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Post Shop adds Softimage DS

With the addition of a Softimage DS, The Post Shop in Toronto is gearing up for commercial work and more….

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Cuppa Coffee does titles for eXistenZ

Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee has made its entrance into the film titles market with a three-minute ‘moving collage’ opening sequence for David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ….

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Mag North sales appointment

Russ Robertson has been appointed to the position of manager of sales and marketing at Toronto-based Magnetic North. Robertson has extensive experience in the sales and marketing side of the film and tv industry and was most recently vp, marketing and…

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Top audio post and post shops

Following is an alphabetical listing of Canada’s Top Shops as determined by Playback’s second annual survey of audio post and post-production facilities across the country.Post includes editing, transfer and effects and animation.[ A | B | C…

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Relationships key to successful PR

No matter how attractive a producer’s project may be, its success on a television network is highly dependent on the relationship between the production company and the broadcaster….

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Making the most of scant $$

In an industry where the publicity surrounding a production is almost as important as the production itself, it’s a little surprising that financially strapped production houses allow their promotional dollars to be cut first….

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AAR, Miramax sign to 2005

Montreal: Alliance Atlantis Releasing has completed the first of a two-step process as it reconsolidates its uncontested position as Canada’s top distributor. The Toronto-based distributor has signed an extension to the year 2005 of its all-rights output agreement with Miramax Films,…

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B.C. industry unscathed

Vancouver: In what many consider a surprise, b.c.’s film industry came away relatively unscathed in the provincial budget March 30 – a budget that cut other provincial industries to pay for substantial increases in health and education spending….

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Crews turned back at border

The problems experienced by some Canadian production crews in attempting to cross the u.s. border continue unabated and are likely the result of more thorough application of existing immigration guidelines which distinguish between news and entertainment production categories, say u.s. Immigration…

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At Press Time

The Canadian Television Fund has announced that $198.6 million is available in the next round of funding….

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Lampron on the rules of the game

Montreal: sodec president Pierre Lampron says the current operating rules for film and television production financing as established in revised Canadian Television Fund guidelines are undermining the industry’s best long-term interests….

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Mtl. studio expansion

Montreal: Moli-Flex White Group and other shareholders have announced plans to invest $25.5 million in Cine Cite Montreal, a multi-studio soundstage complex located 15 minutes from downtown Montreal on the former Saint-Hubert military air base….