The pitching session is one of the best-attended events at the Vancouver International Film Festival Trade Forum’s annual New Filmmakers’ Day….

The 13th annual Trade Forum at the Vancouver International Film Festival is being touted as the most diverse program of its kind ever delivered in Western Canada, a reflection of growing indigenous production and industry demand….

Just over a year ago, The Hanging Garden, a first feature from Halifax filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald, opened the Perspective Canada program at the Toronto International Film Festival….

A production incentive proposal for the Alberta film industry is expected to be delivered to cabinet today….

The 13th annual Trade Forum at the Vancouver International Film Festival is being touted as the most diverse program of its kind ever delivered in Western Canada, a reflection of growing indigenous production and industry demand….

The world premiere of Vancouver director Michael Rohl’s first feature, Zacharia Farted, and Justin MacGregor’s The Vigil are among the 93 Canadian films chosen to screen at the Vancouver International Film Festival, opening Sept. 25 and running until Oct. 10….

‘We take on projects most people wouldn’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole,’ says Vancouver director Nettie Wild of her latest documentary A Place Called Chiapas, which took three and a half years to complete….

In recent years, a steady flow of smaller budget, made-for-television documentaries has led to some criticism that Canada’s national film board, faced with tightened purse strings, had been losing sight of its original cinematic goals, opting instead for more commercial broadcast…

Market potential at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival is primed with 52 new companies confirming attendance, the majority of which hail from the u.s., Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland and the u.k….

Toronto production company Shaftesbury Films is launching a feature film distribution arm in partnership with Oasis Pictures, teaming up with Imax Corp. cofounder Robert Kerr on a large-format distribution company, and announcing a $30-million production slate for 1998….

Amidst the Heritage Ministry’s Feature Film Policy Review, rumors of a $50-million film fund, and an array of submissions and discussion papers, Canadian feature filmmaking is a hot topic leading into the Toronto International Film Festival….

Submissions to Perspective Canada hit a record in 1998 at 366 entries (89 features, 277 shorts), up from 284 (81 features, 203 shorts) the previous year. Of the submissions, Ontario accounted for half, 183, followed by Quebec (79), British Columbia (56),…