Many directing teams are born when two directors with little to no experience get together to make themselves a more viable option for creatives looking to fill a job. Indeed, two novice heads are sometimes better than one, but it is…

As On The Spot was going to press, The Partners’ Film Company announced the launch of yet another production house – Bedlam. Former Players Film Company player Jenny Montford will head up the new company, currently in the planning stages. Due…

Prime Time on Parliament Hill, the cftpa and apftq’s annual one-day conference in Ottawa this year puts the focus on the age of the Internet….

In the Dec. 19, 2000 issue of Playback (B.C. Scene column), an item noted incorrect pricing for the Larry Sugar master classes being organized by dcinema. There is no fee for the course or materials, but applicants do need to pay…

Coproduction figures from Telefilm Canada for 2000 are up 45% over 1999 to $872.2 million, highlighted by a doubling in feature film budgets to $300 million and stunning growth in projects with the u.k. to $407.8 million. France, traditionally our leading…

* The Vancouver Film School has reorganized its senior management….

If it weren’t for those golden little moments where nothing seems to make sense, nothing could save advertising awards shows from their own drabness. Recently, one fine-spun golden moment rescued the 2000 London International Advertising Awards when Toronto’s Toothin Theatre managed…

Is your head pounding too? Well, it’s the end of another holiday season, and you’re sure to be almost as hungover as me. Party after party. Drink after drink. It’s enough to make even the most accomplished imbiber go dry for…

Toronto’s Filmblanc has signed a mutual representation deal with Lee Films of Madrid, which it says creates new opportunities for the Canadian and European commercial production communities….

The Toronto Film Critics Association has announced its picks for 2000, with awards going to Gary Burns’ waydowntown for best Canadian film and Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for best film….

Montreal: Societe de developpement des enterprises culturelles – Quebec invested $18.4 million in a wide range of support programs for the film and television industry, according to its newly released annual report for fiscal ’99-2000. More than $2.5 million was injected…

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,…