Articles Tagged ‘Vancouver’



Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA

FILM

Antoine Bourges’ East Hastings Pharmacy picked up the Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver documentary festival (Fire in the Blood pictured).



Japanese game co Namco Bandai opening Vancouver studio

GAMINGINTERACTIVE

The game developer and publisher behind classics like Pac-Man is setting up a Vancouver subsidiary at The Centre for Digital Media (pictured) that will develop online social games.



David Oland named Brightlight VP business, legal affairs

FILMTV

The news comes as the company regroups following the departures of co-founder Stephen Hegyes and former VP business and legal affairs Karyn Edwards (Oland pictured).



Hector and the Search for Happiness starts production

FILM

French actor Jean Reno and Toni Collette join the ensemble cast that includes Simon Pegg as a London psychiatrist in crisis.



Science Channel, UrtheCast team up for space station HD project

TV

The network will partner on programming with the Vancouver-headquartered company, which is currently developing the world’s first near-live video feed from the International Space Station.



B.C. spending big to host Indian film awards

FILM

Vancouver will play host to the Times of India Film Awards this April, a move meant to bolster awareness of B.C. as a potential Bollywood production centre, as well as boost tourism and other trade.



Indiecan to show short films ahead of feature releases

FILM

The pilot program to get more exposure for short filmmakers will start with Shhh (pictured) screening ahead of Grave Encounters 2 from Feb. 15.



Nigel Mikoski, Ben C. Silverman launch Integral Artists Inc.

FILMTV

The new venture, headquartered in Vancouver, represents Canadian literary and on-camera talent including Evan Goldberg, Alan Thicke (pictured), Jeff Renfroe and Louis Ferreira.



German auteur Uwe Boll shooting Suddenly in Vancouver

FILM

The remake of a 1954 gangster thriller is shooting through Dec. 20, with Ray Liotta and Michael Pare starring (Boll pictured).



Step Dogs going to camera in Saskatchewan

FILM

The Joker Films’ feature starring two talking dogs will begin shooting on Nov. 29.

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ACTRA Awards 2013

ACTRA Awards 2013 - Clayton Ruby, Harriet Sachs and Rossif Sutherland at the 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Jag Gundu)