After swiping an armload of nominations and awards on the international stage, it was no surprise that Little Criminals stole a few Gemini Award nominations. The number of nods it received from the Academy, however, was a surprise to some, including…

An hour after the Toronto International Film Festival screening of Swann, Traders lead David Cubitt, a bit player in the film, leans against the bar at Zango and calls the term ‘Canadian star system’ an oxymoron….

Throughout a career in visual effects, beginning in sculpture, moving through commercial work to overseeing effects work for feature films, Jon Campfens has accumulated much knowledge, and now there’s one more thing he knows for sure: Germans love David Hasselhoff….

More than 600 women applied for only nine spots in Anne Wheeler’s 10-day Banff Centre workshop for women auteurs – called In the Director’s Chair – which ended Jan. 28….

The familiar adage ‘everything old is new again’ is ringing true once more, this time in Canadian television variety programming….

‘It never loses money, but I think it used to make a lot more money than it does now.’…

Following are the nominees in this year’s 17 program, 28 craft and 19 performance award categories as tabulated by the accounting firm of KPMG and provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television….

Vancouver’s Vidatron Group has made its nine-month working relationship with veteran producer Larry Sugar more formal by acquiring 100% of Sugar Entertainment. Vidatron is swapping 20% of its company for the acquisition, a deal that is – depending on performance clauses…

Commercials: 30 seconds of experimental ground where animation/fx/post artists launch innovative styles and techniques, pushing the boundaries of their craft, or, stagnant play-it-safe packages offering few opportunities for cutting-edge work?…

Although official confirmation is pending, sources say Jane Logan, vp radio for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, has been chosen the executive director of the new Specialty and Premium Television Association….

Lurching towards the proverbial 500 channels, requests to add 30 foreign broadcasting services to the Eligible Services lists have been filed in response to the crtc’s call for amendments, alongside letters of intent for yet another dozen new Canadian specialty channel…

montreal: Telescene Film Group’s new cautionary drama anthology The Hunger represents a major investment in the Montreal production market, with over 80% of the $22 million budget being spent locally….