The third annual Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival wrapped June 8 boasting double the number of participants at its workshop series over last year, but the marketplace fell short of expectations; only 15 of the 33 registered industry executives showed up…

It’s bitterly cold, raining, and Montreal producer Paul Almond and FFC Completion Guarantees chairman Michael Spencer are bundled in five layers of clothing, trekking through the bushes in Bonaventure Bay. Almond makes a quick survey of some seagulls on the water…

Behind Alliance Communications’ best Cannes ever with over $15 million worth of deals closed at market, chairman Robert Lantos along with other Canadian film executives says the grassroots film scene is picking up international momentum….

With over 1,500 films available for screening, and as the only North American market devoted exclusively to short films, the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival is attracting a long list of American and international buyers….

The Saskatchewan film and tv industry has come of age, with this summer’s sked marking the start-up of full series production in the province and the shooting of its first completely indigenous feature….

Outside Toronto’s old city hall the skies are gray and the rain is steady….

The Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople has taken formal steps to merge its Ontario membership into the fold of rival craft union IATSE Local 873 Toronto….

The onslaught of summer filmmaking workshops is just around the corner and snaring key industry names is how many of the programs intend to attract filmmakers to their crash courses on the biz….

‘Starting out back in the infancy of television I didn’t know it would come to all this,’ said amazed host Joyce Davidson Susskind, gesturing to the packed audience as she opened Women In Film and Television-Toronto’s 10th annual awards gala….

Canada’s TV spot awards fete the best and the brightest ­ Playback looks at the talent behind this year’s crop…

Although tax credit talks with the Alberta government remain at a standstill and the province has lost nine projects worth roughly $27 million since the beginning of the year, projections for Alberta’s 1997 slate are cautiously optimistic, fueled by the injection…

NATPE’s first Animation and Special Effects (anifx) Conference and Exposition will play host to 85 international exhibitors, nine of which hail from Canada….