A record 277 short films were submitted to the 1998 Perspective Canada program, a marked increase over last year’s 203 total….

Writer/director/lead actor: John Kalangis – Producer: Simone Urdl – Coproducer: Jennifer Weiss – Executive producer: Atom Egoyan – Cinematographer: Luc Montpellier – Diary by: Cheryl Binning…

Director: Jonathan Tammuz – Writer: Graeme Manson – Producers: Scott Kennedy, Bill Thumm – Cameraman: Gregory Middleton – Diary by: Cheryl Binning…

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television was born in 1979 as a tool to promote Canadian feature film via an awards program. The fledgling tv industry decided it too required a similar marketing and promotional vehicle and asked the Academy…

Broadcasting veteran Audrey Cole will executive produce the Canadian Film Centre’s inaugural Television Resident Programme, launching January 1999….

More than halfway through 1998, international coproduction activity is on par with 1997’s mid-year tally, a strong indication that last year’s benchmark of $509 million in coproduction volume is set to be repeated….

The veterans of the English-language specialty channel frontier are showing strong growth behind the launch of the new crop of services just over nine months ago….

A consortium of parties involved in the film and tv sector are planning to open a $7 million film and tv complex in Winnipeg next year….

The Edmonton, Alberta-based National Screen Institute has embarked on its national expansion effort by staffing a recently opened Winnipeg office and developing a slate of new program initiatives….

Taking its first steps into the unchartered waters of international coproduction, Red Ochre Productions has taken a minority stake in the $7.5 million feature Misery Harbour, the first official venture with Norway under the recently signed treaty….

A labor tax credit or funding program is the chief concern for the Alberta film and television industry….

Producers in Saskatchewan are in no hurry to jump into the soundstage business….