Heartland Motion Pictures of Regina is winding down its operations and closing its doors after 13 years of production….

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,…

Montreal: As part of its fall festival program, the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris has organized a six-week tribute to Canadian director David Cronenberg. The program includes screenings, interviews with the director and an exhibit of artifacts from Cronenberg’s avant-garde and…

* CHUM Ltd. has promoted Jay Switzer to the post of president, CHUM Television. Switzer will oversee all of chum’s local television stations and specialty channels as well as the new media division, ChumCity Interactive, and the company’s distribution and development…

Montreal: Alliance Atlantis Entertainment has completed a development deal with Sci Fi Channel in the u.s. for two new original tv series for late 2001. Anonymous Rex, based on the award-winning 1999 book by Eric Garcia, is a mystery which explores…

Rogers Cable has launched Rogers Interactive tv for Toronto, Ottawa and Southwestern Ontario….

Michael Schwartz is president and executive producer at Avion Films, Toronto….

Parker Jefferson is executive producer at The Ace Film Company, Vancouver….

Montreal: Actress and director Micheline Lanctot is this year’s recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier, the annual Quebec government award for distinguished contribution to filmmaking. Lanctot’s 1994 film Deux Actrices won the Prix Ouimet-Molson award for best film. Last year, she took…

Vancouver: Already an audience favorite in Britain, kids series The Magician’s House is a hit with industry peers now that it has won an International Emmy for best children’s and young people’s program….

Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has bought into Headline Media Group and inked a broadcast deal with hmgi’s specialty sports channel The Score….

Stephanie Lord is vp, executive producer at Voodoo Arts, Montreal….