* First-timer Armand Ruffo is directing the screen version of his play A Windigo Tale in the Hamilton, ON area until March. Steve McNamee and Jeremy Freiburger produce.

* The fourth run of Canadian Idol starts its audition tour on Feb. 18, looking to air in June.

* VisionTV is backing an hour-long doc about the symbolism of churches, The Geometry of Love, to be directed by Paul Carvalho. It is based on the book by Margaret Visser.

* H2O Motion Pictures shot two days on its feature Big Nothing last month in Vancouver. The comedy stars David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, and is directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea.