Vancouver: Two more Vancouver directors will join local filmmakers Scott Smith and Reg Harkema on the rollercoaster ride of self-distribution….

Vancouver: Healthy Home – called an inspired guide to creative living – debuted Jan. 8 on hgtv as the latest in Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions’ string of information series….

Vancouver: Putting the issue of foreign actor taxation to rest, the federal Department of Finance will introduce legislation that amends the Canadian Income Tax Act to allow for a 23% withholding tax on gross income earned after Jan. 1, 2001….

Vancouver: After three years of political wrangling, stuntman/studio entrepreneur Danny Virtue should get the green light this month [January] to proceed with construction of Wildhorse Town, a large-scale set for period westerns….

Lions Gate Entertainment’s acquisition last October of California-based Trimark Holdings is already paying dividends – at least in expanding the Vancouver company’s reach in the digital marketplace.

Vancouver: Canadian film lobbyists expect the federal government – in another last-minute, do-or-die scenario – to resolve once and for all the long-burning issue of foreign actor taxation before the holiday break this month and just days before stepped-up tax enforcement…

Vancouver: International Keystone Entertainment finalized its purchase of Vancouver distribution company Red Sky Entertainment Nov. 27 by issuing 3.6 million shares of Keystone to former Red Sky stockholders….

Vancouver: Voyageur Film Capital has backed out of an agreement to acquire LightRoom f/x, a Vancouver-based new media company, announced Oct. 17….

Why a new flat tax?…

Vancouver: Gavin Wilding, producer of titillating fare such as Listen and Stag, is taking his brand of sexy feature upscale with Show & Tell, starring Wendy Crewson (The Sixth Day) and directed by Anne Wheeler. The feature, called a sexy comedy…

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment’s recent acquisition of Trimark Holdings is already paying dividends – at least in expanding the Vancouver company’s reach in the digital marketplace….

Vancouver: Already an audience favorite in Britain, kids series The Magician’s House is a hit with industry peers now that it has won an International Emmy for best children’s and young people’s program….