For those Bourbon St. bound this month, pages 12-14 offer a wrap of some of the new projects Canadian companies will be shopping at NATPE in New Orleans Jan. 25 to 28.

Versions of these stories also appear in the Winter 1999 issue Playback International.

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Through a deal with Paragon Entertainment debtor Banque National de Paris, Toronto distribution company Oasis Pictures will act as the sales agent for three Paragon productions at the upcoming natpe and afm.

Oasis will sell the worldwide rights (excluding Canada) to Grand Illusions, a 50 part-documentary series on the history of magic, and all unexploited rights to two Handmade Films pics, The Wrong Guy and The Assistant.

Oasis will take an undisclosed percentage of each sale in return for making any deals with unexploited territories.