Nine Canadian-based technical wizards will share in 35 awards recognizing those who have made a significant technical contribution to the art of movie making according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences….

The Canadian Media Quality Ratings Survey conducted by Neilsen Media Research has discovered that Discovery Channel is ranked number one in Canada for viewer satisfaction. This is the second consecutive year Discovery has achieved this distinction. According to the poll, 97%…

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John Bailey, chief operating officer of Famous Players, is on edge about Kansas City-based movie chain giant AMC Theatres having opened two new theaters in the Toronto area….

Montreal-based distributor Remstar has opened a Toronto office and is gearing up for its first foray into feature film releasing and production in the English-language market. Vancouver’s Forefront Entertainment is in the midst of its first theatrical release and will also…

Alliance Cinemas’ 1999 expansion plans include six more screens in Toronto, four screens in Victoria, five screens in Calgary, and six screens in Edmonton. The buildup is worth $5 million, according to Alliance Cinemas president Leonard Schein….

While the overall volume of international coproductions rose 11% between 1997 and 1998, foreign partnerships on feature films decreased slightly, to 21 films in ’98 from 26 projects a year earlier….

Feature film analysts with both Telefilm Canada and provincial agency sodec are in high-scramble mode with most producers looking to shoot this year forced to file for the Jan. 22 eip/lfp deadline….

A new production financing pool managed by Montreal distributor Blackwatch Entertainment and anchored by a $20-million investment from an unnamed Canadian pension fund kicks into action next month with the thriller Dead Silent….

Lea Pool’s sixth feature Emporte-moi, a coproduction with France and Switzerland, is the Feb. 11 opening night film for this year’s Rendez-vous du cinema quebecois, the annual film and video production retrospective….

The Canadian Film and Television Production Association is presenting its annual conference Prime Time in Ottawa Feb. 2 and 3….

The Ontario Film Development Corporation reports a record year in 1998, with $743.2 million injected into the economy by Ontario film and television productions. According to ofdc, the ’98 total is up $108 million or 17% from the $635.1 million in…