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First Dutch production starts work in B.C.

Vancouver: What is considered the first Dutch feature film to work in British Columbia goes into production in Nelson for five days Nov. 3-7….

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Sugar confirms split with Peace Arch

Vancouver: The business partnership that most industry insiders consider the catalyzing agent for the current success of Peace Arch Entertainment on the West Coast has come to an end….

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WGC ponders new IPA

Vancouver: Writers of Canadian one-hour dramas with per-episode budgets of $1 million will get a raise of almost $2,600 starting Nov. 1 if members of the Writers Guild of Canada approve a new contract….

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Fireworks expands L.A. operation

Vancouver: The Los Angeles office of Toronto-based Fireworks Television moved up the evolutionary scale Aug. 1 when the one-person development bureau became a six-person, full-service production operation….

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Comedy Network shows retooled for year-two runs

Vancouver: The Comedy Network, through its commitment to developing new Canadian talent, is supporting two West Coast series in their second seasons, though neither resembles their inaugural productions much at all. In fact, producers are saying the new shows are not…

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LGE deal to spark $300M in production

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment of Vancouver says it is extending its vertical reach with a new 50/50 joint venture with Toronto-based financing company MediaVentures….

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Many shut out of VIFF

Vancouver: The vocal lament of local filmmakers who failed to make the cut at the 19th annual Vancouver International Film Festival should be tempered somewhat with the knowledge that they are not alone – not by a long shot….

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Distribution & exhibition: a roundtable

Vancouver: For the fourth annual Production in Vancouver Roundtable, Playback invited West Coast-based distributors and an exhibitor to talk about the challenge of actually putting the hard toil of local producers on the big and small screens….

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Whistler debuts fest

Vancouver: The first Whistler International Film and Television Festival debuts Nov. 16-19 in Whistler, b.c….

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Mainframe develops Gatecrasher

Vancouver: Vancouver’s Mainframe Entertainment has signed a development deal with Black Bull Entertainment of Congers, New York to develop and adapt the monthly comic series Gatecrasher for television….

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Keystone buys Red Sky

Vancouver: International Keystone Entertainment of Vancouver has bought 100% of local distributor Red Sky Entertainment for an undisclosed amount….

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Tom Green fingers Van.

Vancouver: Canadian shock comedian Tom Green will alight in Vancouver this month to take his freshman turn as a film director in the New Regency/Fox feature Freddy Got Fingered….