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Commercial Directions: Kates, Koch share Body Fantasies

Imported Artists director Richard D’Alessio and dop Simon Mestel spent four days poolside shooting a hot young pool boy getting ready to make his move on a teenage girl. When he gets too close an alarm goes off and a recording…

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Word: Avion gets new exec producer

Avion Films has hired a new executive producer in the person of Andrea Minot. Minot previously worked at Chameleon….

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:30 Philip Kates

Radke Films director Philip Kates says his appreciation for art films and wry sense of humor mark his work, and appropriately, he lists his main influences as ’40s film noir director Jacques Tourneur and Mad magazine. Kates’ Pizza Pops spots for…

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Storyboards: Molson Export – gettin’ swingy with it

Although a suburban hockey rink has often been the locus of history in the making in this country, this time the rink was repurposed to provide a setting for a new spot out of MacLaren McCann for Molson Export highlighting a…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Montreal-based coproductions

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Partnering with Montreal producers

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Perspective – Cauchard: orchestrating WFF

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Industry debates means of growth management

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Behaviour’s Brousseau: Working with the Europeans

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Coprod still soaring

In this special report, Playback steps back to look at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the issues surrounding production in Quebec. Included are interviews with producers, distributors, funding agency managers and service providers on a range of topics including…

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Gemini Awards/Prix Gemeaux: The Gemeaux nominees

Following are the nominees in this year’s 22 program, 29 craft and 16 performance award categories as tabulated by the accounting firm of kmpg and provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television….

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Montreal World Film Festival & Production in Quebec: Montreal distrib fall releases

Following is a selective list of fall releases from Montreal-based distributors….