‘If you build it, they will come’ may be a well-worn cliche in midwestern corn fields, but it rings true for many studio operators in Canada. In b.c., the Prairies and Atlantic Canada, the film creation market is ripening at a…

While reports from each sector of the industry vary in terms of overall levels of production, Canadian purveyors of cinematographers’ tools are reportedly jumping….

Part artist, part chemist, part meteorologist; dops, no matter where or how they were trained, must have a mind for the mechanics and an eye for the more elusive elements like composition, light and shadow. And whether they made their name…

Pulling dvc black boxes out of theory and into reality, Shaw Communications’ rollout of 30,000 smart dark cubes in Calgary this fall is not considered training ground for new specialty services….

Montreal: Director Jean-Claude Lord may have been feeling just slightly cursed by bad weather – unlike last summer – as he huddled with press and crew in a suburban Ile Perrot basement against torrents of rain….

An impressive turnout, a gracious winner and universal acknowledgment of the importance of recognizing Canadian talent marked the first annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award for best new director of the year. Spy Films’ Pete Henderson thanked supporter Don Allan…

For the functioning member of society who hasn’t completely abandoned the last vestiges of adolescence, it’s a dream home, complete with gadgets of every conceivable misuse – a hydraulic fire-breathing dragon head to greet visitors, a virtual-reality chamber, life-sized models of…

Montreal: Sparring between the telephone companies and the cable industry is predictably vigorous as both sides prepare for an extended crtc hearing on new broadcast distribution regulations scheduled to begin Oct. 7….

Galgary, Alta.: If the broadcasting year plays out as the majority say it should – wic with a licence to cover Ontario, Baton landing Vancouver, and CanWest in Alberta so the three major homegrown networks have equal distribution opportunities in Canada’s…

CCTA proposals for production contributions (cpf) based on a 2.5% tax and assuming 9% growth in revenues, goes up by 46% to $56 million in 1998, 74% in ’99 and 101% or $61 million in the year 2000 based on the…

While the Ontario Film Development Corporation continues working to establish the new Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, plans are being laid for other initiatives supporting the agency’s new philosophy. Says ceo Alexandra Raffe: ‘We aren’t in a position to be…

Vancouver: The proposed B.C. Refundable Investment Tax Credit offers local producers bonuses to spread production around the province and invest in job training, says the chair of an industry-led ad hoc committee struck this spring to oversee the initiative….