The very first clue is that all the grips are in cruise wear – blinding tropical prints, a Tilley hat or two, shades and shorts. It’s the first week of December….

Motion picture lab and sound facility deluxe toronto has expanded into the video end of the industry with the acquisition of the video assets of Toronto’s Multi-Track Recording Systems. The purchase was made Nov. 1 and included two Rank Cintel telecine…

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Out of Aviator Pictures, director Curtis Wehrfritz recently wrapped five days on location around Vancouver for client Alcan through bbdo Vancouver. dop was Peter Goldsmith and producer was Mylene Ava Pilutik. Richard Unruh handled editing at Third Floor in Toronto, with…

It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. You know you have a fun party on your hands – a real hot-dog-eating, game-playing party, not just an industry networking event – when 3,000 ad types make the trek to an Armed Forces…

‘Canadian commercials tend to air on the politically correct side all the time and that means they are quite bland,’ says Aviator director Phil Brown, in defense of his spot for Fong’s Fresh Poultry….

Operating in what sometimes seems like the shadow of the Borg, Canada’s film and television industry must pull together to maintain its independence. This manifests itself in the finessing of the flexible labor agreement, wily lobbying and professional development strategies. This…

For socan, the first highlight of the year was the Copyright Board’s approval of a tariff covering the use of music on pay, specialty and other cable television services in April. Ironically, the second highlight of the year is the fact…

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Someday soon, the jokesters say, Los Angeles will be one of the largest Canadian cities. The Writers Guild of Canada doesn’t see much humor in that….

In January, the Union of British Columbia Performers was incorporated into actra, bringing to a close a five-year battle between the two rival unions in b.c. that tore away at the entire national membership….

Directors Guild of Canada president Allan King says the guild’s basic production policy is to accommodate any and all Canadian projects….