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Unity Technologies has announced the long list of amazing projects included in the 2013 Unity Awards taking place during the company’s signature Unite 2013 conference taking place in Vancouver this August 28 – 30. Additionally, more information about the conference session schedule and sponsors has been released. The Unity Awards celebrate the talent and creativity from the Unity community, comprised of more than two million developers. Read the rest of this entry »

This year, Telefilm Canada is stepping up its presence at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with two new initiatives to promote our audiovisual talent. The new Telefilm Canada T Lounge, at the heart of the Festival Industry Centre, and the launch of the Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film, will complement Telefilm’s other major events, including the 3rd annual editions of the Talent to Watch series and the Eye on TIFF in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »

A world-renowned creative laboratory making breakthroughs in animation and stereoscopic 3D (S3D) cinema, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will showcase its auteur animators at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with four new films. Taking place September 5 to 15, the festival will feature premieres of NFB S3D animated shorts in its Short Cuts Canada program, with The End of Pinky by Claire Blanchet, Impromptu by Bruce Alcock (Global Mechanic Media/NFB), Gloria Victoria by Theodore Ushev and Subconscious Password by Chris Landreth. Read the rest of this entry »

The Casual Games Association (CGA) has announced the winner’s of the first North American Indie Prize Showcase at its Casual Connect Conference in San Francisco. Of more than one hundred independent development teams chosen by the Indie Prize committee to demonstrate great unpublished games, ten teams walked away with Indie Prize Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will embark on a cross-country consultation this fall as part of a comprehensive consultation process. The process will comprise a number of components, including focus groups in 18 cities, in all provinces and territories; industry working groups and advisory committees; as well as online consultation. Feedback received from stakeholders will serve to shape CMF policy moving forward as the two-year program guidelines come to an end and new guidelines are developed for 2014-2015 and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Halifax production studio DHX Media and tour producer S2BN Entertainment are pleased to announce the first ever Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! holiday show, sponsored by Citi and Ubisoft’s Just Dance Kids. Read the rest of this entry »

Roaring Penguin Software Inc., the email filtering experts and developers of the acclaimed CanIt-PRO, CanIt-Domain-PRO, CanIt Archiver and Hosted CanIt anti-spam and email archiving solutions, are pleased to announce that they will be a Gold Level Sponsor of the upcoming 2013 N-Able Partner Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to sponsoring the event, David Skoll, President and CTO of Roaring Penguin will speak to the gathered N-Able MSPs on e-mail security. Read the rest of this entry »

Writer – producer teams from across Canada are invited to submit their story ideas for this year’s second annual China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition in Whistler. Presented by the Whistler Film Festival in association with Telefilm Canada, the Script Competition introduces experienced Canadian writer/producer teams to Chinese studios. Projects should be appropriate for a budget of up to $5 million. Canadian writer/producer teams are invited to submit an application and script synopsis by September 30, 2013 for consideration. 12 finalists will be announced on or before October 31, 2013.The finalists will take part in the pitch competition at the Whistler Film Festival’s Summit on December 5, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) is delighted to welcome Chris Avellone from Obsidian Entertainment as keynote speaker, a wonderful first time addition for the MIGS 10th edition celebration. MIGS will rally a great number of key gaming industry players portraying over 60 conference sessions, exhibition floor, career fair, contests and activities for an expected audience of 2,000. Read the rest of this entry »

Banff World Media Festival, MaRS Discovery District and nextMEDIA have announced the inaugural Content Innovators Summit: an exploration of the content creation and distribution business in film, television and digital media. The Summit will be held at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto this September 10th. Read the rest of this entry »