TORONTO, ON (January 16, 2019) — The Canadian union representing over 25,000 English-language performers in film, television and digital media has laid out its future vision in its submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel. “ACTRA believes urgent change is needed to adapt Canada’s legislative framework to the digital…
Canadian performers will honour Jay Baruchel with the 2019 ACTRA National Award of Excellence on Saturday, March 16 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The award recognizes an ACTRA member’s career achievements, and contribution to their fellow performers and Canada’s entertainment industry.
An overwhelming number of ACTRA Members – 85.8 per cent – have voted YES in favour of ratifying the 2019-2021 Independent Production Agreement (IPA).
Toronto, ON (November 23, 2018) — ACTRA production Reel Women Seen won the Best Short Film Award at the 2018 Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival (ITWIFF) in Brooklyn, New York, which brings the total to four awards received by the ACTRA National Women’s Committee for this short film. “Of the 255 films…
Three-year agreement establishes terms, rates and conditions for Canadian performers and producers TORONTO, November 15, 2018 — Today, following productive negotiations, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM) jointly announced that they have…
Toronto, ON (November 13, 2018) — ACTRA production Reel Women Seen was honoured with the Toronto Independent Film Festival’s 2018 Festival Director Award (Short Film). “I thank the festival organizers of the Toronto Independent Film Festival for this award and for allowing us to share our film with the Toronto community,” said Reel Women…
