To stimulate the recording of music for film and television in Canada and provide producers with a simpler set of rules, the American Federation of Musicians recently forged a new Canadian Film Production Agreement….

With the power of an Andelite gift, and some magic from DAVE animators and artists, five teenagers have been granted the unique ability to morph into any living creature they touch by soaking up its DNA in Animorphs, a Scholastic fantasy-adventure…

With a new Alias|Wavefront Maya system in the house, Optix Digital Post & Effects is moving into 3D animation and creating some disastrous circumstances for CineNova Productions….

Salter Street’s Bill Niven has switched hats, stepping down as vp of development and moving into production with 40 15-minute episodes of Pirates, a new preschool puppet series for ytv….

Following the success of last year’s Playland spots, which earned Bessies gold in the campaign and singles categories, Palmer Jarvis ddb and Apple Box Productions, Vancouver, have delivered another humorous look at the amusement park, this time focusing on the importance…

From the steps of the Ryan family home, or in reality a cozy Victorian-style Newfoundland bed and breakfast, director Stephen Reynolds breaks for lunch. Cell phone in hand, he sings the praises of his feature film directorial debut without losing an…

Truly independent spirits in every sense of the word, Backroads Films collaborators writer/director Terry O’Brien and dop Christopher Ball not only wrote, financed and shot Stolen Heart, but they are distributing it as well….

From Axmith McIntyre Wicht – the Toronto agency which suggested Ontario was ours to discover in the ’80s – and The Players Film Company director/cameraman Henry Less, come four energetic new spots for Ontario Tourism featuring beautiful landscapes, breathtaking sunsets and…

With the help of government incentives and coproduction activities, combined with local enthusiasm and talent, producers in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are beefing up production slates and attracting attention from across the country and around the world….

Spurred by the success of the Canada/Germany sci-fi copro Lexx: The Dark Zone, the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation has signed a letter of intent with the Berlin-Brandenburg Film Board, an agreement above and beyond the Canada/ Germany treaty stating that…

Some dub it a circus act that amounts to little more than spectacle. Others deem it a great way to generate some buzz around a project. But all generally agree that ringleader Pat Ferns’ Market Simulation is a must-see at Banff….

In a busy factory just North of Nowhere, ‘one man devotes his life to dreaming up new ways to tickle the tongue and blow the minds of even the most experienced candy lovers.’ He’s ‘Willy Wonka, after all.’…