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25th Anniversary Whistler Film Festival (WFF): Nika & Madison

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026InterviewEva Thomas, Nika & Madison, WFF, Whistler Film Festival

Nika & Madison is a Canadian feature film, shot and set in Ontario. It’s a crime thriller that takes on the all too common issue of authoritarian abuse against Indigenous women. It was co-written, produced,

How Canadian Filmmakers Portray Gambling and Risk on Screen

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026FilmmakersCasinos, filmmakers, Gambling, Portrayal

Canadian cinema often uses gambling as a lens to explore ambition, anxiety, and intimate personal stakes, drawing on motifs like card games or roulette to intensify drama. Contemporary settings sometimes acknowledge the broader shift toward

Leaving Beringia and Its Impact at Victoria Film Festival

March 12, 2026March 9, 2026Documentaries, FestivalsBarbara Hager, Leaving Beringia, Victoria Film Festival

In February 2026, the Canadian documentary Leaving Beringia made its world premiere at the Victoria Film Festival, marking a significant moment for Indigenous storytelling in contemporary cinema. Directed by Métis Cree filmmaker Barbara Todd Hager,

First Trailer for HBO’s Lanterns TV Show Released Last Week to Plenty of Intrigue, But How Does Guy Gardner Fit into It All?

March 11, 2026March 9, 2026News in BriefAaron Piere, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns

2026 is set to continue building on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe – or DCU if you will – which began in later 2024 with the animated show Creature Commandos, followed by the

From Reel to Algorithm: How Streaming Changed What Gets Made in Canadian Film

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Canadian Independent FilmsBill C-11, Canadian Film, Development, Streaming

The Deal That Changed the Room In 2017, a Canadian screenwriter with two festival-screened features behind her spent eighteen months developing a crime drama with a major broadcaster. The project collapsed — not on creative

Vertical Films and the New Economics of Acting in Canada

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Online SeriesActing, Production, UBCP/ACTRA, Vancouver Market, Verticals

The titles alone tell you something. Crashing Into My Magnate Ex. The Billionaire’s Second Wife. Return of the Alpha’s Unclaimed Queen. These are not prestige dramas competing for TIFF slots. They are vertical films —