Cheryl Binning

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Video Innovations: Animatics: online to interactive in the here and now

In the 1940s a guy with the spark of an idea placed a camera in front of a group doing a radio drama. Someone else came along and decided to experiment a bit further, adding a second camera to see what…

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Hitting The Screens

What happens to all those Canadian features after a couple screenings at local film festivals?…

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Storyboards: Cooool!

How do you sell Canada to American tourists in February?…

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More Canadians hit NATPE

No longer bystanders at an American syndication circus, the Canadian tv industry has hopped into the hubbub of the natpe ring, confirming the market is a crucial stage for launching new product, seeking coventures and presales with u.s. network and cable…

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CBC wins big at NY festival

Days after its copious Gemini Award nominations, cbc emerged the top Canadian winner at the Jan. 16 New York Festivals International Television Programming & Promotion competition, taking home three golds, two silvers and five bronzes at the gala cap to natpe….

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Gemini Nominees: Hard-hitting docs still often a tough sell

When director/producer Ric Esther Bienstock got the call about an ebola outbreak in Zaire days before the story hit the press, she phoned Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobovici at Toronto’s Associated Producers whom she had worked with on The Plague Monkeys,…

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Gemini Nominees: Variety having its day

The familiar adage ‘everything old is new again’ is ringing true once more, this time in Canadian television variety programming….

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Hitting The Screens

Gabbeh, a feature written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, would seem to have little chance of a Canadian theatrical release….

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Storyboards: Big ol’ Bug

The Animation House director Terry Godfrey is in production on what he’s dubbing his ‘first child.’…

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Canadians report busy MIP-Asia

‘Busy non-stop’ is how Canadian companies are describing their booths at the third annual MIP-Asia, and they came away with the deals and pending contracts to prove it….

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Canadians report busy MIP-Asia

‘Busy non-stop’ is how Canadian companies are describing their booths at the third annual MIP-Asia, and they came away with the deals and pending contracts to prove it….

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Storyboards: Sticking his neck out

‘Canadian commercials tend to air on the politically correct side all the time and that means they are quite bland,’ says Aviator director Phil Brown, in defense of his spot for Fong’s Fresh Poultry….