The Alliance for Children and Television’s Awards of Excellence was both a walk down memory lane and a glimpse at the road ahead….

– Cinar Films, Telemagik and Baton Broadcasting have signed a joint venture to develop Cirque, a drama series of 60-minute episodes based on the Cirque du Soleil. The series is at preliminary stages of development with a goal to shoot the…

Montreal: Benefits resulting from the CanWest Global/Tele-Metropole entry into the Quebec broadcast market will be wiped out by job and programming cuts at competitor cfcf-tv, says recently named cfcf-tv president Rene Desmarais….

Michael Allder is a producer with the National Film Board and was the producer/director of The Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen and Buchenwald….

Montreal: One of the principal drama series in front of the cameras this fall is Urgence, a 13-hour production which debuts Jan. 18 on Radio-Canada….

Perfectly matched and crystal-clear cgi effects and an original musical track from 42 members of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra combine to create a sense of magic in a seamless commercial pool produced for the Chrysler ns minivan….

Bill Irish of Kessler Irish will direct eight days in November for Bell Canada through bbdo. To be lensed by James Gardner, the spots will be edited by Andy Attalai at Chameleon….

Stripes wound down at the end of last month, and the commercial operations of the low-end spot division of The Partners’ Film Company is now going under the new (but established) name of Revolver, its music video brethren. The change came…

Partners’ Postings…

Halifax: There’s a buzz in the air in Halifax, and it’s only partially due to the fact that there are seemingly more bars per capita here than perhaps anywhere in the world. It’s a Tuesday night and downtown hangout The Economy…

Vancouver: Mort Ransen, director of the widely acclaimed Margaret’s Museum, captured the mood and fear of more than just filmmakers after winning the Federal Express Award For Most Popular Canadian Film at last month’s Vancouver International Film Festival….

Big Deal, So What, a short for cbc’s Reflections that aired earlier this month and espouses teen skepticism in the polyester-laden ’70s, is the work of director/writer/coproducer Su Rynard and producer Hadley Obodiac – both of whom are on their way…