Montreal: Cinar Films and New York-based toy manufacturer and distributor Eden llc have concluded an agreement to produce a line of plush toys for the preschool series Wimzie’s House….

Vancouver: The former business manager of the B.C. Council of Film Unions is planning to sue the Council for breach of employment contract after allegations he was ‘constructively’ dismissed….

A week after the first annual Golden Marble Awards in New York and at the end of the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival, it’s easy to mark a change in the cadence of the culture….

* Shawn Williamson is the new president of Shavick Entertainment. As a result of the appointment, he says he’ll start an independent production division to develop and produce indigenous projects….

Vancouver: At the Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver distributor Red Sky Entertainment finally confirmed its output deal with New York-based distributor Stratosphere Entertainment….

Budget cutbacks and a 1996 restructuring have led some in the animation community to question the future role of the National Film Board in independent, auteur-driven animation production….

City had just come on air in 1972 and I was struggling to stay afloat, relying heavily on something called The Baby Blue Movie – which ran Friday nights at midnight – to motivate viewers to search out Canada’s First Commercial…

The Ottawa International Animation Festival’s Animarket trade fair returns this year with North American and international exhibitors, ranging from conglomerates to small animation companies, ready to scout talent and raise their profiles….

An initiative that will help introduce small- to medium-sized animation companies and educators to the international market will debut at the Ottawa International Animation Festival’s Animarket trade fair….

The Reed Midem Organization has selected Canada for a national day tribute at this year’s 14th edition of mipcom. The Canada Day program takes place on Oct. 6 and opens with a speech by Charles Sirois, chairman of Teleglobe and Coscient…

Robert Cousins has left his post as director of production at Toronto’s Accent Entertainment to form a new production company with former Barna-Alper director of development David Weaver. The new enterprise is called A Sight Unseen….

The 18th Atlantic Film Festival kicked off Sept. 18 with 200 films, increased venues, and new streamlined gala screenings….