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What an incredible few days celebrating Canadian and Indigenous filmmaking at the Cinematic Arts Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards!

40 Acres, directed by R.T. Thorne and produced by Jennifer Holness, took home 9 awards, including the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award.

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie also had a standout showing, earning 6 awards, with wins including Best Film, and both comedy acting awards for feature films!

Endless congratulations to the team behind Endless Cookie, the animated documentary from Seth and Peter Scriver, which won two awards, including Best Feature Length Documentary.

Compulsive Liar 2 was honoured with the Golden Screen Award for Feature Film, sponsored by Telefilm Canada, recognizing it as the highest-grossing Canadian film at the box office last year.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! There’s no creation without collaboration, and your talent, dedication, and passion continue to inspire and help our country shine.

Bold, funny, and unapologetically real, Bare heads to Cannes as part of the 2026 Not Short on Talent cohort.

Directed by Miranda MacDougall and Lucy McNulty, and written by and starring Claire Johnstone, this witty Canadian short explores modern dating, body image, and self-confidence with honesty, humour, and heart.

Set around an aquafit class and its unforgettable group of senior women, Bare challenges on-screen representations of aging female bodies while celebrating vulnerability and self-love at every age.

🎬 Screening at the Short Film Corner Video Library during the festival.

Article by writer and film programmer Jake Howell.

➡️ https://rdvcanada.ca/en/events/b-c-short-film-bare-heads-to-cannes/

Highlights from our Canada Breakfast! 🍁☕️

Each year, we gather the Canadian delegation to officially kick off Canada’s presence at the Marché du Film.

The Canada Pavilion is back at stand 127, serving as a hub for networking, collaboration, and connecting international partners with Canada’s vibrant audiovisual industry.

Thank you to our valued partners: Ontario Creates, Calgary Film Commission | Edmonton Screen, Creative BC, Manitoba Film and Music, Picturenl, Screen Nova Scotia, Canadian Media Producers Association - CMPA, and DGC Ontario.

📢 News Release - Telefilm Canada invests in 8 minority coproductions.

Telefilm Canada announces that it will invest in 8 minority coproductions for a total of $3.45 million through its Production Program: 5 films for the English-language market and 3 films for the French-language market.

Learn more: https://telefilm.ca/en/telefilm-canada-invests-in-8-minority-coproductions

Canada is back on the Croisette for the 79th edition of the Festival de Cannes!
🎬 At the festival:
- MARIE MADELEINE (international collaboration with Canada, France, Haiti, Belgium, and Luxembourg), directed by Gessica Généus, Official Selection in Cannes Première section/program
- DEATH HAS NO MASTER (official coproduction with Canada, Venezuela, Italy and Luxembourg), directed by Jorge Thielen Armand, Directors’ Fortnight
- SKINNY BOTTINES, a short film by Romain F. Dubois, Critics’ Week

🎥 On the industry side:
Canada is also making its mark at the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes:
- Four feature documentaries in late-stage production showcased at Cannes Docs, Docs-In-Progress – Canada Showcase: Ba’s Book (Ashley Duong), Parrandas (Constance Chaput-Raby), Sisters of the Union (Dan Popa), and Steve’s Version (Sofia Bohdanowicz)
- Two projects in development by emerging talent will be presented at Frontières - Proof of Concept: Baldoon (Nancy Morski) and Spiral (Kourtney Roy)
- One project in post-production, The Wrath by Shayne Putzlocher will be featured at the Frontières - Buyers Showcase

Learn more ⬇️⬇️

Canada is Cannes-Ready! - RDV Canada The Croisette will be buzzing, the red carpet will be dazzling, and Canada will be shining bright at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 12

Industry Advisory - Telefilm Canada launches two new programs following the review of the Promotion Program

Telefilm Canada announces the launch of two new programs following the review of the Industry Initiatives stream of the Promotion Program. The former Industry Initiatives stream of the Promotion Program has been replaced by two distinct programs:

- the Career Development Initiatives Program, and
- the Industry Promotion Initiatives Program.

Learn more here ⬇️

Telefilm Canada launches two new programs following the review of the Promotion Program | Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada announces the launch of two new programs following the review of the Industry Initiatives stream of the Promotion Program. This review was guided by Telefilm’s Strategic Orientation Framework and was informed by discussions with the industry.  The former Industry Initiatives ...

It was with great pride that we gathered in Ottawa for the Bon Cop, Bad Cop series advanced screening, alongside Patrick Huard, Anik Jean, Joshua Odjick, Christine Beaulieu, as well as senators, members of Parliament, and valued industry partners.

For the occasion, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, was in attendance to underscore the importance of cultural sovereignty and the strength of our storytelling.

To this day, Bon Cop, Bad Cop remains the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time, achieving what few productions have: bringing together French and English speaking audiences across the country.

It’s a powerful reminder of how the audiovisual industry can unite people across languages and cultures.

The six-episode series premieres May 7 on Crave.

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