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Brendan Christie
Dear CRTC: Stuff it with walnuts
Every month when I open my Rogers bill, I’m reminded of the Monty Python ‘Blackmail’ sketch.
A whole new race
Dan for Mayor co-executive producers Mark Farrell, Paul Mather and Kevin White consider the evolution of their new series
Reassurances and warnings at Prime Time
Reassurances and warnings about the digital era greeted attendees at last month’s Prime Time in Ottawa conference, as kick-off speaker Brent Lowe-Bernie delivered the message that ‘The sky is not falling.’
Reassurances and warnings at Prime Time
Ignore Twitter and Facebook at your peril, producers told as conference opens in Ottawa
Kids find No Equal
Canwest green-lights development deal for new comedy half-hour
Person of the Year: Konrad von Finckenstein
One part pilot in a storm, one part referee in a cage match, it’s sometimes difficult to reconcile the role of CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein.
Editor’s Note: Of bombs and brahmins
Revolutions are rarely, if ever, bloodless.
CFC kicks off cross-border initiatives
Even as American authorities try to batten down the hatches and secure the border, the Canadian Film Centre has plans to throw them wide open. The film institution has announced the CFC North-South Marketplace – an effort intended to ‘support, foster and build’ U.S. relationships for Canadian talent.
Perrier’s ‘Facebookumentary’ a social experiment
Paul Perrier’s punk approach to filmmaking puts power in the hands of ‘friends’
CFC kicks off cross-border initiatives
Film school puts $10,000 up for grabs in online contest as part of new cross-border program
Buccaneers sail out
With its Toronto premiere taking place at press time, Eating Buccaneers by writer/director Bill Keenan should gain some attention – if the on-screen talent is any indicator. The comedy, about four ad execs and a client who crash-land in northern Ontario, stars Peter Keleghan (The Newsroom), Leah Pinsent (Made in Canada), Shannon Beckner (Billable Hours) Steven McCarthy (Dead Mary), Jeff White (Little Mosque on the Prairie), and Neil Crone (Mosque). Also making a cameo as a hermit trapper is screen icon Gordon Pinsent.
CFC gets $7.5 million for upgrades
The Canadian Film Centre will get up to $7.5 million in new infrastructure funding from the federal, provincial and Toronto governments in order to renovate existing facilities and construct three new buildings on its Windfields Campus site.
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