Vancouver: Rainmaker Entertainment Group of Vancouver says its efforts to move beyond its post-production roots in Canada have been ‘time consuming and expensive and distracted the Company from its post-production business.’…

Vancouver: Steven McDonald and Crawford Hawkins thought they were raising $3.5 million in debt financing to purchase the equipment that would take dated Telepost Film & Video into the high-definition future. Instead, the public company principals bought competitor Finale Editworks for…

Vancouver: With the box office success of The Prince of Egypt, DreamWorks is moving forward with a sequel called Joseph. And again Bardel Animation of Vancouver has been called in to handle some of the animation chores….

Vancouver: Famous Players and Cineplex Odeon have offered a new contract to 60 locked-out projectionists in b.c. following an attempt to resolve the protracted dispute by Industrial inquiry commissioner Stephen Kelleher….

Vancouver: Along with The Inspectors, which was written up here last issue, Dufferin Gate’s Vancouver office has two new productions on the film list, bringing to three the number of movies-of-the-week the company has in front of the camera at the…

Vancouver: Industrial inquiry commissioner Stephen Kelleher has been appointed by b.c.’s Ministry of Labour to help resolve the nine-month dispute between the 60-member b.c. Projectionists Union and cinema operators….

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment is selling its 14-acre studio complex in North Vancouver two years after acquiring it for $26 million in cash and debt….

Vancouver: From the helicopter, the devastation of New York City is vast. City Hall has collapsed, the Manhattan Bridge is in tatters, One Police Plaza is crumpled beneath a shorn-away skyscraper….

Vancouver: Working Opportunity Fund – the new catalyzing force in Vancouver’s domestic film and television industry – has invested $12.6 million in local companies and expects to buy into other companies to the tune of $8 million in the near term….

Vancouver: A $25-million investment in Mainframe Entertainment by Imax Corporation, Royal Bank Capital and b.c.’s labor-sponsored Working Opportunity Fund is being called a mark of the Vancouver cgi company’s turnaround….

Vancouver: Sylvester Stallone was here earlier this year with Detox. Now the other action heroes are scouting Vancouver for the next big features….

Vancouver: The federal Ministry of National Revenue and representatives of the Canadian film and television industry have collaborated to resolve the burning issue of how non-resident film workers – such as marquee actors – are taxed in Canada….