Toronto production company Devine Entertainment has entered into a distribution deal with Utah’s Feature Films for Families….

Oh, to be a British Admiral circa 1840 who can pick up and travel an ocean only to drink beer and party in a place like Nova Scotia. A lovely thought, but for those of us without imaginations, The Partners’ Film…

William F. White president Bill White and chairman Paul Bronfman are well aware of the competitive nature of the production equipment supply industry. Staying on top of the latest in film gear is a daunting task, even for veterans of the…

For the folks at the PS Production Services’ locations across Canada, supplying equipment is nothing new – they’ve been doing it for more than 25 years. What is new, say ps staffers, is a trend to shrinking equipment budgets while at…

The Canadian Film Centre in Toronto begins its 1999 Film Resident Programme on July 28 and has selected 28 producers, directors, writers and editors to participate. This year will see the cfc doors open to six British Columbia filmmakers, the largest…

Montreal’s Big Bang Animation has changed its name to Big Bang FX/Animation and added Discreet Logic’s Inferno software to its portfolio – which already includes Softimage, Eddie, After Effects and Flint….

Director Akim Triebsch of Applebox Productions, Toronto, has only been directing commercials for a year and a half, but he has already garnered a substantial amount of praise and notoriety within the advertising community. With award-winning spots for Yuk Yuk’s and…

After what can only be called a year of ups and downs, socan and its 20,000-plus Canadian membership still have a lot more fight left in them. socan (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) is taking a…

The newest incarnation of Discreet’s 3D Studio Max modeling and animation solution program has users and beta testers taking their stiffened thumbs and turning them skywards….

Have you ever wondered why aliens only kidnap cows and Jerry Springer guests? In the latest Canon spot, ‘What Are You Looking For?’, aliens kidnap a helpless printer, in an attempt to better understand our technologies no doubt. This being the…

Global Television president and ceo Jim Sward promises at least 30 new hours of Canadian drama on the network in the coming season. The theme for the new ’99/2000 Global lineup is consistency, with the network knocking Maple Leaf Hockey out…

Animator/director Steve Hillman, cofounder of Toronto’s Optical Assembly, is branching out and starting a new production facility, Exhibita, where he assumes the title of director. Starting in July, Hillman’s commercial production, special effects and production design ventures will operate out of…