Outside Toronto’s old city hall the skies are gray and the rain is steady….

Michele Maheux, director of communications at Cinemateque Ontario, is in France this month for the International Film Festival of Cannes. At press time, midway through the fest she filed this report….

With September a mere four months away, negotiations between the new specialty services and the cable companies are going smooth like gravel….

Behind cbc’s drama-sharing deals with CanWest Global and wic, producers and broadcasters are wondering how the arrangement will play into ctcpf funding criteria….

It was, on many levels, a real end-of-the-century Bessies show with real ’90s messages ­ don’t drink too much, eat right and shop wisely, keep your balls covered, and if something bothers you, just tune it out….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada’s operations office in Montreal expects an unprecedented 90 feature film production applications this year. With the funding agency obliged to pick up an ever larger share of the financing, typically 50% and more, it seems unlikely more than…

Vancouver: A political tour de force was on hand to open the new soundstage at The Bridge Studios in Burnaby May 9….

Through the Filmmaker Assistance Program, the National Film Board’s Ontario Centre will support 11 new film and video projects with up to $5,000 in technical assistance….

The Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople has taken formal steps to merge its Ontario membership into the fold of rival craft union IATSE Local 873 Toronto….

While the show by no means provided the buying extravaganza that other markets do, most Canadian attendees returning from natpe’s first annual Animation and Special Effects Expo, held May 8-11 in l.a., reported the trip to be a worthwhile information-gathering and…

In the May 5 Playback, a Journal item stated that the employees union of tvontario, NABET-CEP Local 72M, was ‘in talks with the Ontario government’ as part of its ‘TVOntario Matters’ campaign. More accurately, the statement should have read that the…

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