As if directing a feature film was not hard enough, consider Andrea Dorfman, working out of both her native Toronto and her adopted home of Halifax. Dorfman was not only director on Parsley Days, but director of photography, screenwriter and coproducer as well.
The film follows pregnant Kate (Megan Dunlop), who has fallen out of love with longtime boyfriend Ollie (Michael Leblanc), curiously the ‘king of contraception.’ Not willing to wait three weeks for a clinical abortion, Kate enlists the help of a herbalist friend who recommends an ‘all-parsley, all-the-time’ diet to induce a miscarriage. But after a few weeks – and a lot of parsley – Kate makes the clinical appointment.

A lot can happen in one year when you’re an in-demand spot director, and sometimes award show memories can get hazy. At least this is the case with John Mastromonaco out of Toronto’s Untitled. …

The notion of convergence is foremost on the minds of the broadcast industry, and the same holds true for systems and software developer Discreet. …

Hitachi Denshi America’s broadcast and professional group will introduce two low-cost multi-standard HD cameras at NAB2001….

NAB2001 marks the first anniversary of U.K.-based Innovation TK’s Millennium Machine telecine system. The MM is designed around the concept of creating digital images as close as possible to the actual film, with a warmer and more organic feel. At this…

Sony Electronics’ theme for NAB2001 is ‘Anycast, Anywhere, Anytime.’ This kind of catchphrase, conjuring up notions of metadata, HD and integration, is definitely de rigueur among product exhibitors this year. …

While the official date is still to be announced, the 2001 First Cut Awards, sponsored by Saatchi & Saatchi Canada and Playback/On the Spot, will this year take place in August, not in July, as in the past….

The fourth annual Golden Marble Awards and the third annual Golden Marble Promotion Awards are slated for Sept. 10-11 at New York’s Grand Hyatt Hotel, as part of the Advertising & Promoting to Kids conference. The shows recognize excellence in commercials…

Recent Oscar winners are making space on their mantelpieces for their latest piece of hardware, and to some extent they can thank Vancouver’s Leader Cinema Systems for its part in the overall process. The company installed its Leader Hollywood Format (LHF)…

Ryerson University’s Television and Radio Achievement Awards are in their 23rd year, but for the TARA 2001: Time Warp show April 12, the school intends to present a convergence production unlike anything it has done before. …

CTV is launching a Canadian Documart on June 13, as part of the 22nd Banff Television Festival. The program, adopted from the Australian Documart, will distribute prize money, donated by CTV, to producers pitching the top three projects. For first prize,…

Even in a self-described slow spell, Fearless Films’ staff of seven has plenty on its plate….