As they move into series production (nonfiction), Associated Producers partner Elliott Halpern says next year the company could be looking to double its production volume (it’s currently producing six to 10 hours a year)….

U.S. director Lynn Hershman Leeson’s latest film Conceiving Ada is notable tech-wise not only for its digerati cameos (Timothy Leary’s last film turn, and Well-master John Perry Barlow as an encryption expert), but for its use – which producer Henry S….

Twenty years ago producer/ director Ira Wohl won the collected nod of every festival jury, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with Best Boy. Now Wohl is looking for a Canadian distributor for the Oscar-winning doc’s sequel, Best…

Twenty years ago producer/ director Ira Wohl won the collective nod of every festival jury, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that screened Best Boy, a doc about his mentally retarded cousin. Last week he finished the sequel,…

U.S. director Lynn Hershman Leeson’s latest film is notable tech-wise not only for its digerati cameos (Timothy Leary’s last film turn, and Well-master John Perry Barlow as an encryption expert), but for its use – which producer Henry S. Rosenthal believes…

For the non-stencil mavens in the crowd, finally, the lifestyle lampoon you’ve been waiting for. Daily Tips For Modern Living is a six-pack of half-hours from Halifax-based Salter Street Films for the cbc which its producers hope will be the ‘next…

Marseille: For four long days leading up to the solstice, the former residence of the Imperatrice Eugenie was swarmed by hordes of docmakers, sellers and buyers, all anxious to screen and be screened. Sunny Side of the Doc attracted 818 participants…

Not content with a Grand Prize picked up in l.a. at the World Animation Celebration and another in tow from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London, The Old Lady and the Pigeons has taken a third Grand…

With summer supposedly around the corner, Canadians’ thoughts turn to the Great Outdoors and all those related activities which ­ in the Great North ­ only lend themselves to certain months. In other words, Deep Beer Ad season….

Cannes: Atlantis Communications’ new output deal with TV3 New Zealand and Ellis Enterprises’ distribution coup for New York-based Unapix Entertainment’s non-fiction programming were amongst Canadian industry highlights, as the usual frenzy of MIP-TV ’97 came to a close April 16….

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High Road Productions has just created a new distribution division, High Road International. In addition to world market forays, the 16-year-old Toronto documentary production company is also venturing into drama….