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Mary Lynn Rajskub and Jay Ryan have boarded the Netflix, CBC and Aptn comedy North of North, which has started production in Nunavut in northern Canada.

Rajskub played Chloe O’Brian on the long-running 24 drama and also starred in the comedy Night School with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and Mayfield Games with Mira Sorvino. Ryan is a veteran of New Zealand soaps and series like Mary Kills People and Beauty and the Beast.

Other new cast members for North of North include Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Kelly William, Zorga Qaunaq, Doreen Simmonds and Tanya Tagaq. They join the previously-announced lead Anna Lambe, who plays young Inuk mother Siaja, with Keira Cooper, a 7 year-old actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut, playing her daughter Bun.

Siaja wants to build a new future for herself, not easily done in her small Arctic town where everyone knows your business, according to a synopsis for North of North from the producers.

Netflix’s upcoming arctic comedy finally has a name and has rounded out cast, as it goes into production in snowy Nunavut, Canada.

Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s North of North began production today. The comedy follows a young Inuk mother (Anna Lambe) who wants to build a new future for herself, but finds it won’t be easy in her small Arctic town where everyone knows her business.

Joining Anna Lambe and Keira Cooper in the cast are Mary Lynn Rajskub, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Jay Ryan, Kelly William, Zorga Qaunaq and Doreen Simmonds (True Detective: Night Country).

Lambe and Cooper were cast in mother-daughter roles in December, as we reported at the time.

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Viewers of True Detective: Night Country may find the forbidding darkness and snow-caked backdrop of the Arctic-set Max crime drama jarring, especially as Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in fur-hooded parkas breathe out cold wisps of air while investigating evil all around them.

But co-star Anna Lambe found the frigidly cold, dark filming set for the latest True Detective season more like home sweet home. “I was snug as a bug in a rug,” says the Inuk actor from Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost community, who tells The Hollywood Reporter she embraced the permanent darkness and freezing cold of a winter in Iceland, which doubled as remote Alaska during production.

Lambe plays Kayla Prior, the wife of young cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), who defends her family amid the primal beauty and ferocity of a snowbound Alaskan winter while Foster and Reis investigate a cold-case murder and the mysterious...

True Detective actress Anna Lambe has nabbed the lead role in an untitled Arctic-set comedy for Netflix and the CBC and Aptn in Canada.

Lambe will play a young Inuk mother Siaja, with Keira Cooper, a 7 year-old actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s north, playing her daughter Bun. Siaja wants to build a new future for herself, not easily done in her small Arctic town where everyone knows your business, according to a synopsis from the producers.

Lambe, who is from Iqaluit, Nunavut, made her film debut in The Grizzlies, and then co-starred in CBC indigenous drama Trickster. Lambe also guest-starred on other series like Alaska Daily and the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective, set to debut in winter 2024.

The comedy from Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment has also tapped Anna Adams to be the producing director ahead of production set to start in Nunavut in spring 2024.

Netflix and the CBC,...

True Detective‘s Anna Lambe and seven-year-old Inuk actress Keira Cooper will lead the untitled Netflix, CBC and Aptn comedy series. Additionally Anya Adams (Yellowjackets) has signed on as producing director of the Canadian show.

The ten-part comedy follows Siaja (Lambe) as a young Inuk mother who wants to build a new future for herself, but finds that tough in a small Arctic town where everybody knows her business. Cooper will make an on-screen debut as her daughter, Bun.

Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment are co-producing the show, which is from Inuit writer and producer Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Inuit filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Adams will direct the first ep, which stars filming in Nunavut, Canada, in spring 2024. She will also be producing director for the series.

Executive producers are Arnaquq-Baril, Aglok MacDonald, Miranda de Pencier, Susan Coyne and Garry Campbell.

Lambe is an Inuk actress, who began her career in feature film The Grizzlies, which landed her a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She earned a second Canadian Screen Award nom for CBC series Trickster and will appear in the upcoming season of HBO cop drama True Detective.

Canadian-American director Adams has credits including Ginny & Georgia and Black-ish. Most recently, she directed episodes of Apple TV+ series Roar, the finale of Prime Video series A League of Their Own, and second season of the Showtime series Yellowjackets. Her debut feature film Prom Pact was recently nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Fiction Special.

Lambe is repped by Lbi Entertainment, Integral Artists and law firm Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman. Adams is repped by Greg Pedicin and Katy McCaffrey at Gersh, Greg Walter and Jermaine Johnson at 3 Arts and Grace Kallis at Ginsburg Daniels.

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U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank have revealed Black in Business, an initiative to help boost up to five Black-owned businesses with TV advertising airtime worth £100,000 each. The business owners will also have a bespoke TV commercial made for them and six months of tailored marketing and business support from Channel 4, Lloyds Bank and social enterprise Does.

The initiative is designed to support to small businesses that are new to TV advertising and comes after research commissioned by Channel 4’s commercial arm, 4Sales, earlier this year revealed that Black entrepreneurs face more obstacles setting up and running their businesses than their white counterparts. It is part of Channel 4’s Black to Front legacy, an ongoing commitment to improve Black representation on-screen and more widely in the TV industry.

A further five shortlisted businesses will receive the Rising Star grant, worth £3,000, provided by Lloyds and Jamii:...

Netflix has jumped on board an untitled comedy to be shot in Canada’s Arctic for local broadcasters CBC and Aptn.

The homegrown Indigenous series is set to film in the Canadian territory of Nunavut and will center on a young Inuk mother who wants to build a new future for herself in her small Arctic town, but comes up against everyone knowing her business. There’s no word on casting, but the English-language comedy will have some local Inuktitut language spoken by the characters, according to producers.

The series from Northwood Entertainment and Red Marrow Media was created and will be written by Inuit screenwriter and producer Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Inuit filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Netflix will stream the comedy worldwide, and eventually in Canada, after local broadcast windows on the CBC and Aptn, the country’s Indigenous TV network.

“This series is full of stories that come straight...

It may sound like we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel with sports films if we’re now showcasing lacrosse. However, in the case of director Miranda de Pencier’s “The Grizzlies,” our barrel runneth over. Like any good, inspirational athletic adventure, the film forges a strong connection with the human side of the story. There’s a fervent, fiery emotional drive propelling this true-life tale of a teacher who inspired his underdog students to take up their sticks, overcome unrelenting sorrow and unite an unsung community. The film, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, saw its March 20 U.S. release date delayed due to the coronavirus, which is a shame since it’s exactly the type of uplifting movie that could boost spirits during these bleak times.

Russ Sheppard (Ben Schnetzer) has taken a job as a history teacher at Kugluktuk High School to pay off his...

As theaters shutter and big studio films postpone wide theatrical releases, indie and arthouse films are trying their best to navigate the waters of the coronavirus outbreak. Like big banner titles, many indie films that were set to release this weekend are opting to delay their debuts, while a handful are opting for a digital release — which is often common for the specialty space.

The Mangurama/Abramorama title Dosed was set to be released in theaters in New York starting Friday and was set to expand on March 27 in Los Angeles. Instead, they have opted to do a global release on digital with 10% from every purchase of the film going to coronavirus disaster relief, which will be matched by Facebook. Once theaters reopen, they will pull the film from streaming and resume theatrical release.

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Article Update: Unfortunately, due to the current recommendations around the Covid-19 virus, film distributor Elevation Pictures has decided to postpone ‘The Grizzlies’ from opening in theaters this weekend. We will keep readers updated on the movie’s new release date when the company makes another announcement. Original article precedes below […]

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Anne With an E‘s adventures are coming to an end: The Netflix/CBC drama has been cancelled after three seasons, with the third and final season to debut Friday, Jan. 3 on the streamer. (The series finale already aired in Canada this past Sunday.)

“I’m sorry for the sad Netflix/CBC news today,” executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett wrote on Instagram. “I wish it could be different but it cannot. We have reached the end of the red Green Gables road after three wonderful seasons. My heart is heavy but I am so proud of this show — proud of my talented cast,...

Netflix's Anne With an E has run out of kindred spirits. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the drama will conclude with season three. On Nov. 24, the season three finale aired on Canada's CBC, which gets the airing rights before the rest of the world; in all other markets, it's available as a Netflix exclusive. The third and final season will debut on Netflix early in 2020. It's the latest in a long line of shows that, infamously, are cancelled by Netflix after completing a three-season run.

"We've been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of Anne With an E to viewers around the world," CBC and Netflix said in a joint statement, as per THR. "We're thankful to producers Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier and to the talented cast and crew for their incredible work in sharing Anne's story with a new generation. We hope fans of the...

Netflix is severing ties with Anne With an E.

The streamer is bringing the series to a close after its forthcoming third season.

Creator and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett broke the news via Instagram, writing, "I wish it could be different but it cannot. We have reached the end of the red Green Gables road after 3 wonderful seasons."

The CBC and Netflix said in a joint statement, "We’ve been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of Anne With an E to viewers around the world."

"We’re thankful to producers Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier and to the talented cast and crew for their incredible work in sharing Anne’s story with a new generation."

"We hope fans of the show love this final season as much as we do, and that it brings a satisfying conclusion to Anne’s journey."

Canadian broadcast, The CBC shared ownership of the show with Netflix,...

“Anne With an E” is coming to an end.

In announcing the Season 3 premiere date on Monday, Netflix also announced that the third season would be the show’s last. The third season will debut on the streamer on Jan. 3 and consists of 10 episodes. The series airs on the CBC in Canada, with the third season having aired its series finale in that country on Sunday.

The series is inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel “Anne of Green Gables.” It stars Amybeth McNulty as the titular Anne, as well as Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Corrine Koslo, Dalila Bela, Aymeric Jett Montaz, Lucas Zumann, Kyla Matthews, Sebastian Lacroix, and Cole MacKenzie. “Anne With an E” is produced by Northwood Entertainment and created by Moira Walley-Beckett. She serves as executive producer along with Miranda de Pencier, Debra Hayward, Alison Owen and Ken Girotti. John Calvert serves as producer.

The show marked...

There will be no fourth season for Anne With an E. Netflix and Canadian broadcaster CBC have opted not to move forward with a fourth season of the praised drama series from Northwood Entertainment. The third and final season will premiere January 3 on Netflix.

Series creator and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett confirmed the cancellation via Instagram, writing, “I wish it could be different but it cannot. We have reached the end of the red Green Gables road after 3 wonderful seasons.”

The Season 3 finale aired Sunday on CBC.

Inspired by the Canadian young adult novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and created by Moira Walley-Beckett, the coming-of-age story follows Anne (Amybeth McNulty), an outsider who, against all odds, fights for love, acceptance, and her place in the world. Producers say season 3 will continue to chart bold new territory, adding new characters and storylines while exploring themes of identity,...

The upcoming third season of Netflix’s “Anne With an E” will be its last, a spokesperson for the streaming service confirmed to TheWrap.

The final season debuts Jan. 3.

Based on the Canadian novel “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the story was reimagined by series creator Moira Walley-Beckett. The coming-of-age story follows Anne Shirley-Cuthbert (Amybeth McNulty), a fierce, starry-eyed, irrepressible 14-year old, and explores themes of identity, prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity and empowerment, according to Netflix.

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“We’ve been thrilled to bring the quintessentially Canadian story of ‘Anne with an E’ to viewers around the world. We’re thankful to producers Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier and to the talented cast and crew for their incredible work in sharing Anne’s story with a new generation. We hope fans of the show love this...

The riveting true crime podcast “Thunder Bay” – which explores the incredibly high homicide and hate crime rates in Thunder Bay, Ontario – will be developed for television, it was announced Thursday, and will show a darker side to Canada that hasn’t been witnessed by the rest of the world.

The project will be co-produced by Miranda de Pencier’s Northwood Entertainment, known for “Anne With an E,” alongside Anishinaabe comedian/writer/podcaster Ryan McMahon, and journalist and Canadaland founder/publisher, Jesse Brown.

The critically acclaimed podcast examines not just the killings of nine Indigenous high school students, but what factors led to their deaths. This includes the impact of colonialism and the rampant racism typical of smaller cities that contributed to their deaths.

“The fact that a podcast like ‘Thunder Bay’ has received more than a million downloads globally makes it clear that the world is ready to hear about...

Arriving in Kugluktuk, Nunavut — a remote settlement in Canada’s Arctic North — to teach History, recent graduate Russ Sheppard (Ben Schnetzer) thinks he knows it all. However, his class is poorly attended, his pupils are disaffected and his lessons fall on deaf ears. Hoping to tackle the triple treat of depression, alcoholism and suicide by engendering some healthy competition and galvanising the whole community, Russ attempts to establish a local lacrosse team. Firstly, however, he needs to find players — something student Miranda (Emerald MacDonald) assures him won’t be possible until he convinces classmates Adam (Ricky Marty-Pahtaykan) and Zack (Paul Nutarariaq) to play.

So, another white saviour narrative told from the perspective of an inspirational teacher then? It’s hard, even having seen the movie, to write a synopsis that doesn’t read like a troublesome cliche. Based on a true story, no less — the de facto defense of movies...

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2019 including "Titans", "Grand Army", "The Boys" and a whole lot more:

Akilla's Escape

Feature

Canesugar Filmworks

Prod.: Jake Yanowski, Charles Officer

Dir.: Charles Officer

May 14 - Jun 6/19

AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4

TV Series

Carte Blanche Films Inc.

Prod.: Tracy Legault

Dir.: Dominque Cardona,

Jul 3 - Sep 20/19

Anne With An E Season 3

TV Series

Northwood Anne Trois Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Moira Walley-Beckett, Miranda de Pencier, Tina Grewal

Dir.: Various

Mar 11 – Aug 22/19

Carter Season 2

TV Series

Sony / Amaze Films

Prod.: Victoria Hirst

Dir.: various

Apr 15 – Jul 17/19

Condor Season 2

TV Series

T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello

Dir.: Andrew McCarthy

Apr 29 - Aug 28/19

Dare Me Season 1

TV Series

Gep / USA Network

Prod.: Dan Kaplow

Dir.: Various

Apr 22 - Aug 6/19

Dog Pack

TV Movie

Disney/ABC Television Group

Prod.

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for May 2019 including "Titans", "V-Wars", "Locke and Key" and a whole lot more:

Anne With An E Season 3

TV Series

Northwood Anne Trois Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Moira Walley-Beckett, Miranda de Pencier, Tina Grewal

Dir.: Various

Mar 11 – Aug 22/19

Carter Season 2

TV Series

Sony / Amaze Films

Prod.: Victoria Hirst

Dir.: various

Apr 15 – Jul 17/19

Condor Season 2

TV Series

T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello

Dir.: Andrew McCarthy

Apr 29 - Aug 28/19

Dare Me Season 1

TV Series

Gep / USA Network (NBC)

Prod.: Dan Kaplow

Dir.: Various

Apr 22 - Aug 6/19

Dog Pack

TV Movie

Disney/ABC Television Group

Prod.: Mary Pantelidis

Dir.: Paul Hoen

May 27 - Jul 12/19

Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 3

TV Series

Shaftesbury

Prod.: Theresa M Ho

Dir.: various

May 7 - Aug 27/19

Titans aka Freebirds Season 2

TV Series

New Media / Warner Bros. Television

Prod.

An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.

An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.

Over the course of the event seven films are screening in 14 cities and 27 theatres in the Semana de Cine Canadiense (Canadian Film Week). All are Mexican premieres.

The selections are: Cardinals by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley; Clara by Akash Sherman; The Fireflies Are Gone (Disparition Des Lucioles) by Sébastien Pilote; Giant Little Ones by Keith Behrman...

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2019 including "Falling", "Titans", Locke & Key" and a whole lot more:

8 Months

TV Movie

Lifetime

Prod.: Mary Anne Waterhouse

Dir.: Jeffery Hunt

Mar 5 - Mar 22/19

And You Thought

You Were Normal

Feature

Side Three Media

Prod:Leanne Davies, Tim Kowalski

Dir: Tim Kowalski, Kevan Byrne

Pm: Woody Whelan

PC: n/a

Shoot: Jan 28 - Mar 5/19

Anne With An E Season 3

TV Series

Northwood Anne Trois Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Moira Walley-Beckett, Miranda de Pencier, Tina Grewal

Dir.: Various

Mar 11 – Aug 22/19

Cardinal: Until The Night

TV Series

Entertainment One

Prod.: Jessica Daniel

Dir.: Nathan Morlando

Jan 30 - Apr 9/19

Christmas Jars

TV Movie

Muse Entertainment

Prod.: Shane Boucher

Dir.: Jonathan Wright

Shoot: Feb 25 - Mar 20/19

Dare Me Season 1

TV Series

Gep / USA Network (NBC)

Prod.: Dan Kaplow

Dir.: Various

Apr 22 - Aug 6/19

Falling

Feature

Scythia Films,...

‘The Grizzlies’ and ‘The Biggest Little Farm’ win Audience Awards; ‘Shoplifters’ Receives Fipresci Prize; Marcello Fonte and Joanna Kulig Receive Fipresci Acting Prizes; ‘Sofia’ Receives New Voices New Visions Award; ‘Ghost Fleet’ Receives The John Schlesinger Award; ‘Carmen & Lola’ Receives CV Cine Award; ‘Dead Pigs’ Receives Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award; ‘Eldorado’ Receives GoE Bridging The Borders AwardAwards Brunch (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Festival )

The 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) announced this year’s juried award winners at a luncheon at the Riviera Palm Springs on Saturday, January 12, 2019. The Festival, held from January 3–14, 2019, screened 226 films from 78 countries. The Audience Awards for Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature were announced on Sunday, January 13.

Juried awards had five categories, including New Voices New Visions Award for unique viewpoints from first- and second-time directors; Schlesinger Documentary Award for first- or...

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Japanese flick “Shoplifters” took the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Best Foreign Language Film of the Year prize, when the jury award winners were announced at a luncheon at the Riviera Palm Springs on Saturday.

Among the other honorees were Marcello Fonte (“Dogman”) and Joanna Kulig (“Cold War”), who both won Fipresci Prize for Best Actor and Actress in a Foreign Language Film, respectively; “Sofia” (France/Qatar), which received the New Voices New Visions Award; “Ghost Fleet” (USA) which won the John Schlesinger Award; “Carmen & Lola” (Spain) which took the CV Cine Award; “Dead Pigs” (China) which earned the Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award; and “Eldorado” (Switzerland) the winner of the GoE Bridging The Borders Award. The Youth Jury Award went to “What Will People Say” (Norway/Germany/Sweden).

The 30th annual festival, held from Jan. 3-14, 2019, screened 226 films from 78 countries.

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Spain’s Carmen & Lola wins Cine Latino Award.

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters won the Fipresci prize for best foreign language film of the year at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The Fipresci for best actor in a foreign film went to Marcello Fonte for Italy’s Dogman, while the actress award went to Joanna Kulig for Poland’s Cold War.

The New Voices New Visions prize went to Meryem Benm’Barek’s Sofia (France-Qatar), and the John Schlesinger Award for the director of a debut feature documentary went to Ghost Fleet (USA) directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron.

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, Japan’s submission for the foreign-language film Oscar, was awarded the Fipresci prize for best foreign-language film at the 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which announced its juried award winners at a luncheon Saturday at Riviera Palm Springs.

Miranda de Pencier's The Grizzlies, about teens in a remote Arctic town, scored the audience award for best narrative feature and John Chester's The Biggest Little Farm, about how he and his wife created a biodiverse farm, took the audience award for best documentary feature.

The fest, which will conclude Monday after screening 226 films from 78 ...

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, Japan’s submission for the foreign-language film Oscar, was awarded the Fipresci prize for best foreign-language film at the 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which announced its juried award winners at a luncheon Saturday at Riviera Palm Springs.

Miranda de Pencier's The Grizzlies, about teens in a remote Arctic town, scored the audience award for best narrative feature and John Chester's The Biggest Little Farm, about how he and his wife created a biodiverse farm, took the audience award for best documentary feature.

The fest, which will conclude Monday after screening 226 films from 78 ...

Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare tale All Is True has been selected to open the Palm Springs Film Festival, which Friday unveiled its full lineup of films for the 30th edition that runs January 3-14. The fest also said that Bruce Bereford’s Ladies in Black will be the closing-night film, with the director and cast members expected to be in attendance.

In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.

In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its 2019 lineup, and it’s prodigious: 223 films from 78 countries, four of them world premieres. Though well known for celebrating future Oscar nominees (and winners) each year, the festival also boasts a deceptively robust world-cinema slate; among the upcoming offerings are Jia Zhangke’s “Ash Is Purest White,” Sergey Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage,” and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s “Asako I & II,” to name just a few.

A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.

World premieres:

Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione

Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)

The Last Color...

Los Cabos, Mexico — The 7th Los Cabos Festival, the most industrially-minded of Mexico’s film events, was the first to take place in full-blown digital Ott revolution.

Two TV panels, the biggest ever at Los Cabos, packed out by some of the foremost Latino TV and Ot show-runners, producers and directors, debated the huge, multi-faceted and still fast-evolving impact the digital platforms are having, and will have, on the industry. The result was maybe the most intense industry debate Los Cabos has ever seen. Eight takeaways:

1.Latin America Gets What It Needs

The panels underscored the huge paradigm shift in just a few years. For decades, Latin American TV production was dominated by free-to-air networks, producing in-house, producer Alex Garcia reminded a Los Cabos industry audience. Independent production companies – Mexico’s Argos, Argentina’s Pol-ka and Underground – were huge exceptions, their fortunes tied to producing for specific broadcasters. Then came the pay TV revolution.

Before walking the red carpet Sept. 11 for the world premiere of her third feature, the Sasheer Zamata-starring pic “The Weekend,” pictured above, Toronto-born writer-director Stella Meghie was feted with five other Canadian cinema artists at the sixth annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film, co-presented with partner Telefilm Canada at a splashy private event Sept. 10.

Meghie, whose debut comedy “Jean of the Jones” screened here in 2016, and Quebec director Jeanne Leblanc, now at work on her second feature, “Les notres,” are honored in the Emerging Talent category, which was added this year.

Now based in L.A., Meghie, who is also an ambassador for Tiff’s Share Her Journey initiative, welcomes these kind of opportunities. “For the most part I try to stay focused on the work,” she told Variety, “But I’m happy to lend my voice and talk about the state of where...

This year’s Canadian feature slate — 25 in all — can be seen in six Tiff sections including Discovery, Tiff Docs and Wavelengths.

Among the selected features are highly anticipated films from fest alumni including Denys Arcand, Barry Avrich and the late Rob Stewart.

Arcand’s “The Fall of the American Empire” stars Alexandre Landry as Pierre-Paul Daoust, who faces a moral dilemma after discovering two bags of money. Sony Classics bought the North American rights to the film during the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film, which will play in Tiff’s special presentations section, is a thematic cousin to Arcand’s Oscar-nominated “The Decline of the American Empire” and the Oscar-winning “The Barbarian Invasions” (2003).

Avrich returns to Tiff’s docu section with “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz,” a portrait of the United States’ chief prosecutor during the Nuremberg trial. Stewart’s final film, “Sharkwater Extinction” will...

Hollywood has shown real progress when it comes to increasing the conversations, panels, events, pledges, studies, and campaigns dedicated to women and female filmmakers. Actual results, however, are another matter, as the industry continues to grapple with changing its dismal number of female filmmakers. At Tiff, the story is changing, of the 342 films in this year’s Tiff lineup, about 36 percent are directed by women.

That’s still short of parity, of course, but it’s a quantitative improvement on the major festivals’ current track record. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film recently found that when it comes to programming films by women, the top 23 film festivals (including Tiff) average just over 32 percent. More importantly, however, it represents ongoing and consistent progress, the kind that all those conversations, panels, events, pledges, studies, and campaigns are all aiming to actually impact.

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Emerging Producer Award renamed Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award.

The Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa) on Tuesday (August 21) announced the nominees for the 2018 Indiescreen Awards, which will kick off the Tiff Industry Conference on September 6.

The Cmpa, which represents the country’s independent producers, also announced that its Emerging Producer Award will be renamed the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award in honour of the producer of Bon Cop Bad Cop and The Trotsky who died last spring.

“This year’s Indiescreen Awards nominees have each made important contributions to the rich fabric of our national cinematic tapestry,” said Cmpa president and CEO Reynolds Mastin.

I know Anne With an E may not seem like the kind of show that you want to watch, but I've been watching it with my girls and it's actually really good! If you haven't watched it. you should give it a shot. The show is apparently doing pretty good in the ratings as Netflix and CBC have renewed Anne With an E for a third season.

The series is inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel Anne of Green Gables, and Sally Catto, General Manager of Programming at CBC had this to say about the series renewal:

"We are thrilled to be able to announce a third season of Anne with an E before season two premieres in Canada. Anne with an E delivered a rich first season, drawing in both new and existing fans to the world of Avonlea. We have no doubt that Canadians will continue to...

Netflix and CBC have renewed “Anne With an E” for a third season.

The series, inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel “Anne of Green Gables,” is executive produced by Moira Walley-Beckett and Miranda de Pencier. It is expected to premiere on Netflix and CBC next year.

“We are thrilled to be able to announce a third season of Anne with an E before season two premieres in Canada,” said Sally Catto, General Manager, Programming, CBC. “Anne with an E delivered a rich first season, drawing in both new and existing fans to the world of Avonlea. We have no doubt that Canadians will continue to fall in love with this beautiful and heartwarming series for seasons to come.”

“Through the storytelling of Anne with an E, the classic Canadian tale has transcended borders and found fans across our global membership,” said Cindy Holland, VP of original content for Netflix.

Anne Shirley Cuthbert’s adventures in Avonlea will continue. Netflix and CBC announced that it has renewed the heartwarming series based on the “Anne of Green Gables” novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The updates series, which addresses progressive themes such as bullying, sexism, Lbqt-identity issues, and abuse, will return for a 10-episode season. Season 3 will begin shooting in Prince Edward Island and Ontario this winter.

When last we left Anne (Amybeth McNulty), she was in far better shape than at the end of Season 1 when two con men posing as boarders infiltrated Green Gables. Instead, the second season concluded on a more hopeful note after quite a bit of drama. Avonlea’s first-ever female teacher got to stay in town, Gilbert has returned, Gilbert’s friend Sebastian got married (which means Avonlea will have its first black residents), and Anne’s gay schoolmate Cole moved to live with Aunt Josephine in Charlottetown,...

Netflix and CBC have picked up a third season of praised drama series Anne with an E from Northwood Entertainment. The new season is expected to begin production this winter for launch on Netflix and CBC later in 2019.

Inspired by the Canadian young adult novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and created by Moira Walley-Beckett, the coming-of-age story follows Anne (Amybeth McNulty), an outsider who, against all odds, fights for love, acceptance, and her place in the world. Producers say season 3 will continue to chart bold new territory, adding new characters and storylines while exploring themes of identity, prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity, diversity and empowerment through the lens of its fierce, starry-eyed, irrepressible 16-year-old protagonist.

The renewal comes on the heels of the U.S. and international debut of the series’ second season on Netflix in July, and just ahead of the...

Five weeks after its second season debuted on Netflix, Anne With an E is going for a third.

The streamer and Canadian broadcaster CBC have picked up season three of the series, inspired by the novel Anne of Green Gables. Netflix launched season two July 6; it comes to the CBC on Sept. 23.

The coming-of-age story, from Northwood Entertainment and executive producers Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad) and Miranda de Pencier, will begin production on the third season in the winter for a debut later in 2019.

"Through the storytelling of Anne With an E, the classic Canadian tale has ...

The Toronto Intl. Film Festival has added Denys Arcand’s crime thriller “The Fall of the American Empire” and 18 other Canadian films to its lineup.

Nine of the films are directed by women and 14 are world premieres.

“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,” said Steve Gravestock, senior programmer. “Ranging from science fiction to fantasy, myth to documentary, and romance to a dystopic vision of our neighbours to the south, this year’s Canadian films come from every region in the country, stretching from east to west and north to south.”

“The Fall of the American Empire” stars Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England, and Rémy Girard and centers Landry’s character discovering two bags of money and facing a moral dilemma. Arcand was inspired to make the film after learning about the 2010 murder of two people in a Montreal boutique.

Sony Classics bought the...

The Toronto International Film Festival​ has added another 19 new titles to its 2018 festival lineup, comprised entirely of features directed by Canadian filmmakers. Each year, Tiff highlights the films that hail from its own shores in a standalone announcement, and this year it includes nine new films from female directors, six debut features, a number of titles from fixtures of the Canadian film scene, and the world premiere of three films that showcase some of the country’s Indigenous talent.

The festival will also play home to a special event world premiere and tribute dedicated to the late filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart, centered around his final film, “Sharkwater Extinction.” Stewart passed away in 2017 while working on the film, a followup to his 2006 documentary “Sharkwater.”

“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,” said Steve Gravestock, Tiff Senior Programmer, in an official statement. “Ranging from science fiction to fantasy,...

New films from Canadian filmmakers Denys Arcand, Maxime Giroux, Jennifer Baichwal and Bruce Sweeney have been added to 2018 Toronto International Film Festival lineup, which announced its slate of Canadian films on Wednesday.

Nine of the films are directed by women, fsix are debut features and 14 are world premieres.

Canadian features will include Arcand’s “The Fall of the American Empire,” Giroux’s “The Great Darkened Days” and Sweeney’s “Kingsway.”

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The Canadian documentaries include Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky’s “Anthropocene,” Ron Mann’s “Carmine Street Guitars” and Thom Fitzgerald’s “Splinters.”

Three of the films – Gwaii Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s “Edge of the Knife,” Darlene Naponse’s “Falls Around Her” and Miranda de Pencier’s “The Grizzlies” – feature indigenous talent.

A special event will screen the documentary “Sharkwater Extinction,...

Anthropocene and The Fall Of The American Empire are among films joining the line-up.

The Toronto International Film Festival has added another 19 Canadian titles to its line-up, among them the world premieres of documentary Anthropocene, Rob Stewart’s Sharkwater Extinction and Miranda de Pencier’s feature directorial debut The Grizzlies.

The new titles for the forty-third edition of the festival – which runs from September 6 to 16 - include nine films directed by women and five debut features and senior programmer Steve Gravestock emphasised the diversity represented.

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“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,...

Anne Shirley and her beloved Green Gables are being introduced to a new generation thanks to Netflix's period drama Anne With an E. As any fan of the book series knows, Prince Edward Island is the home of Green Gables and Anne's many childhood adventures. The stunning island was also where author Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the novels, which were first published in 1908. Gorgeous though it may be, Canada's Prince Edward Island is relatively small, and, according to thelocationguide.com, it doesn't offer a great deal of tax incentives for filmmakers. As a result, filming there full-time would be pricey for an ongoing series - and that's exactly why the series is primarily shot in a different, and much more affordable, Canadian city.

In an interview with the CBC, executive producer Miranda de Pencier confirmed that Anne With an E is filmed almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. De Pencier...

Netflix said today that Season 2 of Anne With an E will hit the streaming service July 6. It will be available to all subscribers worldwide outside Canada, where the CBC co-produced series bows in September.

The series, inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables books, created by Moira Walley-Beckett and produced by Miranda de Pencier’s Northwood Entertainment, was renewed for a second season in August. Its order for a second season was increased from eight to 10 episodes.

The coming-of-age story follows Anne (Amybeth McNulty), an outsider who, against all odds, fights for love, acceptance, and her place in the world. Season 2 adds new characters and continues to explore themes of identity, prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity and empowerment. Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Corrine Koslo, Dalila Bela, Aymeric Jett Montaz, Lucas Zumann and Kyla Matthews return for Season 2, along with newcomers Dalmar Abuzeid (Sebastian Lacroix) and Cory Grüter-Andrew...

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for January 2018 including "Designated Survivor", "Titans", "The Umbrella Academy" and a whole lot more:

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Feature

Pocket Knife Productions Inc.

Prod.: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe

Dir.: Clay Katis

Jan 17/18 - Mar 28/18

Anne Season 2

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: John Calvert

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Ken Girotti, Moira Walley-Beckett (Show Runner)

Dir.: Various

Oct 2/17 - Mar 20/18

Designated Survivor

Season 2

TV Series

Designated 1 Ltd.

Prod.: Llewellyn Wells

Exec. Prod.: Chris Grismer,

Joe Lazarov

Dir.: Various

Jul 4/17 - Mar 31/18

Dino Dana Season 4

TV Series

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Prod.: Eric Beldowski

Exec. Prod.: Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms, Matt Bishop

Dir: Various

Nov 28/17 - Mar 23/18

Falling Water Season 2

TV Series

Gep Falling Water Inc.

Prod.: Terry Gould

Exec. Prod.: Gale Anne Hurd, Phillip Kobylanski, Remi Aubuchon

Dir.:...

Netflix and CBC have announced the Season 2 renewal of praised series Anne With An E, from Miranda de Pencier’s Northwood Entertainment. Season 2 will see an increased order from eight episodes in Season 1 to 10 episodes in Season 2 for premiere in 2018. Shooting begins this fall. Inspired by the Canadian young adult novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and created by Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad, Flesh & Bone), the coming-of-age story (known as Anne…...

“Stranger Things” and “Anne with an E” wouldn’t appear to have much in common. But both Netflix series boast iconic and impactful opening sequences created by the same design studio.

Imaginary Forces creative director Alan Williams, whose company earned lauds for its minimalist title design for “Stranger Things,” reached out to Netflix again when he learned that the streaming service was adapting the novel into a series, “Anne with an E.” Like many, Williams grew up captivated by Anne Shirley, the heroine from author Lucy Maud Montgomery’s book “Anne of Green Gables. The lonely orphan had an indomitable spirit, wild imagination, and affinity for the natural world that she brought with her to Green Gables, where she finally found a home.

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“One huge thing for...

While Netflix may boast the global representation of “Anne,” Canadians are already enjoying the series week-by-week on CBC. Then again, our friends up north treasure the character created by Lucy Maud Montgomery, with the 1985 miniseries starring Megan Follows deemed a Canadian classic. But these are modern times, and thus, a new take is required — from showrunners Moira Walley-Beckett (“Breaking Bad,” “Flesh and Bone’) and Miranda de Pencier (“Thanks For Sharing,” “Beginners”), no less.

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The big-screen adaptation of Ashley Prentice Norton's hit 2012 novel, The Chocolate Money, set to star Kate Beckinsale, has found itself a director.

Adam Shankman (Hairspray, A Walk to Remember) has been brought on board to helm the feature, which Beckinsale also is producing. The film will tell the story of an impossibly rich chocolate heiress and her precocious young daughter.

Beckinsale will produce together with Mar-Key Pictures president Leslie Urdang, Miranda de Pencier and Kelly E. Ashton, with Emma Forrest having written the screenplay. Production is due to start in New York in the spring.

Set in...