Montreal: The Christian Duguay action film The Art of War is this year’s winner of the ACCT Golden Reel Award for top box-office performance by a Canadian film….

It’s official – the first offspring of the bce/ctv union has been born and named….

Montreal: Distributors and exhibitors are deeply upset with the scope of an Industry Canada Competition Bureau investigation into allegations of collusion and unfair business practices under the Competition Act against Cineplex Odeon and Famous Players, Canada’s two major movie exhibitors….

Montreal: The new owner of Avanti Cine Video, one of Quebec’s most successful primetime program suppliers, has plans to break into the English-language market in the near future. ‘I would like to try a pilot or a coproduction next year,’ says…

Relentlessly disappointing financial results have forced Cogeco Cable to cut 150 jobs by Feb. 1. But further consideration of its financial woes could lead the country’s fourth largest cabler to take the cue from Moffat Communications and sell to the most…

Montreal: The federal government has extended Francois Macerola’s mandate as executive director of Telefilm Canada to July. Macerola’s mandate was officially terminated Jan. 3, but he was back in his rustic rue Saint-Jacques office on Monday, Jan. 15….

Bullseye Post, Toronto, is handling post-production on the digitally shot series Paradise Falls, not Bullet Digital Post as reported in the last issue of Playback….

Montreal: Smaller distribution companies in Canada are mounting a militant campaign to ensure they aren’t shut off from enhanced public resources for feature films….

In some ways, the debate around cultural relevance versus commercial success of Canadian theatrical films mirrors the current heated talk over whether Telefilm Canada should continue to support the minimum guarantee….

* Ian Fodie has been appointed cfo of Sextant Entertainment. Fodie, former financial controller and cfo of International Keystone Entertainment, takes over from Patrick Brown, Sextant’s controller, who has acted as cfo on an interim basis since October 2000….

At the industry’s request, the crtc has extended the deadline for comments on its position regarding ownership of pay and specialty services by cable companies….

Forget about dropping a bunch of soon-to-be-weds on an island stocked with single buff guys and Playboy Playmates. In classically understated Canadian style, Alliance Atlantis Communications has dropped eight young people – four men and four women, aged 19 to 29,…