Pam Swedko

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Walsh: schmooze king

The Players Film Company’s Bradley Walsh had a fire lit under him early in his career when a creative director he went to for advice said Walsh might not have what it takes to be a director….

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On Set: Must be Santa

With no elves, no reindeer and around 85 visual effects shots, cbc tells its version of the classic Christmas story with the help of gvfx, Toronto/Vancouver….

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Favaro trips the light brightly with ballet great Baryshnikov

Just over a year ago, ex-ballerina and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker Isabella Cairess Favaro jumped on a plane to Chicago to track down ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov….

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Hatzis turns to classifieds to get Spice of Life off the ground

In an attempt to raise funds for her first feature film, Toronto-based writer Helen Hatzis placed a small three-line ad in the Toronto Star classifieds which read: ‘Feature film company seeking investor.’…

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TSB takes artistic approach to teaching animation

A small school in an unlikely place, the TSB School of Animation, is training students in animation using a more artistic approach….

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Students try hands at film

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television along with members of Toronto City Council honored filmmakers of the future by giving them hands-on opportunities to hone their crafts….

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Goin’ down the Backroads: Cheechoo shoots on Manitoulin

Shirley Cheechoo’s first feature film Backroads is being shot six hours north of Toronto on Manitoulin Island, a rather remote locale that’s presenting the producers with some transportation and communication challenges….

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Chrysler trips out

Directors Film Company’s Robert Quartly created a retro ’70s look in two spots for Chrysler, which takes car buffs 30 years into the past and asks, Remember your first car?…

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Spin design services

Call it a creative alliance. Call it a ‘new business model.’ Call it innovative, value-added marketing if you will. But the best way to describe the new type design services now available through Spin Productions is to call it as new…

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Romantic thriller Romanov Crown in final stages

Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Mask) has joined executive producers Martin Harbury (Bar Harbour Films) and Robert Walker and producer Darlene MacLeod in the final stages of The Romanov Crown….

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Direct This – Andy Knight

After setting up shop in London, Eng. in the early ’90s, Red Rover president and director Andy Knight was pretty sure he was never coming back to Canada….

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Macro impact

Macro impact…