It was a happy confluence of events ­ a location feature shoot in the wilds of b.c., a Canadian commercial production company piquing the interest of a Brazilian producer through a trade magazine and a Spanish-speaking producer ­ that brought the…

Susi Patterson, former executive producer at the now-disbanded comm.bat films, is back in the commercial game handling Canadian representation for the directors of Lovinger/Cohn & Associates and Scream….

Bozfilm animators David Bowes and Lisa Jane Gray are confident that their new spot for financial lending institution Aaron Acceptance looks pretty cool….

Marketing types call it a ‘personality’ brand. Barq’s Root Beer has introduced itself to Canada by way of an edgy spot from Seattle agency Wieden & Kennedy that’s permeated with the proverbial personality elements designed to engage the target market of…

The program of the 21st edition of the Montreal World Film Festival/Festival des films du monde is a resounding reaffirmation of wff’s role as the premiere North American showcase for international cinema. wff is first and foremost a work of passion…

Cinemaginaire producer Denise Robert calls Le Siege de l’ame Olivier Asselin’s ‘first professional movie, a daring, philosophical fairy tale for adults.’…

Among the 15 new nfb-produced and coproduced films at the festival are Kathleen Shannon on Film, Feminism & Other Dreams, Gerry Rogers’ documentary portrait of the feminist filmmaking pioneer; Gail Singer’s international doc survey on the phenomenon of abused women, You…

A dense thriller in the film noir tradition, Michel Poulette’s La Conciergerie tells the story of jl, an ordinary cop who starts an obsessive private investigation when his partner is brutally gunned down. The search leads to yet another sordid murder,…

Canadian distributors have acquired a large number of theatrical feature films which are being showcased in wff’s Hors Concours and Cinema of Today and Tomorrow sections, as well as in a category devoted to the best films from The Critics’ Week…

Distribution and exhibition analyst Carole Boudreault, president of Alex Films, confirms a depressed Quebec box office for French and European movies in general in ’97….

Coproduction in 1997 is booming. Between January and the end of July, 20 film and 32 tv projects with cumulative budgets of $377.9 million received advanced rulings from Telefilm Canada’s international affairs office. The Canadian investment is $193.8 million or 51%…

Selected ’97 coproductions and their Montreal and foreign coproduction partners include:…