Fundy Communications and the Canada Independent Film & Video Fund have announced the first five recipients of awards from the new Fundy Communications Production Fund….

From the beginning, Robert understood the Toronto International Film Festival and what it could give him. Remember the riot around In Praise of Older Women in 1978? A brilliant entrepreneur with a natural talent for finding the showbiz angle, he watched…

The Partners’ Film Company director Mitch Gabourie and dop Rene Ohashi had a day for The White Ribbon Campaign out of Grey Canada. The spot, about men against violence to women, was cut by Joel Zigler at Partners’ Post….

In an effort to reemphasize his role as a director, Magic Films founder/director Derek Case has joined Generator Digital Video Production. The production side of 10-year-old Magic will cease while the post portion of the company will continue as Magic Editing….

‘He’s a real entrepreneur, you know? He started with nothing. He’s a very shrewd guy….

*Avid/Tektronix align…

Atlantis Communications ceo Michael MacMillan says the rivalry between Atlantis and Alliance Communications has been the last thing on his mind these past six months. Maybe because it’s hard to duel when you’re forced to address the rival as ‘Pluto’ and…

For the second year, Playback convened Vancouver-based producers to chat about doing business on the West Coast….

Chances are good that if the Canadian dollar continues to languish at 64 cents compared to the u.s. greenback and the tight Vancouver production center becomes even more jammed, Victoria will become b.c.’s new production frontier faster than its lobbyists expected….

I am from Montreal, and of, as they delicately put it in French, a certain age. I therefore remember Alliance when it was four or five people working out of two or three rooms. It is important to keep this starting…

Robert is a genuine Canadian nationalist, the kind who sees the opportunities in every challenge. He has a unique perspective about being Canadian and being excellent….

B.C. Finance Minister Joy McPhail recently said that the local film industry was one of the only sectors in the province not falling into economic recession. And by all other accounts, the industry is growing at a better-than-healthy clip that is…