* Francine Allard has joined Productions sda as director, project development. Allard will develop youth programming, tv movies and miniseries….

Vancouver: The results are in and Canadian films are the big winner, says the researcher behind The Canada Rack Program, a $40,000 study of Canadian films in video stores….

The Random Factory Producers Group, a new Toronto-based film, video and tv company comprised of John Martin, Dennis Murphy, Jamie Mandelkau and Gene Mascardelli, has cut its teeth on a musical drama for Bravo!…

Sara Morton is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of the law firm of Lang Michener….

There won’t be a lot of youngsters in big pants, and the primary source of ecstasy will likely be the thrill of a job well done as Toronto’s Dalton Films is reborn as Rave Films. In addition to the new moniker,…

David Wellington of Kessler Irish Films is in the midst of a pool of spots for Labatt Select through Ammirati & Puris/Lintas. The first of the pool, a mini-courtroom drama, is already on the air. James Gardner is the dop and…

Coca-Cola is inspiring. In fact, it’s inspiring enough to make a bunch of funky cool people stand under the Gardiner Expressway taking communal swigs from a great, big, glistenin’, drippin’ bottle of it….

Last issue’s On The Spot let production houses get a few things off their collective chest. Some provocative questions were sent the agency community’s way as submitted by anonymous sources, a means of asking why things is as they is in…

Productions 166 Acadie, a production company based in Grande-Anse, n.b., is in preproduction on two documentaries. The first, Cuisine D’Ici, looks at the culinary traditions of the Acadian peninsula and how they relate to the culture. Shirley de Silva and Elio…

Regina’s Partners In Motion, Toronto/Montreal-based The Multimedia Group of Canada and Le Groupe Multi-Images of Trois-Rivieres, Que. will be collaborating on a 26-episode half-hour series called Medicine Demystified. Described as ‘a guide to self-health,’ the series is based on a concept…

Vancouver: With its funding eliminated and its director without a contract, the embryonic Victoria Film Commission is more anemic than usual these days. But the B.C. Film Commission has stepped in to keep alive whatever momentum exists….

Montreal: Principal photography begins June 10 for 30 days on Whiskers, a buddy comedy from Productions La Fete producer Kevin Tierney and director Jimmy Kaufman (My Secret Identity)….