Although the legendary owner of The Partners’ Film Company claims, contrary to all the laws of physics and biology, to have been in the business for ‘200 years,’ it is safe to say Don McLean has been around the industry for…

Alias|Wavefront is finalizing details on an international event which will celebrate the art of 3D graphics and showcase its software systems in 30 cities simultaneously on Dec. 3. Appropriately titled 3December, the event will feature guest speakers who have created high-profile…

Prodigal son Brian Reid has left the sunny skies of Tinseltown for his old Canadian stomping ground. After working eight years on top-flight projects south of the border, the visual effects artist/editor has moved back to Toronto and joined the team…

Vancouver: Production volumes are strong enough year-to-date for the B.C. Film Commission to predict yet another record-breaking year….

Thomega Entertainment of Saskatoon is in post on Canada Remembers 2000, a one-hour documentary tribute to Canadian war veterans aimed at a demographic that ranges ‘from 16 to 80 – it’s a wide demographic, Canadians of all ages,’ says company president…

Production is well underway on Global Television’s headlining, one-hour Canadian crime series, Blue Murder, coproduced by the Gemini Award-winning Barna-Alper Productions and North Bend Film Company….

Montreal: The third installment of the hugely successful Melenny Productions movie franchise Les Boys wraps Dec. 22 after 33 days of filming. The film’s producer is Richard Goudreau and the director is Louis Saia….

Following are addenda to our Oct. 30 listings of Canadian commercial production companies and commercial animation houses….

If Nelvana, Canada’s robust leader in the mad, mad worlds of animation production, distribution, and licensing, had been faint of heart, the year 2000 would surely have incited a corporate swoon. Coming off a strong start at natpe, the international tv…

There’s been a whole ‘lotta shakin’ goin’ on in the communications industry this year. Mega players like CanWest/Hollinger and bce/ctv burst on the scene, and billions of dollars were spent – and borrowed – to create them. Along the way, broadcasting…

There may have been an unprecedented amount of purchase and sale paperwork churning through the corporate boardroom at TVA Group throughout 2000, but there’s little sign 2001 will do much to slow the chewing of trees….

The long-awaited announcement of the Canadian Feature Film Fund by Sheila Copps, Minister of Heritage, was welcome news for Canadian feature film producers. Not only will it provide much-needed additional money for feature film production and marketing, it will also focus…