Top 20 TV Programs tracks ratings for the top 20 television shows in Canada for the period Aug. 21-27, 2006.
The 2006 edition of the ever-expanding Atlantic Film Festival looks to be the largest ever – and will put new titles by Sarah Polley and Michael Mabbott on the big screen while playing matchmaker with filmmakers from Australia, South Africa and other territories.
It’s been six months since the new partnership between the Canadian Television Fund and Telefilm Canada was forged, but CTF president Valerie Creighton admits there’s still ‘a bit of confusion’ about the unified administration for TV and film funding.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop: An over-the-top film with a threadbare story can thank its stars for mostly favorable reviews from critics.
After nearly two years, Andy Sykes has left his post as VP business development at Toronto post-production house Deluxe Sound & Picture to start a new business.
Kathleen Robertson (Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story) has a moment in the road rage MOW Last Exit, from Montreal’s Forum Films and Foundry Films in Toronto, and airing Sept. 10 on CTV. Robertson stars as an overwrought single mom, opposite Andrea Roth.
DVDs leveling off: StatsCan
Last month – in what was once the fermenting cellar of an old distillery – CBC quickly shot and wrapped its next attempt at reality TV, putting almost 100 entrepreneurs up against five tight-fisted venture capitalists for what will be The Dragon’s Den.