Montreal: The board of directors of Le Grand Nuit du Cinema has unveiled admissibility rules for the inaugural edition of the Prix Jutra film awards. The Soiree des Jutra gala will be broadcast live on Reseau tva March 7….

Music supervisor Ron Proulx, along with Amy Lennie have formed The Rights Company, a Toronto-based service company focused on rights clearance for the filmed entertainment, new media and information communities….

Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment has negotiated a major output deal with Home Box Office and hired ex-Alliance cfo Roman Doroniuk as president and coo….

Canadian comic Tom Green is in New York City filming six episodes of an American version of The Tom Green Show for u.s. cable channel heavyweight mtv….

Montreal: Science TV Distribution has formed a strategic alliance with The Multimedia Group of Canada. Roselyne Brouillet, Science tv director, planning and development, says the agreement is restricted to services, including offices at mgc’s new location in Old Montreal, but ownership…

Vancouver: Producer John Curtis is back in the saddle again as president of Prophecy Pictures and Prophecy Entertainment and has just wrapped the first feature since his days with defunct Everest Entertainment….

Production is underway on New Brunswick’s first television series, Daring & Grace (formerly Dick & Tracy), a project which sparked controversy among local producers last fall after receiving $260,000, reportedly 38% of Film nb’s budget for the year….

Montreal: Principal photography goes through to Feb. 19 on the David Bailey paranormal suspense feature The Intruder. The $7.6 million shoot stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nastassja Kinski, John Hanna and Canadian actors Molly Parker, Marianne Theriault and Charles Powell….

A new commercial studio facility has been established for the Toronto community, operating on a co-op basis with a number of industry participants….

At The Partners’ Film Company, director Ali Selim had two days for Hillshire Farms through Euro RSCG Tatham, Chicago. James Gardner was the dop and editing took place in the u.s….

*Six Gestures adds Grammy nom to kudos…

This issue, Playback is launching a new section which takes a look behind the camera, devoted entirely to the ins and outs of cinematography….