Less chaotic

Rescued from U.K. equity deal oblivion, Vancouver-produced Chaos is set for production March 17 to April 30. Coproducer Gavin Wilding says the production, formerly financed through Grosvenor Park in the U.K., was refinanced under Movision/Spice Factory, which uses a different part of the U.K. tax law to raise money for production.

Tony Giglio (In Enemy Hands) directs the bank-heist action film, starring Wesley Snipes and Ryan Phillippe.

Steve Chasman (The Transporter) is executive producer.

Death in the family

Director David Weaver (Century Motel) got the financing nod from the Canadian Film Centre last month and is now partway through shooting Siblings for the Feature Film Project. The dark comedy has Alex Campbell and Sarah Gadon as the eldest brother and sister of a brood who kill their evil stepparents. Sarah Polley also stars.

Weaver is working with a script by first-time feature writer Jackie May (Bliss, Liberty Street), with Tashi Bieler and Marcia Douglas in the producer chairs. FFP movies are budgeted at between $250,000 and $500,000.

Let’s put on a show

Feature film producers are invited to the first two days of ShowCanada, the annual exhibitors convention taking place this year for the first time in Vancouver, April 28 to May 2.

Hosted by the Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada, ShowCanada’s producers program runs April 28 and 29 and includes studio tours (sponsored by the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C.), seminars on marketing, box-office trends and distribution, and a variety of schmooze events and galas.

ShowCanada attracts 600 delegates. In 2005, the convention moves to Halifax.

Full event tickets cost $275. For information, go to www.showcanada.ca.