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Alumni are hot off the press this season as they continue to make headlines for an exciting list of updates and accomplishments. This month, the 2022 LEO AWARDS announced its nominees, which feature an impressive lineup of alumni and their work, including the acclaimed legal drama Family Law by producer and alum Erin Haskett. Plus, the Indigi-queer webseries Querencia by Mary Galloway makes an appearance at the 2022 Inside Out Film Festival, in addition to other alumni films.
Read on for the latest alumni news and updates, and be sure to check out our watchlist below for bingeworthy content.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
CANADIAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS
May 26, 2022
Winners of the 2022 Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) Awards were announced in person on May 26, 2022 at the Delta Hotel in Toronto. Congratulations to the following alum on their wins:
Best Editing in Feature Film
- Rich Williamson – Scarborough
Best Editing in MOW / Mini-Series
- Gareth C. Scales, CCE – The Pursuit of Love: Episode 01
See the full list of winners here.
2022 SCREEN NOVA SCOTIA AWARDS
June 18, 2022
Screen Nova Scotia announced the nominees for their 8th annual Awards Gala, which takes place on June 18, 2022, at Casino Nova Scotia. The following CFC alum are among the nominees, recognized for their incredible talent, creativity and passion:
Best Feature Film
- Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor: Shelley Thompson, director
- Wildhood: Bretten Hannam, director
WIFT-AT —Best Nova Scotia Director Award
- Shelley Thompson: Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor
See the full list of nominees here.
2022 LEO AWARDS
July 5-9, 2022
The nominees for the 2022 LEO Awards have been announced, which include a number of CFC alumni:
Best Motion Picture
- Donkeyhead – Robert Cuffley and Anand Ramaya, producers
Best Direction Television Movie
- David Weaver – Playing Cupid
Best Dramatic Series
- Family Law – Erin Haskett, Producer
- Two Sentence Horror Stories – Liz Levine, producer
Best Screenwriting Dramatic Series
- Sonja Bennett – Family Law, “Mama Don’t Preach”
Best Feature-Length Documentary
- Handle With Care: The Legend of The Notic Streetball Crew – Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, producer
Best Direction Feature-Length Documentary
- Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, co-director
Best Short Documentary
- Into Light – Shirley Vercruysse, producer
- Militant Mother – Lisa Jackson and Lauren Grant, producers
Best Documentary Series
- British Columbia: An Untold History – Trish Dolman, producer
Best Direction Documentary Series
- Kevin Eastwood – British Columbia: An Untold History, “Migration Resilience”
Best Screenwriting Documentary Series
- Kevin Eastwood – British Columbia: An Untold History, “Migration Resilience”
Best Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
- Strays – Clara Altimas, producer
Best Web Series
- Querencia – Mary Galloway, producer
See the full list of nominations here.
THE PULITZER PRIZES
- Anthony Del Col was awarded The 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for his work on the comic I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp, “for a distinguished portfolio of editorial cartoons or other illustrated work (still, animated, or both), characterized by political insight, editorial effectiveness, or public service value.”
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
INSIDE OUT FILM FESTIVAL
May 26 – June 5, 2022
Spotlight on Canada
- Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor, from writer-director Shelley Thompson
Shorts: Local Heroes
- International Dawn Chorus Day, from director John Greyson
- You Will Still Be Here Tomorrow, from director Michael Hanley
Shorts and Episodic
- Querencia, from writer-director Mary Galloway
- Trashed, from director Alyson Richards
See the full list of the film screenings at the Inside Out Film Festival here.
FOR YOUR PLAYLIST
- Award-winning composer/artist Jonathan Kawchuk releases the third song Everywwhen from his new album Everywhen. Listen here.
FOR YOUR WATCHLIST
- The Hardy Boys Season 2 is available to stream on YTV/STACKTV (Canada) and Hulu (US). Heather Taylor was a story editor this season and co-wrote episodes 2 and 8.
- Revenge of the Black Best Friend is now streaming on CBC gem. The comedic series stars Izad Etemadi, Ashton James, Araya Mengesha and Cara Ricketts. Plus, two episodes are directed by Thyrone Tommy and written by Motion.
- Shorsey: CFC alum Mark Montefiore (New Metric Media) is an executive producer on the six-episode, half-hour hockey comedy series Shoresy which begins streaming Friday, May 13 on Crave.
- Stream The Porter on CBC gem. The Black-led series features involved by alumni Charles Officer (director), Marsha Greene (writer/showrunner), Priscilla White (writer, consulting producer), Sabryn Rock (cast), Jennifer Kawaja (executive producer), Dev Singh (editor) and original music by Slaight Music resident Kaia Kater.
Devery Jacobs
ALUMNI INDUSTRY NEWS & UPDATES
- W Network greenlights the four-film series The Love Club starring Camille Stopps.
- Devery Jacobs Joins Echo Marvel Series For Disney+.
- Writers Guild of Canada names 2022-2024 council: among those serving the new two-year term is CFC alum Alex Levine, who resumes his role as president of the council and has been re-elected as Central Region councillor; also returning is council VP and Central Region councillor and CFC alum; Marsha Greene; newly elected councillors include CFC alum Jeremy Boxen (Central Region councillor), Sarah Dodd and Jason Filiatrault (Pacific Western region councillors).
- Clement Virgo, Damon D’Oliveira and Aeschylus Poulos present their feature drama Brother at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
- Whistler Film Festival unveils 2022 Producers Lab cohort, which includes Kent Donguines, Shelley Thompson and Christina Saliba.
- Telefilm Canada selects 12 English-language feature films under the Production Program, representing a total commitment of $16.37 million, including The Silent Planet, from alum Jeffrey St. Jules (writer-director); Longing, production by Scythia Films Inc. (Daniel Bekerman); and Young Weather, production by Wildling Pictures Inc. (Matt Code).
- Canada’s Inside Out names eight projects for finance forum: among the eight feature projects to be presented at the sixth annual forum are three Canadian projects, two from CFC alum: zombie comedy Midlife, from CFC alum Alyson Richards;; and supernatural thriller Perennials, from CFC alum and writer-director Blake Mawson.
- Production has begun on alum Robert Cuffley’s latest horror feature, Romi.
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