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Exclusive: Zdf Studios’ Off the Fence, the company behind Netflix’s BAFTA and Oscar-winning doc My Octopus Teacher, has taken worldwide rights outside of Canada to Resident Orca, a documentary from first-time feature directors Sarah Sharkey Pearce and Simon Schneider.

Ahead of Resident Orca‘s release, the plans for which have not yet been disclosed, the team from Otf will be hitting French documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc with the film later this month.

Nominated for the Documentary Achievement Award upon its April world premiere at the Miami Film Festival, Resident Orca tells the shocking story of a captive whale and the fight for her survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership forms between Indigenous matriarchs, a billionaire philanthropist, killer whale experts, and the aquarium’s new owner who take on the herculean task of freeing Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Lolita...

It’s been more than four years since I started regularly attending the Camden International Film Festival in coastal Maine (not far from the greater Portland area where I grew up), but I’ll never forget the first film I saw: Laura Viezzoli’s La natura delle cose. I arrived in Camden a little late on a Friday afternoon, rushed to get my press badge and, a bit frazzled, scurried on into the quaint, majestic Camden Opera House just in time to glimpse La natura’s opening scene. Viezzoli’s warm paean to love and individual spirituality stuck with me long after the festival was over and was selected by that year’s jury to win the festival’s Cinematic Vision Award. I never again heard a peep about it in the greater film world and I don’t remember it playing at all in New York. Viezzoli has yet to make another feature.

With the season coming to a close on CBC darling, Murdoch Mysteries, and new hitting recently that Cracked and Arctic Air will not be returning, CBC has announced several renewals, and a few new shows.

Murdoch Mysteries and Dragon’s Den are the clear no-brainers of the situation, but we’ve got a full list, plus some pretty hot new efforts.

Schitt’s Creek will be coming your way, a show co-created by Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, who star with Catherine O’Hara, and that ought to be all you need to know about this one. Also added to the schedule is new show Strange Empire. Reportedly a very dark show, it takes place in western frontier town and follows the women who find themselves stranded when all the men suddenly disappear.

Get all the info below, and make sure your favorites are on the list.

CBC today confirmed...

Since Canadian Conglomerates Rogers (CityTV), Shaw (Global) and Bell (CTV and CTV Two) were kind enough to include theTVaddict.com on their list of Upfront invitees last week, we thought we’d return the favour (Note: Canadian spelling!) by presenting the Definitive Fall 2013 Primetime TV Schedule (Canadian Edition). See for yourself, after the jump.

Mon. 8Pm 8:30Pm 9Pm 9:30Pm 10Pm 10:30Pm CBC Murdoch Mysteries Cracked The

National

with Peter

Mansbridge City How I Met Your Mother Package Deal 2 Broke Girls Mom The Project:

Guatemala CTV The Voice Hostages CTV

Two Dancing with the Stars Castle Global Bones/

Almost Human Sleepy Hollow The Blacklist

Tues. 8Pm 8:30Pm 9Pm 9:30Pm 10Pm 10:30Pm CBC The Rick Mercer Report 22 Minutes Crossing Lines The

National

with Peter

Mansbridge City Dads Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl The Mindy Project Lucky 7 CTV Marvel’s

Agents of Shield The Goldbergs Trophy Wife Person of Interest...

Can you believe it's almost winter? One of the telltale signs -- aside from the Christmas lights, holiday music and bitter, brutal cold -- is when networks begin to promote their midseason shows. That's what CBC did Tuesday at a special event on the set of "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight." And so it begins...

Unlike the spectacle we saw at the public broadcaster's fall upfronts, the presentation for the midseason schedule was much more subdued, but that doesn't mean it was any less extravagant. The media milled around with the talent, and it was a little unnerving sitting behind Rick Mercer, new "Best Recipes Ever" host Christine Tizzard, beside the cast of "Mr. D," and across from David Sutcliffe (Rory's dad! Oh, and the star of the upcoming "Cracked") and Murdoch himself, Yannick Bisson. But that's CBC's charm, showcasing the best and brightest stars while making content key.

"I think it's...

We are excited to announce a new act to the Live at Aloft Hotels Presented by Paste Magazine series. On July 17, The Daredevil Christopher Wright is set to play a free performance at the Aloft Hotels Milwaukee Downtown location. The band is set to release a new full-length album The Nature of Things on June 26, which features the single “Divorce.” The show is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m....

Tales Of The Weak & Wounded

by Gary McMahon

(Dark Regions Press)

The sound of shuffling footsteps across the old cell floor…

A soft voice like a strange tune echoing along the empty corridors…

Dim lights in the windows of the abandoned asylum…

Discarded case files that flip open to reveal the dreams of broken minds…

Welcome to a place where the boundaries of fact and fiction meet.

Acclaimed author Gary McMahon raids the archives of a notorious derelict mental asylum called the Daleside Institute to bring you stories of madness, horror and emotional trauma. In locations as diverse as suburban Germany, the London Underground, an Italian seaside resort and the inhospitable polar icecap, you will meet damaged people with broken lives. Here are terrifying accounts of love, hate, death and madness…

These are the Tales of the Weak and the Wounded

Editions

Leather-bound Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover w/slipcase + discounted trade...

Antarctic Mission: The Complete Series is a riveting documentary that chronicles the adventures of a group of daring scientists who are on a quest to explore climate change in one of the roughest and coldest areas of the world, Antarctica. Now out on Blu-ray, you can own this fascinating program and enjoy it in crystal clear high definition.

Narrated by environmental activist David Suzuki, this three-episode venture documents the effects of climate change on the arctic landscape and the animal habitats that exist in the area. Each episode contains extraordinary footage of the frozen world brought to you by the crack filmmaking and scientific team members. Led by Mission Chief Jean Lemire, this breathtaking odyssey takes viewers to absolutely beautiful locales while at the same time dissecting crucial scientific issues.

Antarctic Mission invites those who are curious about the icy world aboard the Sedna IV, a research sailing vessel built...

Toronto -- Canadian distributor Entertainment One (E1) has acquired the local rights to Sturla Gunnarson's "Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie" from the National Film Board of Canada and E1's production arm.

The documentary about the iconic Canadian biologist and broadcaster David Suzuki is set to bow at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival ahead of platform theatrical release starting Oct. 1.

The biopic features Suzuki recalling his early internment along with his family in a Second World War Canadian internment camp, and growing up in rural Ontario before becoming a broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in 1970 and eventually an environmental activist.

Suzuki in 1979 began hosting the CBC nature series "The Nature of Things," which still runs on the CBC and airs in 50 markets worldwide.

Toronto – Just as William Shatner returns to TV with the new CBS sitcom "$#*! My Dad Says," the Montreal-born actor is headed to Canada to salute local films for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC).

Shatner will host "Making A Scene," a retrospective on award-winning Canuck films, on Thursday, Sept. 23, the same night his upcoming CBS comedy drawn from a Twitter feed will air locally, courtesy domestic broadcaster CTV.

News of Shatner's Canadian gig came Thursday as the CBC unveiled a fall 2010 schedule in Toronto that plays its safe with returning shows and familiar faces.

Another Canadian, Alex Trebek, whose career was launched by the CBC, will return to host "Jeopardy!" weeknights at 7:30 after "Wheel of Fortune" at 7, and help usher in the public broadcaster's primetime schedule this fall.

With Canadian viewers mostly shunning rookie series until they perform in their second seasons, the CBC has chosen to rely on old favorites to bring viewers set-side.