West Coast DGC Awards, Nov. 5...

‘Eternal Spring’ to represent Canada in 2023 Oscar race

Eternal Spring (長春), a feature documentary about Chinese comic book artist Daxiong from director, writer and producer Jason Loftus, will represent Canada in the nomination process...

TV & Film News – DGC announces television award nominees

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has announced the nominees for the 2022 DGC Awards for Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini Series....

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: AMI-tv’s Andrew Morris on the launch...

With all the discussion about increasing the representation of marginalized communities over the past few years, AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) wondered why the disability community...

Christa Dickenson announces departure from Telefilm

Telefilm Canada has announced that Executive Director and CEO Christa Dickenson will be moving on from the organization in September. Dickenson has been with the...

TV & Film News – ETALK takes digital-first approach to 94th...

ETALK is gearing up for coverage of the 94th Oscars on Sunday, taking a digital-first approach, with interviews posted in real-time to Twitter, Instagram,...

Canadian Heritage extends Short-Term Compensation Fund to March 2023

Canadian Heritage has announced a second extension of the Short-Term Compensation Fund (STCF) for Canadian audiovisual productions, saying that there is still "a pressing...

TV & Film News – Dune, Nightmare Alley spur Canadian Oscar...

Denis Villeneuve's Dune leads the Canadian-helmed productions earning Oscar nominations. Among the epic sci-fi feature's 10 nods are nominations for Villeneuve for Best Adapted...

TV & Film News – CMPA Prime Time cancels in-person events

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) Prime Time conference has cancelled in-person events, due to new restrictions in response to the rise of the...