Montreal: 1763. The end of the old French regime and the first days of the British conquest is the setting for the latest Cite-Amerique historical saga, Marguerite Volant….

Four of the top five films that stand to win the best picture Genie Award this year are from first-time feature directors. Liste Noire is Jean-Marc Vallee’s first effort, Rude is Clement Virgo’s initial outing, Le Confessionnal marks Robert Lepage’s film…

While Canadian film this year ran the gamut in terms of content, mass appeal and style, according to the arbiters of technical merit, there was marked consistency in the high grade of craft skill brought to the pictures contending for Genie…

Robert Lepage’s Le Confessionnal began its commercial career on the highest of roads, preening in Cannes and Toronto, an unmatched and fitting debut for the internationally acclaimed stage director and actor….

The story, setting, and director are clearly Canadian, but the promotional machine surrounding the release of Mort Ransen’s Margaret’s Museum has international written all over it….

Jean-Marc Vallee’s thriller Liste Noire topped all other Quebec films at the box office this year with a 34-print launch and receipts in the $1 million range in less than 10 weeks….

What does the arts/specialty film audience have in common with twentysomething disenfranchised youth? Probably not a whole lot. But Cineplex Odeon and the producers of Rude are hoping a mixture of provocative marketing and critical acclaim can grab the attention of…

Magic in the Water, the film that was instantly pegged as this year’s ‘surprise’ in the 1995 lineup of Genie best picture nominees, is an unusual commodity in the Canadian theatrical market. Not only is it backed by both Norstar Entertainment…

Following is the complete list of nominees for the 16th annual Genie Awards….

The following is a listing of Canadian commercial production houses in alphabetical order. Information is based on questionnaires completed by companies which chose to respond to Playback….

A crew of Playback, Strategy, and Kidscreen editorial and production staff have chosen ‘Be Yourself,’ a 30-second commercial for Molson Canadian directed by Spy Films’ Pete Henderson, as this year’s Top Spot….

halifax: When director Curtis Radclyffe was in Denmark four and a half years ago with a friend who was at the time having problems with his partner, the mother of a 14-year-old girl, the two fled to an island bird sanctuary…