The 48 Hour Film Project is giving denizens of the online world a first-ever shot at its annual competition

Heritage minister names Mary-Lynn Charlton to board of trustees, while sending former SaskTel staffer Candice J. Molnar to work at the CRTC

Vancouver may be swamped with animators, but the makers of Edison and Leo had to fly in stop-motion specialists to shoot the $8-million feature, from Infinity Features and Perfect Circle

Canadians are stampeding towards cable companies for phone services, according to new numbers that show rising profits among cable and satellite operators

Mystery series from Shaftesbury will run Sundays, Mondays or Tuesdays — depending on the station

Randy Cole’s latest, Real Time, to open alternative film festival next month, joined by Canadian-made horror pic and a canoeing drama

Alliance Vivafilm is pulling out all the stops for the Quebec release of L’Âge des ténèbres, Denys Arcand’s follow-up to Oscar-winner Les invasions barbares, while Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game receives a modest three-screen release through Seville

Two Sundance alums and a number of lesser-known titles due for theatrical and broadcast release from Toronto company, via deal with First Look

Mid-season schedule moves up Vancouver-shot action series to January despite shooting stop; also on sked are domestic docu-series True Pulp Murder and U.S. series-in-waiting New Amsterdam and Swingtown

Asia’s HBO, ABC in Australia and others nab oddball toon from Toronto’s 9 Story Entertainment

ACTRA and CEP meet in Calgary with watchdog group to drum up support for foreign ownership limits, citing new poll that shows public support for domestic culture

A year after Part Two fees were struck down as an illegal tax, the Crown takes its appeal to an Ottawa court — with millions upon millions of dollars on the line