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Let It Come Down

Director/writer: Jennifer Baichwal – Producers: Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier – Cameraman: Jim Allodi – Diary by: Louise Cameron…

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The market for original stock

Although the notion of shooting original stock may be offensive to purists who feel that archives should chronicle the past, new footage looks as though it might become the backbone of the business for the major players….

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Rupert’s Land

Director: Jonathan Tammuz – Writer: Graeme Manson – Producers: Scott Kennedy, Bill Thumm – Cameraman: Gregory Middleton – Diary by: Cheryl Binning…

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Germany likes foreign fare, Australia draws young skew

The following is the second in a three-part series of articles casing the international children’s programming market….

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Un gars, une fille tops BBM ratings

Montreal: The Avanti Cine Video sketch comedy Un gars, une fille topped the summer bbm book for the extended Montreal francophone market with 546,000 viewers, making it the top-rated Radio-Canada program of the past five years….

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Rainmaker grows 31% in 2nd quarter

Vancouver: In the second quarter of fiscal ’98, Rainmaker Entertainment Group is back in the black, pushed by strong growth in its visual effects and new media departments….

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The Fishing Trip

Director/producer: Amnon Buchbinder – Executive producer: Camelia Frieberg – Writer: Michelle Lovretta – Diary by: Louise Leger…

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Aujourd’hui ou jamais

Director: Jean Pierre Lefebvre – Screenwriters: Lefebvre, Marcel Sabourin – Producer: Bernard Lalonde, Vent d’Est Films, Montreal – Cameraman: Robert Vanherweghem – Diary by: Leo Rice-Barker…

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Boy Meets Girl

Writers: Tim Lee, Doug Bagot – Director: Jerry Ciccoritti – Cameraman: David Perrault – Producer: Stavros Stavrides – Diary by: Pamela Swedko…

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Dirty

Director/writer/coproducer: Bruce Sweeney – Executive producer: Stephen Hegyes – Coproducers: Linda Gunns, John Dippong – Cameraman: David Pelletier – Diary by: Louise Cameron…

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YTV, ITV and TFO license Galafilm/U.K. series Worst Witch

Montreal: Based on the popular British children’s book series by Jill Murphy, The Adventures of the Worst Witch is one of the more promising Canada/u.k. coproductions of the new season. Arnie Gelbart of Galafilm and two u.k. partners, htv (United) and…