By Doug Barrett, adjunct professor in the Arts, Media & Entertainment MBA Program at the Schulich School of Business
On June 3, Culture Minister Marc Miller scored an own goal…
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CBC on Monday announced it will create two new documentary funds and is boosting support for filmmakers creating projects for the public broadcaster’s Absolutely Canadian documentary series. The announcement, made at the Banff World... Continue Reading
Canadian film and TV production company Muse Entertainment and Toronto-based independent magazine The Walrus announced Monday a first-look development partnership to adapt original reporting and longform journalism into premium documentary and unscripted... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Disney+ has unveiled its first-ever Canadian local Originals, billed as “an important step in the streamer’s expanding investment in Canadian storytelling.” The new greenlights include “Knighted,” a... Continue Reading
A new report published Wednesday by the Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec (OCCQ), which is part of the Institut de la statistique du Québec, reveals the... Continue Reading
The Quebec English-language Production Council (QEPC) announced last month the launch of its inaugural QEPC Market Access Program, a new initiative designed to help emerging English-language producers in Quebec gain... Continue Reading
Freedom Mobile last Friday marked the opening of the Freedom Mobile Arch, a new outdoor venue for music and cultural events, located in Vancouver’s Hastings Park at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).... Continue Reading
The Quebecor Fund board of directors last week announced financial support totalling more than $1.5 million will be disbursed among eight Canadian production companies in the latest round of the fund’s Television Production... Continue Reading
BritBox announced Monday a new six-part series, Hercule, which will star British actor Edward Bluemel as Agatha Christie’s fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The series — which follows Poirot’s first cases in London... Continue Reading
Ana Serrano has been reappointed as a member of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)’s board of trustees for a three-year term. Serrano was first appointed to the NFB board in January 2023. Currently serving... Continue Reading
