As the long-awaited Copyright Bill C-32 enters its final phase of approval in the Senate, actra and the Canadian Music Publishers Association are accusing the broadcaster lobby of trying to kill it….

While that oxymoronic standby ‘less is more’ has proven sporadically true at best over its long life, in the post-production world the adage is gaining some respect. Born of the evolution of digital technology and the constant search for time and…

With the co-signing of Gene Roddenberry’s new series, Atlantis Films annouces it is refocussing on the U.S. syndication market and expects 20% to 25% of its estimated $150 million worldwide revenue in 1997 to be derived from its syndication efforts….

Issues of access to broadcast distribution undertakings will be the hot buttons in Hull as the licensing hearings on five video-on-demand services begins March 17 and it may be the Alliance Communications/Shaw Communications application that takes the heat….

After swiping an armload of nominations and awards on the international stage, it was no surprise that Little Criminals stole a few Gemini Award nominations. The number of nods it received from the Academy, however, was a surprise to some, including…

Word has it that Atom Egoyan’s much-touted entry into Hollywood in the form of the film Dead Sleep for Warner Bros./Icon Productions is a no-go. Insiders hint that Egoyan wasn’t willing to give up the control and/or adjust to the studio’s…

In talking to Canadian screenwriters for television and film, it gradually becomes apparent that they are an idealistic bunch. At least, the pain and frustration they feel over the state of the Canadian industry, for the most part, has little to…

Most of the public knows that Tom Cruise has a new movie. We’ve seen him on the covers of magazines, on talk shows, in movie trailers. But does the average person know what our English Canadian actors are up to? Not…

Among the many Canadian Rockie nominees, two very different homegrown series were appointed in the children’s category: Straight Up, a daring, in-your-face look at teenage life, and Liszt’s Rhapsody, a family-oriented, sound-track-heavy look at the life of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt….

In the midst of a busy 1996, Winnipeg’s Credo Entertainment Corporation has recently completed the filming of For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down, an mow for cbc. Coproduced by Manitoba’s Flat City Films, Wounded was filmed in and around Winnipeg…

In today’s marketplace, making a splash on the international scene is no easy feat. Five Canadian projects – Little Criminals, Lives of Girls and Women, Hiroshima, Spoken Art: Letter to Harvey Milk and Due South – have done just that and…

Heading into the busy production season, Ontario filmmakers got a boost May 7 when the Ontario government announced its new refundable tax credit, which is expected to return $25 million to the coffers of the province’s producers….