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Cheryl Binning
Production spending surged in ’06
Production and development hit $1.52 billion in Canada last year, up 21%, thanks in part to higher demand for MOWs and a rebounding world market
Vapor delivers hip sounds while saving Green
The Toronto shop produced a soundtrack of prerecorded indie songs for Everything’s Gone Green
Falcon Beach cancelled
Reduced interest from Global and an axe from ABC Family brings the curtain down on the soapy teen drama after two seasons
Folksy shorts fest focuses on art of filmmaking
At a time when film festivals are becoming more glamorous and glitzy, and star power and red carpets rival the films themselves as the main attraction, a small-town prairie festival that prides itself on its diminutive size, casual atmosphere and artistic focus is quite an anomaly. But, as far as the organizers and attendees of the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival are concerned, that’s a good thing.
King of docs, new media on 2007 sked
Iconic Canadian filmmaker Allan King will be the guest of honor at the 60th annual Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, May 24-27. The fest is holding a special reception and screening of King’s dramatic feature Who Has Seen the Wind, which earned a 1978 Golden Reel Award as the previous year’s highest-grossing Canadian film.
Fresh faces at FilmExchange
The National Screen Institute unspools its annual festival in Winnipeg — putting up features by fresh helmers including Matt Bissonnette’s Who Loves the Sun, and Larry Di Stefano’s comedy Love and Other Dilemmas
CanWest’s Williams: mentor par extraordinaire
If Barbara Williams is a great mentor, she says it’s because she had some incredible teachers herself.
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