Some of the latest and greatest work by alums of the National Screen Institute will unspool in Winnipeg next month at the NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival.

The Alliance for Children and Television has announced that its 2006 awards will honor excellence in French-language Canadian kids TV.

AIDS conference calls for video proposals

Canuck or not Canuck?

Eve & the Fire Horse: Vancouver writer/director Julia Kwan’s debut feature film may have won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance, but Canadian critics are giving Eve & the Fire Horse mixed reviews.

A story in the Feb. 6 issue misspelled the name of Kirstine Layfield, CBC’s new executive head of programming.

Many players in the Canadian production community are putting on a brave face in the wake of the Conservative Party’s unsurprising victory in the Jan. 23 federal election. But don’t let that fool you – privately, many are expressing some grave concerns. These range from the new heritage minister to potential funding cuts and greater deregulation of the broadcast industry.

Montreal: Filmmaker Vali Fugulin (www.six.lemondeestpetit.ca) says that when she attended her first Tupperware party, she thought she’d stepped into a time warp.

Toronto – Producer David Brady lost his biggest star last month when Angus, the world’s largest captive elephant and subject of his documentary The Giant Walks Home, died shortly before he was to be sent back to Africa.

Ottawa ­- GAPC Entertainment is currently in production on a new one-hour documentary for CHUM Television and SCN called Who’s Afraid of Happy Endings?, about the lucrative world of romance novels.

Vancouver – Local prodcos Ocean Playground Productions and CKO Films are headed into post after 19 days shooting the HD drama Traveling at the Speed of Life.

* MGM has begun production on season 10 of Stargate SG-1 and season three of Stargate: Atlantis for the Sci-Fi Channel. Production on the Vancouver production staples runs from Feb. 20 to Oct. 10.