TAMARA DEVERELL WINS BAFTA AWARD FOR FRANKENSTEIN
DGC Ontario Production Designer Tamara Deverell and Set Decorator Shane Vieau won the BAFTA for Production Design for Frankenstein, adding another win to the film’s strong showing across the craft categories this season ahead of their Oscar nomination! Watch our interview with Tamara on building the world of Frankenstein, from a massive ship locked in ice to a fully realized mad scientist’s laboratory.
HOW FRANKENSTEIN USED ANIMAL EFFECTS TO CREATE THE SOUND OF ITS CREATURE
Re-recording Mixer Christian Cooke and DGC Ontario Supervising Sound Editor Nathan Robitaille discuss their Oscar-nominated work on Guillermo del Toro’s horror epic and the choices that make the film’s sonic world, charting an emotional evolution through sound as much as image.
HEATED RIVALRY SEASON 2 SHOOTING THIS SUMMER, EXPECTED TO AIR IN SPRING 2027
The Crave series, which airs on HBO Max in the U.S., received a second-season order early in its first season run. Heated Rivalry is taking the world by storm this winter, with merch drops, SNL parodies, memes and viral videos, and widespread critical acclaim. Check out our Wider Lens interview with series creator Jacob Tierney on bringing Heated Rivalry to the screen.
PODCAST: REALIZING GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S DREAM: INSIDE THE PRODUCTION DESIGN OF FRANKENSTEIN
On the latest episode of Ankler Media’s Art & Crafts podcast, Oscar-nominated Production Designer Tamara Deverell and IATSE 873 Set Decorator Shane Vieau discuss their work on Frankenstein, also nominated for Best Picture, and their long collaboration with GDT.
RT THORNE WINS EMERGING DIRECTOR & OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM FOR 40 ACRES AT BLACK REEL AWARDS
DGC Ontario Member R.T. Thorne took home both Outstanding Emerging Director and Outstanding Independent Film at the 26th Black Reel Awards for 40 Acres. The film also received five NAACP Image Award nominations.
Nuisance Bear, documenting the story of a polar bear navigating an increasingly human-shaped landscape, won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations to our DGC Ontario Sound Editors David Rose and Elma Bello!
DGC ONTARIO PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR SXSW FILM FESTIVAL IN AUSTIN
This year’s DGC Ontario titles include Headliner Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Narrative Feature Competition selection Seahorse, Narrative Spotlight pick Forbidden Fruits, and Doc Spotlight title Black Zombie.
THE BALLAD OF JUDAS PRIEST PREMIERES AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL MIDNIGHT PROGRAM
Directed by Sam Dunn and Tom Morello, The Ballad of Judas Priest made its world premiere at the Berlinale, spotlighting the band’s 50-year legacy and rise to heavy-metal icon status. Congratulations to our DGC Ontario Post Members who worked on the film, Post Production Supervisor Melissa Hore and Sound Editor Kathy Choi!
DGC Ontario Productions also made a splash with premieres at Sundance – In The Blink of An Eye in Feature Film Premieres (DGC Ontario Sound Post Only), Worried in the Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase, and Agnes in the International Fiction Short Films category.
NETFLIX DROPS TRAILER FOR VLADIMIR, PREMIERS MARCH 5
Starring Rachel Weisz and filmed in Toronto, Vladimir hits Netflix on March 5. A subversive eight-episode miniseries series, Vladimir charts a middle-aged professor’s all-consuming obsession with her younger colleague.
UPCOMING HORROR COMEDY FORBIDDEN FRUITS TRAILER
Releasing theatrically on March 27, this horror-comedy is set around a mall-store “femme cult” that starts to splinter when a new hire threatens the group’s power dynamic. DGC Ontario Production Designer Ciara Vernon is behind the film’s witchy aesthetic, with Sound Editing by Kayla Stewart and Kathy Choi and Music Editing by Kevin Banks.
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