When in the market for stock footage, most producers go straight to the larger shops. But when looking for a specific shot of the first Canadian settlers, a wwii fighter plane or a giant octopus feeding its young, there are a…

Local producers are awaiting answers on the future of their industry as a task force has completed a report on the status of Film New Brunswick and submitted it to the provincial government….

In keeping with Visa’s all-you-need theme, Leo Burnett’s New York Festivals Gold-winning spot ‘Vending Machine’ features a gigantic vending machine filled with all kinds of things you don’t need. . . but really, really want….

Seven months after leaving his post as executive director of Film nb, Sam Grana has resurfaced as vp of Toronto-based John N. Smith’s Dunany Productions….

The Partners’ Film Company director Britt Randle has launched his commercial directing career with a New York Festival Silver Award-winning spot to spice up his reel….

What starts off looking like a great cello solo turns out to be an anti-climactic promo for a 25-cent hamburger….

Spawned from the sports pages, a 60-second psa recounts a true and tragic tale with hard-hitting visuals urging kids to stay away from drugs….

It’s the classic tale of the three little pigs, only instead of seeking shelter in an indestructible brick house they run for the safety of a minivan….

It’s Spatula World, a one-stop shop for all your flipping needs. . . well, actually, it’s Vodaworld….

Halifax’s Imagex Films (Love and Death on Long Island, The Divine Ryans) is expanding its production slate beyond feature films and moving into television and animation production….

With this issue, Playback introduces Direct This, a new feature focusing in on directors, established, up-and-coming and reinvented. Send suggestions to Pamela Swedko: fax (416) 408-0870; e-mail: pswedko@brunico.com….

Five orphaned children from war-torn planets band together for survival in a universe under attack in Brats of the Lost Nebula, a sci-fi adventure series combining cg animation with puppetry….