As Moliflex-White Group’s power play to control the bulk of Montreal studio space has come to fruition, Martin Fontaine, general manager of Cine Cite Montreal, is busier than ever. Fontaine was the man behind the Studio Cine Cite St. Hubert when…

Montreal: The 19th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art/Festival international du film sur l’art (FIFA) unspools at six venues March 13-18 with 180 films and videos from 25 countries on the program. …

Montreal: CanWest Global Communications has named a new management team and advisory board for Montreal multicultural TV station CJNT-TV. CanWest formally took over the bankrupt service in January. CJNT operations and program schedule are in planning and a complete relaunch is…

Perhaps one of the greatest perks and joys of commercial production is lunchtime. In many professions and in most circumstances, lunch is a time when employees go out of the office and spend a portion of the salary they earn on…

Corus Entertainment has announced it will comply with the CRTC’s order to divest its 50% interest in The Family Channel, provided it retains the right to buy it back in the event the commission changes its policy on cable ownership….

Carole Tanenbaum offers a unique but underutilized service to the film and advertising world. She is the proprietor of Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection, offering period costume jewelry to add a bit of authentic spice to her clients’ work. …

Montreal: Three Canadian movie classics, including Gilles Carle’s La Vraie nature de Bernadette are among this year’s AV Preservation Trust.CA Masterworks 2001 selections. The feature films as well as new selections in television, radio and sound recordings were announced Feb. 19…

Imax Corporation announced it will eliminate approximately 130 jobs out of its staff of 1,000. The entertainment technology company, headquartered in Mississauga, ON, plans to scale back operations at its Birmingham, AL facility and consolidate its manufacturing of audio and projection…

Two Canuck DOPs were nominated and one snagged a prize at the 15th annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards, held Feb. 18 in Los Angeles. …

It would have been easier to sprint through molasses. Rush hour one evening last December and Toronto was trapped under a blanket of heavy, wet snow. the highways were clogged for miles. CFTO senior cameraman Tom Rupple had reason to worry….

When it came time to relaunch its newly acquired specialty services, Corus Premium Television called on Toronto F/X and animation house Spin Productions.
Last year, CPT did some dealing with WIC, purchasing the latter’s Superchannel, which runs recent-release movies, and MovieMax!, which features old and new film ‘classics.’ (The stations operate out of Edmonton and are broadcast to audiences from Manitoba to B.C. and in the territories.) CPT decided to revise its new properties, changing the name of Superchannel to Movie Central and serving up four new networks in the action, mystery, comedy and romance genres.

Twister/GFX recently did packaging for the Jan. 29 CBC 2001 Genie Awards broadcast as well as the 13-part documentary series TSN Profiles….