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12th Annual Report on Commercial Production/Top Spots ’97: Canadian commercial shops

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DKP ups U.S., long-form involvement

With significant and ongoing forays into the u.s. market, Dan Krech Productions is also continuing to expand and modify its Toronto facility and make larger strides into long-format work….

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Commercial Directions: Sigismondi, Fong win three-day Adidas run

Kessler Irish director Ron Baxter Smith and dop Paul Sarossy shot one day for Shoppers Drug Mart through TBWA/Chiat Day. Leo Zaharatos edited at Chameleon….

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News Brief: Chicago’s Worsham joins Apple Box

Repped in Canada for the first time, Chicago-based director Craig Worsham brings his witty, comedic style to Apple Box Productions….

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Rocketship does NoggleVision

The client: Nickelodeon wanted a series of 3D shorts – two 15s and a 20-second bumper – for its NoggleVision primetime slot which necessitates viewers don those cool 3D goggles….

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Zap Proof: Lipton’s wild ride

When I was a kid, my brother used to try to gross me out by showing me his mouthful of semi-masticated food. So I’m a veteran of what goes on in people’s mouths when they’re eating, but I’ve never seen anything…

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Word: Lenz returns to its commercial roots

Toronto-based Lenz Entertainment will be returning to its roots, rebuilding the commercial side of its music production business….

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News Brief: N.Y.-style reading

Toronto writer Mitch Moldofsky will be presenting a reading of his screenplay, a romantic comedy titled Going For Broke, at the Free Times Cafe in Toronto in what he hopes will become a regular series titled Off The Page….

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Quebec Scene: Carver, Briere, Tremblay headline latest Bouchard adaptation Teeka

Montreal: Highly sought-after actor Brent Carver (Lilies, Whiskers) plays Maurice in the film adaptation of Michel Marc Bouchard’s winning stage play The Tale of Teeka, a one-hour children’s drama special produced by Arnie Gelbart of Galafilm in association with Triptych Media…

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B.C. Scene: VTV directors quit, challenge Baton’s local accountability

Vancouver: The integrity of Vancouver Television’s claim that it is locally accountable is under siege with the high-profile resignations of three of its four Vancouver-based directors….

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Binchmarks: Copyright reform (Part 1): neighboring rights

David Kent is a litigation partner and a member of the KNOWlaw Group in the Toronto law firm McMillan Binch. This is the first in an occasional series of articles on copyright reform….