Montreal: In the one-hour children’s fantasy musical Hugo and the Dragon (Hugo et le Dragon), Hugo and friends flee a rambunctious little dragon called Bijou who gobbles up all the sun and stars, plunging the whole Milky Way into darkness….

Cinematographer Jonathan Freeman admits he was surprised when asked to shoot Quebec director Robert Lepage’s first English-language film, Possible Worlds. But considering Freeman’s credits, which include the cbc mows Promise the Moon (1997) and Clement Virgo’s The Planet of Junior Brown…

Sheldon Wiseman, president and executive producer of Ottawa’s Amberwood Productions, reports his animation company is ‘growing cautiously and our volume is increasing,’ and that he is looking at expansion to include 3D capabilities….

Fujifilm Canada has introduced its HD331 digital high-definition videocassettes for hdcam systems, and Toronto equipment supplier Sim Video Productions is choosing the new tapes to supply its customers….

Amberwood Productions is the biggest client for Pip Animation Services, a three-year-old, Ottawa-based company which provides a range of services from project planning and management to color design, background rendering, digital ink and paint, final color and post-production….

The Canadian Feature Film Fund, to be administered by Telefilm Canada, is due for a full launch in April. The announcement for the policy, From Script to Screen, mentioned the objective of ‘build[ing] larger Canadian and international audiences’ and spoke of…

Salter Street Films, winner of the hotly contested digital derby for an indie film channel, is in the process of setting up carriage arrangements and sourcing material for its winning app, The Independent Film Channel Canada. But filmmakers who think this…

With a series of five digital features planned, Chris Zimmer, president of imX communications in Halifax, has a demonstrated an interest in one of the newer forms of filmmaking technology – digital cameras….

Without a u.s. release or a Golden Globe nod, Maelstrom’s marketing agents are climbing an uphill battle to get members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to stand up and take notice of the Canadian selection for the…

Montreal: The distribution power of Alliance Atlantis Communications was again highly evident in 2000 as the company leveraged a massive theatrical release slate, more than 120 films, and a promotional, print and advertising profile to match….

Montreal: When you think about Famous Players’ current megaplex expansion across the country, think added value, think big and think bottom line. The 81-year-old exhibitor’s expansion program is unprecedented in Canadian movie history….

Montreal: Domino Film and Television International has released nine films commercially in theatres in the past three years, including three films in ’98 – John Greyson’s Uncut, Ray Ramayya’s Seetha and Carole and Midi Onodera’s Skin Deep – and three more…