Regina isn’t rolling out the red carpet for just one night when the Gemini Awards broadcast gala comes to town on Sunday, Oct. 28. The Saskatchewan production community is planning a week-long celebration to mark the first time the awards have been handed out in its province.

The Vancouver International Film Festival doesn’t have the Hollywood stars like Toronto or the business deals of Cannes, but it has carved out its own unique presence on the film fest circuit.

The lineup of Canuck films on the fall festival circuit is chock-full of terrific comedies and intense literary adaptations, led by Kari Skogland’s The Stone Angel, the ideal opener for the Canadian Images program.

Art and commerce merge at the 22nd annual Film and Television Forum, Sept. 26-29, with new streamlined days, each of the four with a specific focus.

The Alberta-shot western with the really long title — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — will kick off the eighth edition of the CIFF on Sept. 20

The new CBC drama Heartland has started shooting in and around Calgary, turning the best-selling novels by English author Lauren Brooke into a 13 x 60 for the network’s family-aimed Sunday night lineup.

The National Screen Institute in Winnipeg has axed its annual film festival despite rising attendance. ‘It just isn’t our key focus,’ says CEO Susan Millican

Producers of the CBC series expect the network to put a big push behind the family-aimed horse opera when it goes to air in October

TV producers must deliver shows to broadcasters in high-definition these days, but the decision to shoot on celluloid or HD still depends on the individual production.

When producers need an extra-special present for their leading man or lady, they turn to The Uptown GiftBox Company in Vancouver.

The longtime executive has retired from his post atop the Winnipeg giant’s print and TV operations after 33 years