The numbers have been crunched for the Cable Production Fund’s first year and the final tally is that with $46.5 million in allocations, the fund triggered 172 productions worth $329.9 million….

canada’s film and tv production industry is estimated to be worth $2.2 billion, according to 1995 statistics, with $1.5 billion generated by indigenous production and the rest coming from service deals. So says Tom Berry, chair of the Canadian Film and…

About five months after Eastern Mall Ltd., which owned the studios, facilities and properties at Cinespace, was declared bankrupt, word is a new owner has been found and the deal is signed….

Earlier this month two major studio features were scouting in Ottawa, or as one locations insider puts it, ‘not so much scouting as researching.’…

Overture, dim the lights, this is it, three nights of nightsand so go the Gemini Awards, year in, year out….

The five nominated filmmakers for the Donald Brittain Award for best documentary are all veterans of the business. All, except David Kaufman of cbc’s in-house investigative program the fifth estate, are independent filmmakers and together they’ve racked up more years of…

Documentary filmmakers Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobovici, founding partners of the thriving production house Associated Producers, saw the writing on the wall about three years ago and altered their company’s strategies accordingly….

As predicted by some and feared by many, implementation of the new film and video tax credit is still a distant dream. At this late stage, the good news is cavco is expected to release its revised guidelines for ritc eligibility…

Reports that the National Film Board’s English headquarters in Montreal will be dismantled and relocated to Toronto are greatly exaggerated, says nfb English Program director general Barbara Janes….

Natpe’s role as an international marketplace has evolved throughout the nineties, gradually attracting more European buyers, sellers, producers and programmers, and gaining a significant rise in the number of Latin American and Asian attendees. Canadians are also on the increase at…

As of Jan. 9, Skyvision’s new and sole owner is Jay Firestone, former Alliance Communications vice-chairman who negotiated with Interbrew for the Toronto-based production company….

Sullivan Entertainment has started off 1996 with a bang….