Ilona Beiks

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Force Four makes its Play

Initial glitches with the tapeless Red One camera aren’t deterring John Ritchie from using it to shoot Playing for Keeps, a TV movie for CTV and Lifetime.

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Families moved by Air India

Sturla Gunnarsson’s take on the terrorist bombing plays commercial free on Sunday on CBC, but has already made its mark in Vancouver’s Indian community

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Delayed Da Vinci makes it to air

True story of 1925 murder retold with coroner-turned-mayor. Saturday slot ‘better than being in the vault,’ says Haddock

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Anagram signs Val Kilmer

Top Gun’s Iceman has signed on to join The Thaw, an eco-thriller feature by Vancouver-based Anagram Pictures.

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Anagram signs Val Kilmer

Top Gun‘s Iceman to appear in eco-thriller The Thaw, with an assist from Brightlight and Maple

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Insight stakes claim at the top

Kirk Shaw likes the view from the top. His Vancouver-based Insight Film Studios has now scaled the terrain of independent production in Canada and, after nearly 20 years in business, can finally stake claim as the country’s largest prodco. Its film and TV budgets surpassed $178 million in 2007.

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Boom in B.C. offset by slim service shoots

Foreign location shooting in B.C. may have taken a major hit last year, but that was partially offset by skyrocketing domestic production.

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Looming actors strike puts U.S. features on hold

Looming actors strike puts U.S. features on hold

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Pacific Studios under construction in Burnaby

Canadian Motion Picture Park is adding two major new purpose-built studios on its 16-acre property in Burnaby, BC.

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Domestic B.C. boom offsets slim service shoots

Foreign location shooting in B.C. may have taken a major hit last year, but that was partially offset by skyrocketing domestic production

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CBC axes jPod, MVP, Intelligence

Series failed to draw ‘mass audience’ despite record-breaking season, says CBC. jPod producer blames lack of promotion by network

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Brinton new boss at Alberta Film

Former head of communications at CFTPA tapped as new western film boss