houdini breaks out of the box Feb. 12 at a Side Effects Software launch demo in Toronto for the new and improved 1.1 version of the 3D animation software. The early verdict is that animators’ lot in cg land just got…

On behalf of the 6,500 members of actra who are part of the Toronto Performers branch, I am writing to take issue with a letter in your Jan. 27 issue authored by Aaron Barnett, Scott Carman and Michael Shayne of Green…

Spirits, in all their various manifestations, will certainly abound as Toronto’s Command Post and Transfer marks its 10th anniversary in the post-production game this month. But despite its aptitude for throwing a reasonable wing-ding, that’s not the only way the shop…

Vancouver: Mr. Magoo will join Vikings, the new female Ninja Turtle, sword-wielding Irishmen and the buffoons of Police Academy in another busy production year on the West Coast….

Shaftesbury Films and Baton Broadcasting have signed a development deal for an mow based on a novel from Saskatchewan-based mystery novel writer Gail Bowne….

What happens to all those Canadian features after a couple screenings at local film festivals?…

Mid-season trend identification is never a walk in the park, and with Superbowl festivities giving the top 10 that CanWest domination feel and ACNielsen ratings awol for part of January, a shift in the programming landscape is difficult to peg. But…

Subsequent to a shift to nonlinear editing, the post industry faces yet another major reorientation with the move to nonlinear online finishing of projects. Toward that possible end, post companies and editing shops are striving to anticipate the next investments they…

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On Feb. 1, Surrey City Hall saw the unveiling of The Surrey Film Studio Project ­ a proposal to build a $40 million film facility pegged ‘the most complete outside of l.a.’…

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Ann Kennard’s National Film Board documentary The Powder Room was ‘the surprise of the program,’ according to Tom Litvinskas, spokesperson for Festival Cinemas. Calling the attendance ‘amazing,’ Litvinskas says the doc ­ a candid exploration of what the women talk about…