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Despite the b.c. film industry hosting record numbers of foreign productions, Vancouver video post house Finale Editworks is busy with a slate of predominantly Canadian projects….

Toronto-based Elliott Animation has leapt into the next dimension in animation, opening 3D division Krislin Elliott Digital. ked is currently at work on Sitting Ducks, a collaboration with Los Angeles’s Creative Capers and The Krislin Company for Universal Pictures Visual Programming…

The Genie nominations are in, and the finalists for achievement in cinematography are Pierre Gill for The Art of War, Andre Turpin for Maelstrom, Jonathan Freeman for Possible Worlds, Guy Dufaux for Stardom and Jean Lepine for To Walk with Lions….

Moncton-based Dreamsmith Entertainment and Cahoots Productions of Los Angeles have struck a coproduction deal which will see the two companies shoot at least four low-budget ($2.5 million) feature films in New Brunswick over the next two years….

Following are the nominees for the 21st Genie Awards as provided by the Academy Of Canadian Cinema and Television….

Trying to shed his relentless association with Degrassi High, Pat Mastroianni (aka Joey Jeremiah) recently returned to Toronto after four years in l.a. wearing a new hat and a new buzz-cut coif….

Vancouver: Gavin Wilding, producer of titillating fare such as Listen and Stag, is taking his brand of sexy feature upscale with Show & Tell, starring Wendy Crewson (The Sixth Day) and directed by Anne Wheeler. The feature, called a sexy comedy…

Montreal: Taurus 7 Film Corp. is in casting on the family fantasy film Perseverance, with Jimmy Kaufman slated to direct early in the new year. This magical story is set in an isolated fishing village inhabited by a cast of quirky…

The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….

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Calgary: What do you get when you cross the Old West with the New Media? Marshall McLuhan with a Stetson on his head and a wireless keyboard in his hands….