Montreal: Leading players in the Canadian feature film industry including representatives from the apftq and cftpa, and cafde, the distributors association, attended a Telefilm Canada retreat in Ste. Adele, Que., Nov. 25-26 to discuss major revisions to the agency’s feature film…

*Fireworks goes public…

Vancouver: Motion picture bwana Jack Valenti – himself – has told B.C. Film Commissioner Pete Mitchell that b.c. had better ante up or else….

Amsterdam: Trams, cars, the threat of being mowed down by bicycles as you step out into the street and producers schmoozing their proposals to all and sundry – it could almost be Toronto, but the canals give it away – this…

Space: The Imagination Station has licensed Vidatron Entertainment sci-fi series First Wave….

History is becoming big business, and nowhere more so than in film and video. It’s not just the History Channel, and other obvious documentary channels that are plumbing the film and tv archives of the world. All specialty channels, and a…

Vancouver: Animation house Studio B Productions and its coproduction partner, Florida-based Aston Entertainment, expect to secure syndication sales at next month’s natpe in New Orleans to cover 75% of the u.s. for their series D’Myna Leagues. The animated show about baseball…

Greenlight Film and Television is partnering with a trio of u.k. producers and broadcasters cbc and bbc to develop a $10.3-million, half-hour series, Fungus the Bogeyman, a live-action/animatronics combo….

*Service to consult for Camelot pics…

So, how difficult was it to get a second season going? Both women laugh. ‘Oh my god. It was awful!’…

Big Star Motion Pictures director Giacomo Moncada shot three days of Italpasta direct. Mario Madau was the dop and Peer Engelhardt edited at Lonestar Films….

*LTB launches laugh lineup…