Torontonian Holly Dale is one of the hottest directors working in dramatic series on American and Canadian television. Stylish and efficient, she’s directed episodes of Heroes, Cold Case and Life in Los Angeles over the past two years, while contributing to the look and feel of Flashpoint, Being Erica (previously titled The Session) and Durham County back at home.
No audience applause heard as the Canada/Brazil/Japan copro opens the Vancouver fest. More kudos go to the festival itself
‘If I was going to be completely selfish, I’d tell my programmers…’I’m going to stick to the nonfiction films,” says Alan Franey, executive director of the Vancouver International Film Festival.
‘Frankly, I told colleagues that I could program a whole festival with docs this year,’ enthuses Terry McEvoy, Canadian Images programmer for the Vancouver International Film Festival. ‘That’s how many good ones crossed my desk,’ he adds.
New enviro-minded program The Ark includes world premiere of Canada/U.S. doc Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Bill Maher and Larry Charles hold religiously incorrect press conference
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: BLINDNESS
VANGUARD: PONTYPOOL
Nine key industry figures past and present were inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame June 25 at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, in an event attended by more than 150 Canadian media leaders.
Producers Robert Lantos and Roger Frappier, broadcaster Trina McQueen, and filmmaker Allan King were on-hand Wednesday night in Toronto to accept their inductions into the second annual Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame
ALLAN KING: CREATIVE