Ilona Beiks

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A cornerstone of Canadian cinema

Who would have thought that in a country where government is the keeper of culture, a pay-television network is a significant force in getting Canadian feature films made.

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What TMN Has Meant to Me: Robert Lantos

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What TMN Has Meant to Me: Vic Sarin

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What TMN Has Meant to Me: Suzanne Girard

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Tracey Fragments comes together via Oscar nod for Page

There’s nothing fragmented about the attention Bruce Macdonald’s The Tracey Fragments is getting these days.

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Bioware sweeps Elan awards

Alberta company’s sci-fi epic Mass Effect wins big at Vancouver video game and animation awards

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Infinity scores quarter million from Telefilm

Feds hand hefty cheque to the company behind Capote and Heath Ledger’s last picture

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Canada’s first carbon-neutral studio

Vancouver Film Studios has gone carbon neutral, said to be Canada’s first soundstage facility to have done so, in part to attract green Hollywood productions

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Big-budget stop-motion wrapping in B.C.

Infinity Features (Capote) has hooked up with Perfect Circle Productions (The Timekeeper) to make Canada’s first stop-motion animated feature film, the $10-million Edison and Leo.

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Post Modern sends a message to Hollywood

Despite increased consolidation in Canada’s post-production industry and fluctuating North American currencies, Vancouver’s Post Modern Sound is vocally optimistic about the future.

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jPod makes play for online eyeballs

New CBC series arrives with support from a broader ‘universe’ of links to auctions, games and a fictitious Vancouver company — looking for ‘cross eyeballs’ and bigger bang for its promo buck

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Intelligence faces uncertain future

Media buyers remain upbeat about Chris Haddock’s beleaguered series, which closed its second season in the mid-200s, though word from the Intelligence set is that there won’t be a third