Articles for 2011

Omni enters production on Pyros

Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions is going behind the scenes with the people who make fireworks presentations possible.

Big Coat begins production on Paranormal Home Inspectors

The series is shooting across Ontario starting April 8 through July 7 and is still in the process of casting families for this first season.

In the room with writer Butch Hartman

All this week, Playback will feature Q&As with some of the all-star cast of writers leading the Toronto Screenwriting Conference.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (March 21 – March 27, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (March 21 – March 27, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (March 25 – April 1, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (March 25 – April 1, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (March 25 – April 1, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (March 25 – April 1, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 14 – March 20, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 14 – March 20, 2011)

Gary Burns retrospective to screen in Buenos Aires

Telefilm announced Monday that the International Festival of Independent Cinema of Buenos Aires (BAFICI) will feature Calgary film writer and director Gary Burns in a retrospective.

Skatoony kicks off season two production

Production began Monday in Toronto on 26 half-hour English and 26 half-hour French eps, and it’s also expanding its multiplayer online games on Skatoony.ca.

Debuts for Kennedys, Camelot and Borgias

Canadian co-produced period dramas are doing gang-busters as US cable dramas.

NFB online doc wins digital Emmy at MIP-TV

The public filmmaker’s interactive documentary HIGHRISE/Out My Window on Monday won the international Emmy for best digital program: non-fiction category at MIP-TV.

BNN’s APP Central migrates to CTV

BNN and CP24’s 30-minute co-production APP Central is to air on CTV on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m., from April 9.