Vancouver: The commercial success of one Bollywood film shot in Vancouver last year sparked a 100% increase in the volume of Indian films produced on the West Coast this year….

The National Film Board demonstrates a keen commitment to both teen issues and fostering teenage talent with the recent production of salt. Part underground magazine, part documentary film, the ‘filmzine,’ created by four 17-year-old girls, breaks new ground with its unique…

There is no mistaking the filmmakers behind the ‘Opera Diva’ spot for Shoppers Drug Mart cosmetics. The ad might be more comical than most of their work, but the deep colors, baroque styling and Felliniesque characters signified that director Floria Sigismondi…

Martin Granger has seen all the self-righteous, over-earnest computer, dot.com and high-tech advertisements that have permeated the air waves over the past couple of years. So, when the opportunity to direct a send-up of these super-serious spots arose, Granger jumped, and…

The Canadian Cable Television Association applauds most of the crtc’s proposed policy for increasing the range of digital television services in English and French, as outlined at a public hearing Oct. 18….

Vancouver: Because the crtc gave it only a four-year licence instead of the more customary seven-year operating licence, civi has scaled back its funding commitment to British Columbia-based television producers….

Playback brings some of North America’s top deal-makers together at its second annual financing conference, Creative Financing: Cutting the Deal for Film, TV & New Media, designed to illuminate the latest financing trends, outlets and alternatives in the international market….

The Ontario Film Development Corporation’s new Documentary Calling Card program has greenlit its first two documentary projects, which will go into production in the next three months….

Baddeck, N.S.: The fourth Baddeck New Media Festival is in the books and, according to organizers, it was a great success….

Montreal: The seventh edition of Multimedia International Market, held Oct. 4-6 at Place Bonaventure in Montreal, drew 10,762 visitors, a 33% increase over last year’s market, according to the event’s organizers….

Editor Mark Hajek knew he was on board a special project with ‘Real Dealers Can’t Jump,’ but the spot’s success exceeded even his expectations. The Toyota Dealers of Ontario commercial, directed by Martin Shewchuk of Radke Films for Gee Jeffery &…

For the second consecutive year, Toronto’s Spin Productions’ special effects work has caught the collective eye of the Top Spots judges….