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New GM Place wired to the hilt
Vancouver: On Sept. 19, when rocker Bryan Adams opens Vancouver’s new General Motors Place sports and entertainment complex, the facility will undergo a lot more than just a sound check….
News Brief: Atlantic Film Festival
The Song Spinner, a Canadian film shot last year at the historic Fortress of Louisbourg, will open the 15th Atlantic Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 22. It will be the international theatrical premiere of the family feature directed by Randy Bradshaw….
Binchmarks: The law and the Internet: Elvis sited on the Web
Ron Hay is a media and entertainment lawyer and a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of lauralee bielert….
Quebec on Net
Montreal: Interjet, Jet Films’ multimedia division, and two partner operations have launched an interactive Internet service promoting Quebec’s cultural industries, including the film and television production sector….
Ontario Scene: New projects in the works for the festival’s bright lights
Filmmakers with features in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Perspective Canada lineup are going to be mighty busy over the next couple of weeks, but that is only half the picture. While these talents are being run ragged at screenings and…
Quebec Scene: Carle and Harada pictures rev up Aska’s autumn slate
Montreal: Aska Film producer Claude Gagnon had plans to shoot two features this summer, in June and September. That’s not the ways things turned out, of course, and both films, Gilles Carle’s Pudding Chomeur and The Amateurs, an official Japan/Canada coproduction…
News Briefs: Atlantis, Nelvana, Devine, and Paragon items
Atlantis financial results…
B.C. Scene: Union unrest has big-ticket U.S. features keeping their distance
Vancouver: This city appears to have reverted back to its mowtown roots. According to the B.C. Film Commission, scouting for the big sexy features has nearly ground to a halt….
Commercial Directions: Stonehenge’s Shuster helms Chrysler spot
A number of national spots from tasac (Television Advertising Services Across Canada) have been keeping things busy at Stonehenge this summer. Aaron Shuster directed a two-day spot for a car-cleaning product called Grime Eater. Lensed by Kim Stephenson, the spot will…
Word on the Street: Avion’s Fawcett in The Feature Club
He’s been in the commercial business for a single year, but already Avion Film’s John Fawcett is joining the ranks of The Partners’ Film Company’s Bronwen Hughes and Zoo TV’s Kelly Makin, two spot directors breaking into feature films (Harriet the…
Volunteer effort creates inspired madness for festival promo
Attention festival goers: Get to your films early. Sit down. Don’t be in the loo when the trailer comes on or you’ll miss 15 seconds of pure clay and animation joy….
Special Report: Toronto International Film Festival: Symposium creates meeting center
The Toronto International Film Festival Symposium is largely focused on new media this year. ‘We are looking at what’s new, what’s hot and, given these new initiatives, who is making deals. We also want to look into what role is out…
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