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Marc Glassman
Paris comes to Amsterdam
Paul Cowan’s Paris 1919, a creative docudrama on the world-shaping conference that concluded the First World War, drew a respectful…
Amsterdam sees Wintonick’s latest
Documentarian and good-will ambassador Peter Wintonick struck a typically graceful chord for international relations on…
Doc on docs bows at doc fest
Dispelling fears that it would be too ‘inside’ the genre, the blessedly jargon-free feature Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary drew an enthusiastic…
Doc directors tapped at CFC, NFB
Joint effort to turn out feature docs brings in Yung Chang, Shelley Saywell, John Walker and Sarah Polley. Project head Jerry McIntosh ‘over the moon’
NFB gets closer with NHK
Board finalizes agreement for ‘creative laboratory’ with Japanese pubcaster
Top cable channel balances Disney and homegrown hits
Two decades after Astral Media quietly launched Family Channel as Canada’s first children’s-oriented broadcaster with only 200,000 subscribers, it has become the big kid on the block with 5.8 million viewers (2+). In 2008, it also garnered the coveted number one English-language pay and specialty channel status in Canada.
‘Unique trust’ forged with Disney
‘Television You Can Trust’ – the original branding line for Family Channel – still resonates for Ian Greenberg, president and CEO of Astral Media, because ‘trust’ is the operative relationship he has cultivated with the legendary Walt Disney Company.
Toronto group goes green
New guide for environmentally friendly media-making looks to spur greener practices across the city’s industry. Certification program in the works
Economy meets ecology at Planet in Focus
Green-minded festival blends arts and eco-activism in ninth edition, readies environmental guide for media-makers
Visually affecting the industry
Refusing to rest on the laurels strewn on them for their work on films and TV shows like The Incredible Hulk and Stargate: Atlantis, digital producers in Ontario and British Columbia have taken matters into their own hands, forming associations to represent their interests in Canada and abroad.
Avid gets Red
Avid Technology’s announcement that it has signed a R3D Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) licence agreement with Red Digital Cinema Camera Company is the latest indicator of the swift rise of the hot new Red One camera in the marketplace.
Ripper’s latest bows at VIFF
Director expects activist celebs including Daryl Hannah and Danny Glover to boost high-minded doc Fierce Light. Distribs ready two-pronged campaign
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