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It’s a typical sun drenched, big sky prairie morning as Wayne Sheldon drives into the heart of Winnipeg from his farm just north of town. He’s on his cell phone lining up a three-camera shoot for a local production company. They…

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Microsoft cofounder and Dreamworks’ largest outside shareholder Paul Allen is making the official launch of his feature film company Clear Blue Sky Productions at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 6. This is where the company’s first two projects, Inspirations and…

Mike Medavoy doesn’t know what he’s going to say yet….

This column highlights festival titles that are attracting the interest of buyers and distributors….

So now what? That’s the question we’ll be asking directors, producers and screenwriters with films at this year’s festival. Pitching will bring you up to date on what festival delegates have on deck, as they schmooze and pitch the players, hoping…

Playback is keeping tabs on the day-to-day hustling of producer Stephen Hegyes as he works to land distribution deals for director Mina Shum’s Drive, She Said, screening in the Perspective Canada program….

Although overall production volume growth in 1996 was modest (other than kids’ programming skyrocketing), the results of Playback’s ninth annual production survey saw the amount of cash spent on features increase by 31% over the previous year’s tally….

Television Features…

Like the Bre-x tale, it’s survival of the fittest for the Canadian production based on the Albert Walker story….

The Canadian Film Centre is planning to launch a new television drama initiative as early as March 1998 geared to the development of drama series and sitcoms….