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Mary Ellen Armstrong
The Cannes plan
‘The companies that are players in Canada, the top four, we’re not idiots, we don’t want to blow our brains out like we have in the past. We all have to act responsibly because we don’t want to be driving up…
Possible downside to new training cash
It might be an example of hiding the bad news in the good. More than two weeks after the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Department of Human Resources Development announced $8.5 million in consolidated annual funding for 12 national arts…
Nelvana, Trickcompany deal targets adult toons
Keeping a close eye on the growing adult animation market internationally, Nelvana is expanding its relationship with burgeoning German film producer Trickcompany. No formal announcement from Nelvana so far, but executive vp Clive Smith confirms that two theatrical coproductions are ‘very…
Ontario Scene: Sullivan’s got a plethora of projects in development
Having secured feature rights to Timothy Findlay’s 1981 novel Famous Last Words, Sullivan Entertainment has added yet another movie to its development slate….
Special Report on Distribution and Exhibittion: Producers seek a little ingenuity
Much ink was spilled, much rhetoric expelled, and the debate grew from a policy discussion about an individual company to heated disputes on the merit of Canadian cultural policies as a whole….
Indie production: Total static, kids boom
While the amount of cash spent on animation and kids’ programming skyrocketed, 1996 was a relatively static year for Canada’s independent production industry and the overall growth of production volume was modest….
Ontario Scene: Big Star nabs a star for its first feature
‘so I left a note on his car saying I had to talk to him.’…
Slan projecting 30% growth for Paragon
With hopes of doubling the original HandMade Films library of 23 features by the year 2000, Paragon chair and ceo Jon Slan says his company is still considering starting its own Canadian film distribution company. ‘We haven’t found a way to…
Ontario Scene: Film One and Fireworks announce first coproduction
Those who work with David Hasselhoff every day might need a little diversion, and even the beach can get dreary after awhile….
NSI to stay put in Alberta
Edmonton: While it will certainly be under new leadership by year’s end, the Edmonton-based National Screen Institute, and its annual Local Heroes International Screen Festival, will be remaining in Alberta for the foreseeable future….
On set: A tale of bygone shoes
Director Vic Sarin is not eating lunch with the cast and crew today. While they line up in a church hall not far away, preparing to chow down on the mandatory midday feast, Sarin sits at the kitchen table in a…
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