A good podcast by Bill Brioux talking with a former Corus executive on how the industry is changing with a focus on the recent events of Rogers poaching rights to HGTV and Food etc.
Here's something to cheer aboot: Bravo's next season of "Top Chef" will be set in Canada.
variety.com
Toronto will definitely be a player, however, where the show normally sticks to one city/area until the finale, I'm under the impression the show will actually tour the country a bit; federal dollars in play subsidizing this of course, the argument will be tourism. (backdrop vistas, plus culinary tourism).
A piece in The Hollywood Report interviews TIFF honcho Cameron Bailey.
The news in the piece is that TIFF has secured 17M to launch a 'market', in conjunction with TIFF starting in 2026. By a market, I mean a formal set-up for the buying and selling of films and their rights.
The idea is to building Canadian film, TIFF's profile and to foster tourism. Should TIFF achieve its objectives, they would increase the number of industry players who come to Toronto in the Festival season from 5,000 today to 12,000.
The TIFF head touched down at the Shanghai International Film Festival as part of a world tour promoting a new initiative he hopes will "bring the world to Canada."
Loving that Denis Villeneuve is the hottest director in the world right now and much of the money for his films is actually spent in Montreal/Toronto. So was surprised when Enemy popped up on Netflix as I hadn’t heard of it! So many Toronto scenes!