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The Directors Guild of Canada Honours the Best in the Business at the 14th Annual DGC Awards

From a media release:

The Directors Guild of Canada handed out 19 awards tonight honouring the best work created by Members this past year in a star-studded, elegant event. Three special career acknowledgments were also handed out during the evening, including the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award to filmmaker David Cronenberg.

Arisa Cox and Sean Cullen co-hosted the Awards Gala which was held at The Carlu in Toronto.  Presenters included this country’s hardest working filmmakers and actors; Megan Follows, Jerry Ciccoritti, Jason Priestley, Catherine O’Hara, Helen Shaver, Dan Levy to name just a few.

Below is a full list of the awards presented at the 2015 DGC Awards Gala:

DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented by Shaftesbury
David Cronenberg

DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Mark Reid

DGC HONOURARY LIFE MEMBER AWARD
Presented by BellMedia
Peter Leitch

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE FILM
Presented by Deluxe
Charles Binamé – Elephant Song 

BEST DIRECTION – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Presented by Panavision
Clement Virgo – The Book of Negroes 

BEST DIRECTION – TELEVISION SERIES
Presented by William F. White International
Kari Skogland – Vikings, Blood Eagle 

BEST FEATURE FILM
Presented by Technicolor
Mommy

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Presented by Vanguarde Artists Management
The Book of Negroes

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Presented by PS Production Services Ltd. and SIM Digital
Orphan Black, By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – FAMILY
Open Heart, Last Things First 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek, Our Cup Runneth Over 

ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY
Presented by Rogers Group of Funds
Super Duper Alice Cooper

BEST SHORT FILM
Made in Bali

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Presented by Pinewood Toronto Studios
Carol Spier – Maps to the Stars

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Jason Clarke – The Book of Negroes, Episode 5 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION SERIES
Brendan Smith – Schitt’s Creek, Our Cup Runneth Over

BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM
Michele Conroy – Pompeii

BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Susan Shipton – The Book of Negroes, Episode 6

BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
Don Cassidy – Vikings, The Lord’s Prayer

BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM
Pompeii - Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Fred Brennan, Alex Bullick, J.R Fountain, Rose Gregoris, Kevin Howard, Jill Purdy, Tyler Whitham

BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
The Book of Negroes, Episode 1 – Andrea Cyr, Claire Dobson, Martin Gwynn Jones, Joe Mancuso, David McCallum, Brennan Mercer, Brent Pickett, David Rose

BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES
Vikings, The Choice - Andrew Jablonski, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Brennan Mercer, Dale Sheldrake, Jane Tattersall, Rob Warchol

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Link: Women underrepresented in TV, film, and now, web series: report

From CBC:

Women underrepresented in TV, film, and now, web series: report
A report released Wednesday says, not only are women are still under-represented in key roles in Canadian film and television, but in web series and as actors as well.

The annual report — released in Toronto and St. John’s at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF)— shows while awareness and concern about gender equity in the screen industry has grown, the number of women working as directors, screenwriters and cinematographers in Canadian feature film and television —and now in web series — is still low. Continue reading.

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CBC/Radio-Canada wins broadcast rights to Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024

From a media release:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that CBC/Radio-Canada has secured the Canadian broadcast rights for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the 2024 Olympic Games. With today’s announcement, CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s Olympic Network and Official Broadcaster for the next five Olympic Games including Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018, and Tokyo 2020.

CBC/Radio-Canada will also be a broadcast partner, from 2016 until at least 2023, for the IOC’s new global digital Olympic Channel. The public broadcaster will provide Canadian sports content to support the channel’s focus on the Olympic Movement between Games.

As lead broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada will be working again with its primary Olympic broadcast partner, Bell Media along with Rogers Media.

 

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Link: Canada looks to sell its TV shows to the world at MIPCOM in Cannes

From Bill Brioux in the Globe and Mail:

Canada looks to sell its TV shows to the world at MIPCOM in Cannes
There is a strong Canadian presence at MIPCOM, with pavilions representing both Canada and Quebec leaving large footprints on the floor of the multi-level convention centre. Popular shows such as “Murdoch Mysteries,” “Just for Laughs” and “Rookie Blue” are competing with the best the world has to offer. The new CBC drama “The Romeo Section” was hyped on a giant billboard right across from the marketplace. Continue reading.

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Link: CBC: The election issue that wasn’t (but should have been)

From Simon Houpt of the Globe and Mail:

CBC: The election issue that wasn’t (but should have been)
It is a Dickensian democratic conundrum: Election campaigns are both the best of times and the worst of times to talk about political issues. On the one hand, millions of people take time out from their busy lives for a heated national conversation about their collective future; on the other hand, most of the conversation ends up being about money. If politics used to be the art of the possible, it’s become the art of the pecuniary. Don’t know what I mean? Take the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation … “Please!” Continue reading.

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