Vancouver: Production volumes are strong enough year-to-date for the B.C. Film Commission to predict yet another record-breaking year….

Vanouver: CanWest Global has another seven weeks to find a buyer for Vancouver-based ckvu after the crtc granted an extension Nov. 7 and filled the calendar with new deadlines….

Vancouver: A British Columbia cabinet shuffle Nov. 6 has shifted responsibility for the government-run Bridge Studios in Burnaby from the ministry that also oversees funder British Columbia Film and marketer the B.C. Film Commission….

Vancouver: Voyageur Film Capital Corp. has a new name, a new advisor and a new acquisition….

Vancouver: AAAGH! It’s the Mr. Hell Show – a Canada/u.k. coproduction – debuted Oct. 30 and became the first production gestated by Vancouver’s Sextant Entertainment Group….

Vancouver: Sextant Entertainment says it has settled with its former cfo Martin Johnson, a founding member of the company who left abruptly Oct. 11 to ‘pursue other interests.’…

Vancouver: Because the crtc gave it only a four-year licence instead of the more customary seven-year operating licence, civi has scaled back its funding commitment to British Columbia-based television producers….

Vancouver: Despite the regular patronage of local producers such as Prophecy Pictures, Mulberry Films and Keystone Entertainment, Greater Victoria still needs better budgetary perks to attract Canadian producers, says the regional commissioner, claiming Film Incentive b.c.’s 12.5% regional credits aren’t cutting…

Vancouver: The 19th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was an ‘up-side/down-side’ year, says director Alan Franey….

Vancouver: Advocates for a West Coast multilingual tv station have an ally in Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, who has asked the crtc to say by Feb. 28, 2001 how it will establish an over-the-air multicultural licence despite the commission’s recent snub…

Vancouver: On Oct. 3, Lions Gate Entertainment of Vancouver closed a $200-million credit facility with a syndicate of global financial institutions led by Chase Securities, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and National Bank of Canada. The new financing vehicle was announced at the…

Vancouver: British Columbia emerged as the fastest-growing film region in Canada, according to Telefilm Canada’s annual report for 1999/00 (ended March 31), which was unveiled by Telefilm chair Laurier LaPierre and executive director Francois Macerola in Vancouver Oct. 6….