While the possibility of an official coproduction treaty with South Africa has met with keen interest from many Canadian producers, Telefilm Canada says it hasn’t heard from South Africa’s minister of arts and culture since before Christmas….

Montreal: Post and service company Groupe Covitec has completed its purchase of Centre de Montage Electronique and Sonolab from Tele-Metropole, as well as signed an agreement to acquire Supersuite from Champlain Productions, a subsidiary of CFCF Inc….

The Bell Canada and Telus Multimedia video trials hearing wrapped earlier this month with the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting one of the few broadcast lobby groups making an appearance in Hull, Que., and coming out with some interesting commentary….

Discovery Channel president Trina McQueen has been named Woman of the Year by Canadian Women in Communications….

Toronto’s Spin Productions was called in to bring the particular visions of performer Marilyn Manson and The Partners’ Film Company director Floria Sigismondi to, um, life….

Craig McTaggart is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch….

Chew on this for a minute. Sugith Varughese – actor, writer, director and recent Gemini nominee for On My Mind – will direct his first feature this year, a romantic comedy based on his own script and set to be produced…

Vancouver: A series about detectives investigating old homicides in Vancouver is the premise for the leading prospect for Baton Broadcasting’s patronage now that civt has become the newest group of call letters in Vancouver-Victoria broadcasting….

Stage and screen writer Eric Bogosian’s latest effort subUrbia opens Feb. 28 across Canada. Adapted from Bogosian’s stageplay of the same name, the film tracks the reminiscences and verbal sparring of a group of 20-year-olds who gather for an all-nighter in…

Montreal: In The Red Violin, a major motion picture from Toronto’s Rhombus Media and director Francois Girard, the soul of the wife of a brilliant late 17th century violin maker guides a sacred instrument on an epic journey across time and…

Imported Artists has added New York-based Stan Schofield to its roster. With 20 years’ experience on the agency side, Schofield began directing in 1984 and established a body of work specializing in dialogue and storytelling, with credits including Nike, at&t, McDonald’s…

At Imported Artists director Richard D’Alessio shot two days in Toronto and Miami with dop Simon Mestel for H&R Block tax prep through Young & Rubicam. Executive producer on the three spots was Christina Ford and editor was Mick Griffin at…