Montreal: Post-production company Global Vision of Montreal and Deluxe Laboratories of Toronto have announced a strategic alliance to build, equip and operate a state-of-the-art film laboratory. The lab will be located in the high-tech Angus Technopole complex in north central Montreal…

Montreal: Christopher Eberts, a producer on the Universal Pictures thriller The Watcher, has launched Screenworks Media, a new Canadian entertainment production company, in partnership with Remstar Corp. principals and distributors Julien and Maxime Remillard and writer/director Malcolm Clarke….

‘I want everybody in this two-bit town itchin’ to shop here,’ bellows the fictional Harry Carmichael in the first of three new Eatons spots – ‘Dilemma’, ‘Discovery’ and ‘Big Finish.’ To say there are three spots is a little misleading, as…

With the strike by American performers unions sag and aftra against the u.s. commercial producers nearing an end, the new Television Commercials Contract needs only to survive a vote by the membership of the two unions to officially take effect. Results…

Montreal: The Ontario Film Review Board has denied an appeal filed by the distributors of French film Baise-moi. The film is currently on screens in b.c. and Quebec but won’t be shown in Ontario unless several offending scenes are cut and…

Members of the Ontario Film and Television Studio Owners Association have been expressing outrage at a purported deal between the Toronto Economic Development Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications to create a major film studio complex in Toronto’s port lands….

Established commercial directors are the subject of this regular feature. Each issue we will profile their careers, accomplishments and the ideas that propel them to new advertising heights….

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….

Top directing prospects are introduced to the industry through these exciting (and valuable) rookie cards. We look at a fresh director’s career up till now, along with their special skills and vital stats…

Industry Films director Vadim Perelman has helmed some complicated shoots in his career, but none so challenging as his latest effort – a 30-second number for GMC Sierra….

In the Oct. 30 Top Spots 2000 credits:…

Oh what a year it’s been. From the Olympics to elections, to another Christmas rush, the last 12 months have opened borders, minds and wallets. With our service explosion, the world has been watching to see if Canadian spot-makers make all…