Vancouver International Film Festival director Alan Franey’s fervent wish for the festival is for it to one day disappear. He says he hopes one day festivals will be unnecessary because of expanded distribution systems….

VIFF Trade Forum producer Melanie Friesen is naturally sweet on her 2000 lineup – that’s her job. But she says the highest cal addition to the menu, ‘the maraschino cherry in our banana split is the legendary Roger Corman….

As late as the 1970s, American engineers had it in mind to widen the Panama canal with an unusual explosive: atomic bombs. Alaska almost had a harbor blasted into it care of five a-bombs. And plans were seriously discussed to extract…

Mystic, bumbler or would-be martial arts master – these stereotypes of Asian males inspired the National Film Board production Who is Albert Woo?…

Chris Robinson, executive director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, says the big difference between this year and others is the presence and strength of the Internet….

Ottawa’s annual Animarket Trade Fair is a festival-long event that organizers hope will see the attendance of filmmakers, students, industry members and the general public….

Director/writer: Lynne Stopkewich…

Director/cowriter: Gary Burns * Cowriter: James Martin * Cinematographer: Patrick McLaughlin * Producer: Shirley Vercruysse * Diary by: Fiona MacDonald…

A small matter of $30 million or so lies at the heart of a documentary from Manitoba’s Riverain Productions for cbc’s Witness strand. The film, The Selling of F614, is a classic case of is it or isn’t it? A Van…

With only 10 Category 1 licences up for grabs, the digital specialty channel applications are oversubscribed by a ratio of almost 9:1. Competition this stiff has inspired no end of interventions. The crtc has stipulated that applicants may not be in…

The Craig Broadcasting Systems’ Category 1 application for Festival, described as an independent film channel – and one of several digital specialty apps positioned along those lines – comes as an extension of its business, according to Sandi McDonald, executive vp…

Sari Ruda, president of Xybermedia, is certain Category 2 will best serve her five digital specialty applications (all wholly owned by Xybermedia): after all, she says, viewers will want access to the channels so much they won’t mind paying a premium….