Toronto’s Head Gear Animation has completed a new series of interstitials for Astral Media’s TMN-The Movie Network and Moviepix, and has several other new projects on the go that are keeping the shop among the busiest in town. …

Montreal: Canadian and Canadian-coproduced movies have to be content sharing 10% or less of the theatrical market with other foreign films in France and the U.K., while the lion’s share of the box office continues to go to Hollywood and domestically…

Montreal: The new CTF Licence Fee Program office in Montreal had its official opening April 24 at an afternoon industry reception hosted by Louise Baillargeon, the LFP’s vice-president….

Shots & Chasers tracks who shot what during the previous month. Production companies are invited to fax information for this column as frequently as possible to Dave Lazar or Dustin Dinoff at (416) 408-0870. The next deadline for submissions is Wednesday,…

ChumCity Interactive has signed an exclusive one-year Internet distribution deal with upstart Jive Media that promises to give the content provider increased control over proprietary property purveyed on the Internet….

The nominations for the Golden Sheafs, to be awarded at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival (May 24-27), are out and include multi-nominations for some filmmakers, making them odds-on favorites for taking home at least one prize….

The Manitoba Film and Video Production Tax Credit will continue until 2005. The extension of the expiry date, originally set for early 2002, will lend consistency to the provincial industry, says Manitoba Film and Sound’s manager, film programs, Alexa Rosentreter….

Toronto commercial director Jeff Siberry has left Trailer Park Films in favor of the Big Film Company. The attraction between Siberry and his new spot shop was mutual and undeniable. According to Big executive producer Angie Colgoni, once Siberry walked into the Big offices, he wasn’t going to get away.
‘He came in a couple of times and we didn’t want to let him go,’ says Colgoni. ‘We had a couple more meetings with him and there was something about him – we couldn’t let him walk away from the company.’

You thought awards season was over? Not a chance. While Toronto commercial folk pretty themselves up for the Bessies on May 24, residents of Calgary are set to go completely glam once again for their commercial event….

Toronto’s Command Post and Transfer has completed its transaction with Netstar Enterprise’s Dome Productions, acquiring the assets of Dome’s audio and visual post-production business DAVE, also based in Toronto. …

Tapestry Pictures, reborn a year and a half ago with the addition of Heather Godin, is expanding its focus on MOWs and miniseries and heading into the world of performing arts, documentary and feature film.
‘With CBC’s new vertical programming structure and its Thursday night performing arts strand, we’ve been in supply talks with them to develop the strand,’ says Tapestry co-principal Mary Young Leckie.

Once again, the Television Bureau of Canada is gearing up for the annual Bessie Awards honoring excellence in Canadian television advertising. The 38th awards show will be held Thursday, May 24 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto.
This year’s judging panel is chaired by Robin Heisey, executive VP, creative director of Harrod & Mirlin FCB, Toronto, and vice-chaired by Rick Kemp, senior VP, executive creative director, J. Walter Thompson, Toronto. The panel includes David Chiavegato (associate creative director at Palmer Jarvis DDB, Toronto), Ian Grais (creative director, Rethink Communications, Vancouver), Cynthia Heyd (VP of broadcast productions at BBDO, Toronto), Richard Nadeau (Bos, Montreal), Jamie Way (Angel Films, Toronto), director Bronwen Hughes and Edie Weiss (Radke Films, Toronto).