McClear Pathe, one of Toronto’s largest sound studios, had a robbery attempt late last month….

From a pool of countless Canadian finalists, work from domestic ad agencies and production shops earned a total of 11 awards – including four golds – at the New York Festivals 1997 International TV Advertising Awards show, held at the end…

A new addition to the roster of Zoo tv, Canadian director Bradley Walsh recently scored a slam dunk on his first commercial job. His series of street level spots for NBA Canada were picked up for airing across the u.s….

Vancouver: The sequel to Air Bud, the top grossing Canadian film in 1997, goes before the cameras on Valentine’s Day….

Lockwood Films has optioned This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, the first book in Gordon Korman’s series of adventures centering on the shenanigans of Bruno and Boots, classmates at a conservative boarding school….

‘The Caucasian skull that we found clearly indicates we’re in the right spot. We’re going to find that ship.’…

In this report, Playback looks at the issues and people behind the casting business in Quebec, profiling casting directors, clients and the talent who work in the growing English-language film and tv production sector….

In this report, Playback looks at the issues and people behind the casting business in Quebec, profiling casting directors, clients and the talent who work in the growing English-language film and tv production sector….

Sources say Paul Temple and Joel Davidson have been released from Rogers Communications, effective immediately. Temple was vp regulatory and corporate development for Rogers Cablesystems and Davidson was vp of marketing. * * * Don Popow, Metro Goldwyn Mayer vp,…

Deep inside Toronto’s Casa Loma in the damp and musty maze of underground tunnels connecting the barren stables to the castle, a chase is underway, marking the opening scene of Le Monde Entertainment’s (the l.a.-based division of Alliance Communications) post-Cold War…

Vancouver: When last year’s exodus of Alliance Releasing staff added up to Red Sky Entertainment, one question top of mind in the industry was ‘What the hell were they thinking?’ By leaving the comfort and safety of Alliance and the center…

Park City, Utah: Kurt Cobain and Canadian director Bruce Sweeney are rarely folded into the same sentence. But at Sundance, where the fabulous, the freaks and the filmmakers runneth over, a parade of perfect teeth and footwear wholly inappropriate for three…