‘I was at a Camera d’Or lunch and someone came up to me and said, `Oh, I loved your last film, The Sweet Hereafter,’ says actor/ writer/director Don McKellar. Don’t make the mistake. McKellar is not Atom Egoyan….

Is your film hip, young and aggressive? Is it perhaps too risque for Miramax and Fine Line’s parent companies? Maybe you should talk to the revamped u.s.-based Artisan Entertainment….

Vancouver’s Red Sky Entertainment has 14 titles on the program for the Toronto International Film Festival, a substantial feat when the distribution company is not yet one year old….

Okay, so we scoffed. We said the pre-festival party thrown by former Paragon Entertainment president Richard Borchiver and his new partner Paul Wynn would be lame compared to sparkly things happening over the next two weeks. After all, when the pr…

When David Cronenberg screened rushes (also known as dailies) on the Alliance Communications production of his virtual-reality, sci-fi thriller eXistenZ, which wrapped early in July in Toronto, the much-lauded director was treated to the highest-quality digital sound perfectly in sync with…

*Northwest crystallizes transfer initiative…

The Rogers Industry Centre Symposium ’98: Reality Bites Back/Indie Rules will kick off Sept. 14 with two days focusing on the independents behind film, television and new media….

Toronto station Citytv has another original and innovative television event planned for viewers – this time with a retro twist….

Vidatron Entertainment of Vancouver unveiled its latest series as Playback was going to press. Yaletown, created by Larry Sugar of Vidatron division Sugar Entertainment, is being made for WIC Western International Communications, keeping alive the idea that business continues at the…

Vancouver: Motion Works is in the process of shutting down its Vancouver operations, selling its special effects technology and moving in with its parent company in Toronto….

Alliance senior vp corporate communications Robert Pattillo is one of the first to signal he will not be staying with the new merged entity Alliance Atlantis Communications….

Proposed federal tax credit legislation could disqualify Canadian producers from the indigenous federal tax credit if they sell their productions’ worldwide rights to a Canadian distributor….