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Mary Ellen Armstrong
Toronto International Film Festival: That’s a wrap
It was an emotional Piers Handling who launched into a thank-fest to open the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival awards brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel on the last day of the 21st festival. Handling, tiff’s director of programming, made special…
Ontario Scene: Barna-Alper follows up Kilmury story with strong focus on drama
As The Diana Kilmury Story Barna-Alper’s first foray into dramatic fare airs next month in the u.s. on Turner Broadcasting (under the perhaps more confrontational moniker Mother Trucker), the 15-year-old company, long known for its docs, is forging ahead…
Special Report: Ottawa International Animation Festival: Boomer humor tweaks animation market mood
If Who Framed Roger Rabbit begat the seemingly endless money-making ability of older-skewing mass audience animated features, and if Aladdin begat an opening for The Simpsons in primetime, which begat a new level of sophistication in animated creative throughout the programming…
Atlantic fest to focus on North Atlantic Rim
Close to 200 Atlantic, Canadian and international titles are programmed for the 16th annual Atlantic Film Festival and executive director Robin Johnston hopes to meet, or even beat, the success of last year’s event. Attendance for the 1995 festival was up…
TIFF buyers focus on ancillary markets
With u.s. and other foreign buyers descending on Toronto for the 21st annual Toronto International Film Festival, the contents of their wish lists are all over the map, ranging from indie art films to thrillers and action/adventure….
Palomar enters Vancouver market
Vancouver companies Heartscape Pictures, Still Water Pictures, Payne & Gilbert Music Publishing and the new Orca Pacific Studios have entered into ‘a legal, financial and creative partnership’ called Palomar Entertainment, according to Palomar principal and Heartscape president Shona Miko….
Ontario Scene: Lacewood jumps from kids’ fare to late night
Well it’s not Ralph Benmergui, but Ottawa’s Lacewood Productions is in development with the cbc on a pilot for a live-action, late-night, interview format show. Lacewood president Sheldon Wiseman says it’s a combination of in-studio live interviews with a lot of…
Special Report: Toronto International Film Festival: It’s a fest, then a market
As the 21st annual Toronto International Film Festival reaches its usual frenzy – as locals skip work to catch a flick while industry types sigh at the box office – the question arises of how to strike the right balance between…
TIFF moves into high gear
The films have been announced, the sales force is descending, and the audience is listening. All that’s left now is the queuing….
Ontario Scene: Fireworks’ La Femme Nikita TV series set to roll this fall
Fireworks will launch production on 13 one-hour episodes of La Femme Nikita in Toronto on Oct. 7. The series, which is being produced for ctv and USA Network, will star Australian Peta Wilson as Nikita, Roy Dupuis as Michael and Alberta…
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