While ’96 was a step forward for French films in Quebec (and ’97 looks largely disappointing), sodec president Pierre Lampron says the new French Film Festival in Quebec City clearly demonstrates that Unifrance understands its interests lie in investing and promoting…

Selected 1997 domestic and location Montreal production highlights include:…

The new Atlantic arm of Edmonton’s Great North Communications, Great North Atlantic, is producing six one-hour documentaries for the parent company’s 14-episode series Faces of History to run on History Television this fall….

Vancouver: Ontario and b.c. lobbyists are heralding Revenue Canada’s extension of the limited partnership tax shelter to Oct. 31 as a victory and anticipating the design of a new tax credit program proposed by RevCan and the Ministry of Finance….

Montreal: Rumblings in the production sector and among investors point to new acquisition interest in Montreal animation producer Cine-Groupe….

Every Dog’s Guide to the Playground marks new territory for the nfb as the animated short opens for Warner Bros.’ Conspiracy Theory August 8, through Famous Players in Canada….

One by one five young ladies quietly and cautiously file out of a linen closet, their secret meeting place at their home-away-from-home, Miss Godard’s School For Girls, the setting for the Alliance Communications/ Redeemable Features production The Hairy Bird….

Paragon Entertainment’s long-range animation production plans have moved into the short term, boosted by its acquisition of the studio, production and library assets of the Lacewood Group….

First in an occasional series on the production companies emerging to take advantage of the new specialty channel opportunities….

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Montreal: A number of important industry delegations from Europe are attending this year’s Montreal International Film, tv and Video Market including representatives from Eurimages, the Dutch Film Fund, Europool, Italy’s anica and Export-Union des Deutschen Films from Germany….

In last issue’s First Cut Award story on Mark Mainguy (p. 33), the spots Mainguy directed for Ontario Place were out of Gee Jeffery and Partners, not Grey Advertising as stated….