Montreal: 15 Fevrier 1839, Pierre Falardeau’s controversial conquest saga, pulled in a highly promising $66,000 on only six Quebec screens, including $6,000 with an English subtitled print, during its Jan. 26-28 opening weekend. …

* Corus Entertainment has appointed Michael Harris general manager of The Canadian Documentary Channel, effective Feb. 6….

Who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….

Clinton Ashton, director, LTB Productions…

Montreal: Denis Villeneuve’s Maelstrom, a stylish and surreal story of a 25-year-old woman’s psychological descent following a deadly car accident, leads this year’s Prix Jutra competition with eight nominations, including best motion picture, best cinematography, best art direction and best sound….

Montreal: Investissement Desjardins, Mouvement Desjardins’ venture capital arm, has made a $5-million investment in Montreal 3D/2D production software company Kaydara….

Post-production and its powers are personified in this column. We’ll cover new techniques, technologies and the creative personnel and companies giving them vibrant visual life….

In our Jan. 22 issue, Playback began reviewing new Canadian programming launched mid-season on some major Canadian nets. So far, we’ve looked at ‘the second season’ highlights on ytv and ctv….

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 …

Canadian directors of photography Rene Ohashi and Robert McLachlan have been nominated for American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The compatriot Canucks will be up against one another at the 15th annual tv competition in the category of movie-of-the-week/miniseries/pilot for…

In business since 1978, Vancouver’s Thomas fx does physical effects for ‘everything from television commercials to feature films, worldwide.’ The brainchild of Betty Thomas and the late, great John Thomas, the company is now in the hands of Betty and Stewart…

Montreal physical effects wizards Karl and Erik Gosselin have a background that could be the subject of a movie-of-the-week – heavy on the sfx, of course. The two are identical twins who got their start in physical effects with a series…