Filmmakers with features in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Perspective Canada lineup are going to be mighty busy over the next couple of weeks, but that is only half the picture. While these talents are being run ragged at screenings and…

The Toronto International Film Festival Symposium is largely focused on new media this year. ‘We are looking at what’s new, what’s hot and, given these new initiatives, who is making deals. We also want to look into what role is out…

Veteran filmmaker Anne Wheeler, Academy Award-winner Terre Nash (If You Love this Planet), John Pozer, festival winner Mike Hoolbloom and Robert Menard are among the established names gracing the Perspective Canada feature film lineup this year at the Toronto International Film…

‘It seems like every year there is a different mood about the festival from filmmakers: it’s either going to kill your films or it’s great for them.’ So says Colin Brunton, head of the Canadian Film Center’s Feature Film Project, who…

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Given the recent doom and gloom amid ongoing government cuts to the Canadian film and tv industry, it is unusual to hear someone say they believe something good may come of it all….

Paragon Entertainment’s annual report, issued Aug. 21, indicates year-end results for fiscal 1995 ending March 31, with revenues at $40 million, net earnings at $150,000, retained earnings at $3.2 million and earnings per share at $0.01….

After Alliance Communications’ release Aug. 17 of first-quarter results ending June 30, 1995, Scotia McLeod associate analyst Randall Rudniski released a report on the company that showed strength in the production and distribution divisions and a recent dip in stock price…

Strained negotiations between the Canadian Film and Television Production Association and the actra Performers Guild for a new Independent Production Agreement are threatening to lead to a strike in September. Last month, with a number of substantive issues still on the…

after 18 months as coo and president of Atlantis Communications, Kevin Shea is stepping down later this month. The founder and former president of ytv is headed for a position as president of the Global Television network in Ontario and head…

amid rumors about more impending government cuts to tvontario, the Ontario broadcaster has put together a fall lineup that is largely unchanged from last year’s slate, except in the children’s programming department….

after 25 years in the business as an agent, Ralph Zimmerman, president of Great North Artists Management, doesn’t believe a star system is in the cards for Canada….