Ring around the rosie…

Vancouver: The Vancouver office of Telefilm Canada has eliminated three jobs to address the parliamentary demand for budget cuts. Gone are Gretchen Doyle and Janet Bowell, who were involved in the feature film investment program, and project co-ordinator Colleen Macdonald….

Toronto production levels, according to the number-crunchers at the Toronto Film and Television Office, were up slightly in the first half of 1996. There were 61 productions (excluding music videos) in the period from January to June, up from 59 in…

Vancouver: The first documentary to ever post a profit for British Columbia Film is evolving into a series. The award-winning nature special Killer Whales of the Wild, shot in 1989 and bought by National Geographic, earned in the ‘mid five-figures’ for…

Montreal: Now in its 25th year, international documentary producer InformAction has a wide slate of productions on the go, including In Search of Tarzan, Rwanda-Burundi: The Roots of Hope and Mystere B, a portrait of little-known Quebec surrealist painter Marcel Baril….

Calgary, Alta.: Producers big and small gathered for ringside seats at the Alberta hearings mid-month to debate microcosm versus macrocosm….

Paris, France: A country steeped in a rich history, France has offered the world a wealth of cultural endowments, including an important film tradition. When reflecting on the French film industry, however, the immediate associations are not 3D characters and cutting-edge…

‘Music is one of the best buys for the money in the entire film production process.’…

Six years ago, Paul Sharpe heard the jingle of coins in his pocket and wondered if he was taking the right steps. Returning home to Vancouver to start his own sound editing company, he was about to capitalize on his experience…

Blame it on elevator music and the musical stylings of malls…

First Cut: The Genesis…

The judges for the first annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award were:…