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Ilona Beiks

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Inifinity Features: honoring Vince’s legacy

District 319. It used to be a derelict abandoned theater, skirting the edge of Vancouver’s Chinatown in the heart of Canada’s poorest postal code, a half-block away from the corner of Main and Hastings – aka Pain and Wastings.

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Pirate sails with Siren

Trish Dolman has navigated the stormy waters of film financing for 10 years, trying to land Eco Pirate: The Paul Watson Story on the screen.

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Pirate sails with Siren

Trish Dolman has navigated the stormy waters of film financing for 10 years, trying to land Eco Pirate

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Whistler to fete Canuck thesp Sutherland

WHISTLER MOUNTAIN, BC: You’d be hard-pressed to find much that can divert attention away from the pristine skiing conditions at North America’s top-ranked winter resort, home to the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Bright future seen in B.C.

Filmmakers gather and give back to community with week-long celebration of province’s industry. Whistler fest to announce tribute to William Vince

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Casting directors getting share of credit

Veteran casting director Marsha Chesley is casting for more credit.

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B.C. Film Commision turns 30 in competitive world

When the British Columbia Film Commission first set up shop in 1978, the West Coast was emerging as a new frontier for the film, TV and commercial production industry.

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New direction at Knowledge

Flush with provincial money and new status as a Crown corporation, the B.C. educaster drops in-house production and spends on digital technology

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Lundgren directs for Insight

Swedish action hero Dolph Lundgren will be doing double duty in Vancouver this October when he directs and stars in Icarus, a $6-million action thriller backed by Vancouver’s Insight Film Studios.

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Lundgren directs for Insight

Swedish action star to do double duty in Vancouver this fall on $6-million thriller Icarus

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Strombo stands up

George Stroumboulopoulos is set to stand up and host Just For Laughs Toronto – The All-Star Ethnic Show, a CBC special taping live on July 23 at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre during the five-day spin-off festival.

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Strombo stands up

CBC golden boy to host taping of ethnically flavored show at Toronto’s Just For Laughs, as the comedy organization seeks more international eyeballs