Recently commissioned studies of broadcaster commitment to the Prairie provinces paint a dismal picture of the Western regional production landscape….

Five Winnipeg screenwriters have been selected to take part in The National Screen Institute – Canada’s inaugural National Writers Roundtable….

Regina-based public relations firm Creative Consortium is merging its operations with local production company Minds Eye Pictures….

Ground has been broken on Manitoba’s first soundstage facility, the $7.7-million Prairie Production Centre….

Six Alberta writers have received prizes totaling more than $15,000 as part of the fifth annual Television and Film Institute of Alberta Screenwriting Competition….

In response to the latest round of Canadian Television Fund commitments, producers associations and film commissions in Western Canada plan to launch a concerted lobby effort to create a funding envelope dedicated to the Prairie region….

Yorkton, Sask.: Keys To Kingdoms, directed by Nathaniel Geary and produced by Wendy Hyman of Vancouver topped the winner’s list at the 1999 Golden Sheaf Awards, held last month as part of the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival. In addition…

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….

Vancouver: The biggest miniseries ever to shoot in b.c. went to camera April 19 and will wrap July 7, before heading off for a few days of production in New York City….

Vancouver: The 1999 Moving Pictures: Canadian Films On Tour wrapped May 10 in Quesnel, b.c. with a 33% increase in attendance compared with 1998 audience tallies….

A judging panel will find three winners out of 10 finalists vying for the first Shavick Award for the best emerging director in Western Canada. Finalists are Shaun Cathcart (Shift), Andrew Currie (Night of the Living), Wendy Hyman (Keys to Kingdom),…

at a recent Toronto showcase for film gear, equipment sales, rental, and service house Cinequip demonstrated components of the Dedolight lighting system….