Maria Calabrese

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Special Report on Distribution & Exhibition: Curtain rising on ShowCanada ’96

The Motion Picture Theatre Association of Canada is reeling ’em in this year. Organizers are anticipating 43% more exhibitors, suppliers and distributors at ShowCanada ’96, running May 11-15 in Banff….

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Special Report: The Bessies: Direction, cinematography: Focus on ideas over execution

Costa Rica and pizza pops. Sleek cars and couriers. The Canadian west coast, motoroil, and underwear….

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Special Report: The Bessies: Great music strikes chord

For Steve MacKinnon of Rosnick MacKinnon, it was a tough call wading through 600 commercials to judge the music component of the Bessies….

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Storyboards: All that glitters

‘Imagine you could protect everything you purchase…

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Vancouver’s DVD Films: New house offers varied services

Executive producer Dan Tohill, writer/director Val Terziz and casting director Deborah Harry had a movie entitled edgar to produce, but they were short one thing: a production house….

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Jewish Film Festival: Fest to share stories of distant lands

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fresh batch of film premieres in Canada. The 4th Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival running May 2-9 promises 60% premieres at this the second largest Jewish film festival in North America….

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Storyboards: Global warriors

Pennzoil Products Canada is ready to do battle on the international market with a commercial looking like the last five minutes of a Stallone action movie that features two futuristic David and Goliath warriors. They’re competing on a tennis court the…

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ITVA fetes its best

The best Canadian video productions in training, sales and marketing, and internal and external communications were showcased at the 10th Annual EVA Awards in Toronto on March 23….

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Special Report on Post-Production: Picture if you willa rubber duckie?: TOPIX Computer Graphics and Animation

It’s spring and post-production minds are busting out all over with a typically all-encompassing range of projects; the weird, the wonderful and the invisible….

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Special Report on Post-Production: They’re heeeere: Northwest Imaging and FX

It’s spring and post-production minds are busting out all over with a typically all-encompassing range of projects; the weird, the wonderful and the invisible….

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New Winnipeg shop

Madness has hit Winnipeg, and if writers/producers/directors Jeff Peeler and Brenda Kovitz have their way it will sweep through young local businesses and wake up the establishment….

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CanPro ’96: More sectors lending views

CanPro ’96, running March 30 through April 2 in Victoria, b.c., is making a push to get independent producers, specialty service, educational program and commercial representatives to join private television execs and brainstorm how to keep their heads above water amidst…