Scarborough

This past month, alumni took home an amazing 26 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture for Scarborough, from co-director and CFC alum Rich Williamson. The buzz didn’t stop there, as CFC alumni continued to illustrate their impact and reach in the screen industry with nominations at this year’s CCE Awards, and wins at this year’s WGC Screenwriting Awards. Plus, The Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative announced this year’s participants, which includes a list of alum, proving once again these creators are showing up to keep us entertained while shaping the screen industry to ensure we head towards a diverse and inclusive future.

Read on for the latest alumni news, updates and announcements, and be sure to check out our watchlist below for binge-worthy content.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

CCE AWARDS

May 26, 2022

CFC alumni are among the nominees for this year’s Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) Awards, taking place on May 26at the Delta Hotel in Toronto. Nominations include an array of alum films, including Wildhood, edited by Shaun Rykiss, the award-winning drama Scarborough, from Rich Williamson, and many more.

See the full list of CFC alumni nominated for the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards here.

WGC AWARDS

April 25, 2022

In a virtual ceremony held on April 25, 2022, the winners of the 26th annual Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards were announced. Among the winners were alum Tassie Cameron and Sherry White, who took home the award for Drama Series for penning the episode “Bananas” of his series Pretty Hard Cases.

See the full list of winners here.

Canadian Screen Awards

April 4 – 8, 2022

CFC alumni earned a total of 26 awards at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards! Scarborough, from co-director Rich Williamson, earned a total of eight prizes, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, and the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award; and celebrated medical drama series Transplant, created by alumnus Joseph Kay, led the television honours, also taking home eight awards, including Best Drama Series, and Best Writing, Drama Series.

See the full list of CFC alumni who took home 2022 CSA awards here.

Framing Agnes

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

HOT DOCS
APRIL 28 – MAY 8, 2022

The lineup for the 2022 Hot Docs Festival includes an assortment of alumni films. The festival takes place in-person in Toronto and stream online to audiences across Canada on Hot Docs at Home from April 28 to May 8. See alumni screenings below:

OPENING NIGHT FILM

• Into the Weeds: Nicholas de Pencier (producer, executive producer, cinematography)

Canadian Spectrum Shorts: Artistic Journeys

• Bill Reid Remembers: John Christou (producer)
• Dad Can Dance: Casey MQ (music by)

REDUX

• Calling the Shots (1988): Holly Dale (co-director, co-writer, co-producer, co-editor)
• Hookers on Davie (1984): Holly Dale (co-director, co-writer, co-producer, co-editor)
• P4W: Prison for Women (1981): Holly Dale (co-director, co-writer, co-producer, co-editor)

PERSISTER

• Category: Woman: Tiffany Beaudin (editor)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

• Framing Agnes: Chase Joynt (CFC/Netflix Marketplace Accelerator participant) and Shant Joshi (producer)
• The Talented Mr. Rosenberg: Tiffany Beaudin (editor)

HIDDEN STORIES

• Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew: Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux (co-director, editor)
• Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children: Peter Raymont (executive producer), Michelle Osis (composer)

MARKERS

• This House: Xi Feng (editor)

DEEP DIVE

• The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith: Todor Kobakov (composer)

See the full list of films screening at Hot Docs here.

Revenge of the Black Best Friend

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 new episodes of The Porter Mondays at 9 p.m. 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. Stream it now on CBC gem.

ALUMNI INDUSTRY NEWS & UPDATES

• A number of alumni have been invited to participate in this year’s Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative, including Pitch Program Participants: Paula Devonshire, Reem Morsi, Shirley Cheechoo (alum and Board Member); and Professional Development Program Participants: Faisal Lutchmedial (CFC/Netflix Project Development Accelerator participants), Temilola Adebayo, Alfons Adetuyi, Gloria Ui Yong Kim.
• Canadian Film Festival: ‘Ashgrove‘ (directed by CFC alum Jeremy Lalonde) Highlights the Emotional Toll of a Deadly Pandemic
• Thyrone Tommy and Thomas Antony Olajide make the list of NOW’s Rising Screen Stars
• Orphan Black Sequel a Go at AMC Networks; co-creator and alum John Fawcett is also on board as executive producer and director
• Principal Photography Begins on the Crave Original Series, Little Bird, created by showrunner and alum Jennifer Podemski; Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Open Immersion Participant) and Zoe Hopkins (Netflix/CFC Global Project participant)each direct three episodes, while Hopkins writes three of the episodes.
• Independent Production Fund and Canada Media Fund Announce 2022 Development Packing Funding Decisions, including the following alumni projects:

– Degrees of Separation: Shant Joshi (producer)

– Hello Charlie: Christina Jennings (producer)

– Indigenius: Joy Haskell (writer-producer), Rebeka Herron (producer)

– Je t’aime Loulou: Ziad Touma (producer)

– Out in the Cold: Geordie Sabbagh (writer), Mika Collins (story editor)

– Second Chance, Hina!: Gill Golick (story editor)

– Tales from the B-Side: JP Laroque (development executive)

– Well Versed: Izad Etemadi (story editor)

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