The National Screen Institute unspools its annual festival in Winnipeg — putting up features by fresh helmers including Matt Bissonnette’s Who Loves the Sun, and Larry Di Stefano’s comedy Love and Other Dilemmas

A massive campaign promoting the launch of Alliance Atlantis’ Slice channel is teasing women with the promise of guilty pleasure. If you’re a woman, you will not escape this one

TELUS Quebec EVP Karen Radford took the top honors in Ottawa Tuesday night — as woman of the year for Canadian Women in Communications

The filmmakers tease archeological evidence that a certain carpenter from Nazareth had a child with a certain prostitute in advance of their latest, The Lost Tomb of Jesus

Last year, Astral Media flirted with the possibility of buying CHUM. Then it eyed Alliance Atlantis. This week, the Montreal media house is finalizing details on a $1.3-billion buy of Standard Radio – which stands to make them the biggest name on Canada’s audio airwaves. What Internet properties might be part of the deal is still up for discussion

Producer Roger Frappier recounts the roundabout route of his latest feature, now underway in Quebec under director Lyne Charlebois

The Nerd Corps cartoon has been picked up for the summer schedule on France 3

Media giant pumps an additional $68 million in takeover deal

A short film was the big winner among Canadian entries at this year’s Oscars, which on Sunday night handed the hardware for best animated short to Montreal filmmaker Torill Kove for The Danish Poet.

Ol’ Green Eyes is back, as the follow-up to the 2003 super-hero smash-up will film this summer in Toronto, injecting some much-needed muscle into the local industry

Konrad von Finckenstein speaks of the need to balance new media and the Broadcasting Act at the Prime Time conference in Ottawa, one day after tough talk at the heritage committee

Shortly after crossing the seven-digit mark, the Quebec Internet thriller claims the top spot among Canadian-mades at the box office