Patricia Bailey

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Producers prepare to pounce

Despite his laudable French and bridge-building to Canada’s other solitude, Heritage Minister James Moore just doesn’t seem to get a break in Quebec.

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Number three: Muse does its own thing

A slate of international coproductions and original homegrown content are keeping revenues up at Muse Entertainment this spring.

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Spending scandal at SODEC

Quebec Premier Jean Charest has lost faith in the agency’s top executive following a report that revealed the cultural mandarin’s tendency to spend like…

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Dolan makes a Kill-ing

Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan has swept three of the four prizes at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight…

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Moore puzzled by conference flap

A spokeswoman for the Heritage minister says James Moore did not get the impression that Quebec producers were frustrated…

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Moore ducks out on producers

There was talk of a protest campaign this week at the Quebec producers association to fight aspects of the new Canada Media Fund…

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Podz film will be ‘hard to watch’

The director of some of Quebec’s most original television drama and producer Pierre Gendron have teamed…

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Another curve ball from CRTC chief

Canwest Global head Leonard Asper echoed a warning heard earlier this week from CTVgm’s Ivan Fecan — telling the CRTC that conventional broadcasters will…

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Master of his domain

Many journalists remarked that Quebecor Media owner Pierre Karl Péladeau grinned as Heritage Minister James Moore launched his idea for the Canada Media Fund.

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Industry’s future uncertain, says Vallée

Actress Laurence Leboeuf and producer Josée Vallée were among the five women working in Quebec film and television honored…

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New home for Cinema Parallele

Cinephiles are breathing easier after Quebec’s culture minister kicked in $175,000 to help the venerated rep theater…

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Producers put pressure on Clarkson

Anxious content providers pushed Telefilm Canada’s top execs to act as a voice for their industry as the funder held its first…