Vancouver: Snap Shot is the newest family feature from producer Ian Fodie, who last made The Duke, about a dog that inherits an estate. This time, it’s a research chimp who gets lost in Nelson, b.c., finds his way onto a…

Vancouver: In what many consider a surprise, b.c.’s film industry came away relatively unscathed in the provincial budget March 30 – a budget that cut other provincial industries to pay for substantial increases in health and education spending….

Vancouver: The latest addition to Vancouver’s busy animation scene is Atomic Cartoons, which was founded last month by four principals including Rob Davies, who was nominated for a 1999 Emmy for his directing work on Steven Spielberg Presents: Pinky, Elmyra and…

Vancouver: The Communications, Energy and Paperworks Union of Canada reached a tentative agreement with the cbc April 1 which, if ratified, will end the strike by 2,000 technicians that began Feb. 17….

Vancouver: Underwriters Yorkton Securities, First Marathon Securities and Merrill Lynch Canada have exercised their option to acquire an additional 816,000 common shares of Lions Gate Entertainment….

Vancouver: b.c.’s aboriginal filmmakers were among 200 delegates who convened in Penticton March 18-20 for the second Aboriginal Media Arts Symposium, comprising seminars and an awards gala….

Vancouver: Veteran service producer Colleen Nystedt of New City Productions in Vancouver is taking at least a year off from overseeing u.s. shows to do her own production….

Vancouver: As the strike by cbc technicians stretched into a month and the threat that journalists and office workers might join the picket lines loomed ever darker, cbc advertising executives were steadfastly upbeat about ad revenues as Playback went to press….

Vancouver: Temple Street Productions, Nelvana and Devine Entertainment are among the Canadian nominees at this year’s annual Daytime Emmy Awards in May….

Vancouver: Voyageur Film Capital has bought 100% of Cadence Entertainment, producer of the features Rupert’s Land, Kitchen Party and Tail Lights Fade….

Vancouver: A senior management shakeup at Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment Group means ceo Bob Cabral has left ‘to pursue other interests’ and executive vp Tony Allard will leave June 30….

Vancouver: As go the springtime daffodils and crocuses in Vancouver, so go local pilot productions: five proposed new series for u.s. networks have sprouted in March to add to the series already in or heading for longer-term production….