Highlights: Canadian Screen Awards

The CBC series Anne with an E and the CTV detective drama Cardinal: Blackfly Season nabbed the most trophies at the Creative Fiction Storytelling gala of the Canadian Screen Awards. Each got five nods at a Toronto gala honouring Creative Fiction Storytelling on...

Gordon Lightfoot Film among World Premieres at Hot Docs

A film about singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot will make its world premiere at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The film is among 16 newly announced titles for the Special Presentations program of Hot Docs, which runs from April...

Manitoba Doubles their Film Tax Credit

Manitoba’s provincial deficit-fighting budget was released yesterday and significantly it included a whopping increase to their film and video production tax credit. The film tax credit increased to $31.5 million, up from $16 million in the previous budget. Last...

SMPIA’s Talent To Watch Submission is…

As a Designated Industry Partner of Talent to Watch (formerly the Micro-Budget Production Program) SMPIA has selected The Tomorrow Room as our submission to the program. The creative team behind the feature length, science fiction film project...

Farewell to Talking Dog Studios

Sad news for Saskatchewan’s film community earlier this week when we learned of the closing of Talking Dog Studios. Shutting their doors after 30 years, Talking Dog Studios was known for its quality work providing sound and music for productions including Corner Gas....