Phillip Barker has been called a renaissance man in the world of Canadian filmmaking. Barker, who is both a Toronto-based independent filmmaker and accomplished art director/production designer, has received a lot of attention for his prowess in both areas. He is…

St. John’s-based Rink Rat Productions, whose feature Violet screened at last month’s 20th Atlantic Film Festival, has an ambitious slate of projects in development….

Post house Triangle Studios is moving this winter to the downstairs portion of the building it shares with commercial post/animation shop Spin Productions on Toronto’s King Street West. Triangle partner Matthew Bush says he and the dozen or so staff members…

‘The possibilities are endless,’ proclaims Stonehenge Post president Glyn Evans of the ever-evolving post-production technology available to him and his competitors….

It’s true background performers are supposed to blend silently into the action in film and tv productions, but Charlie Fife, president of the Professional Association of Canadian Talent, is taking steps to ensure their voices are heard off screen….

Derek Vanlint, the veteran director/cameraman responsible for the cinematography on Alien, Dragonslayer and innumerable commercials, has signed with Toronto’s The Big Film Company for representation as a director and dop. Vanlint, who is repped for longer-form work by Sesler & Company,…

Toronto commercial production company Jolly Roger is no more. According to Jolly Roger executive producer James Davis, the company is being dissolved and reformed by himself and Peter Davis under a new name. The new shop retains the same roster of…

Toolshed Media director William Morrison spun gold at this year’s MuchMusic Video Awards, with his clip for Matthew Good Band’s Load Me Up scoring best video and best rock video honors….

The Bereaved Families of Ontario will hold its annual Big Night Out this year on Nov. 1 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. Although the event is open to all who wish to attend, the Big Night Out has traditionally…

A set of Inferno-heavy trailers which screened at last month’s annual celluloid schmoozathon, the Toronto International Film Festival, generated almost as much buzz as the movies they accompanied. The trippy and engaging spots, reminding moviegoers to cast their ballots for the…

A two-month ad campaign has netted fledgling Toronto spot shop Bullet Films the small roster of fresh talent it was looking for….

Some say the best post work goes virtually undetected, and Flashcut Editing’s Norm Odell might agree. Toronto-based editor Odell is largely responsible for the post-production and editing on the Clearnet campaign from Taxi Advertising, headed up by creative director Paul Lavoie….