‘We cannot guarantee your safety,’ warned Red Green-er and Trader Patrick McKenna as an opener for night two of the 11th Annual Gemini Awards. And no wonder he feared for his well-being, as the set was spinning like Wheel of Fortune…

When the fax machine at the Licence Fee Program of the $200 million ctcpf is switched on at 9:00 a.m. on April 1, the race to spend the cash will officially have begun….

Sadly, this tale will lose something in the telling. It would take a master story spinner to properly weave all the elements and subplots, because it involves supermarket tabloids, marathons, trade embargoes and Grandpa Munster. What is certain is that Zubin…

Where once there was one, now there are three. While Film New Brunswick shifts into high gear with a new, high-profile executive director, and as Newfoundland announces its intent to jump further into the fray with a film corporation of its…

With a firm promise to delegates at the cftpa’s annual conference in Ottawa that complete guideline packages will be ready the first week of March, executives of the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund used the platform as an opportunity to…

In tune with the Ontario Film Development Corporation’s new post-ofip reality, the corporation has launched the first two initiatives from its Skills Development and Marketing Initiatives division. The new programs – Market Mentorships and Partnerships in Training – will be joined…

With a tight focus on the needs and wants of indie filmmakers, the Local Heroes International Screen Festival will let loose on Edmonton March 9-15 with 17 short films featured in the Declaration of Independents. The films were chosen from 137…

While the possibility of an official coproduction treaty with South Africa has met with keen interest from many Canadian producers, Telefilm Canada says it hasn’t heard from South Africa’s minister of arts and culture since before Christmas….

Chew on this for a minute. Sugith Varughese – actor, writer, director and recent Gemini nominee for On My Mind – will direct his first feature this year, a romantic comedy based on his own script and set to be produced…

An informal coalition of independent feature film producers is addressing the Canada Cable and Television Production Fund to ask that two-thirds of the ctcpf envelope for features be earmarked for production companies without distribution affiliation….

Maybe it’s because Canadian distribs are spoiled by the bending over backwards which characterizes the Canadian festivals, but while reps from Sundance and some u.s. companies are crowing about the maturation of the Utah festival, Canadian buyers and sellers characterize last…

Looking to revamp how it supports its film and television industry, Manitoba is the latest province poised to enact a refundable tax credit program piggybacking on federal efforts….