Some believe dramatic work is where all the glory is, but Gary Shaw of Vancouver video post house Command Post/TOYBOX West begs to differ. The senior colorist still often collaborates with producers and directors in setting up the initial style of…

September was a banner month for Gary Burns. After receiving the Toronto-City Award for best Canadian feature film ($25,000) for the digitally shot waydowntown at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, he moved straight into the limelight at the Atlantic Film…

The annual Moving Pictures Festival returns to Toronto for its ninth year, Oct. 17-22….

The 2000 Ottawa International Animation Festival has drawn to a close. The event, which marked its 25th year, took place Sept. 19-24 at the National Arts Centre, World Exchange Cinemas, National Archives of Canada, Budge Crawley Cinema and Arts Court. More…

Montreal: Lars Von Trier’s Palme d’Or-winning musical melodrama Dancer in the Dark (Film Tonic), starring Bjork and Catherine Deneuve, will open the 29th edition of the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (fcmm), Oct. 12-22….

Barry Farrell is an editor at Smash Editorial, Toronto….

It seems you never have to grow up if you work at dkp (aka Dan Krech Productions), the Toronto visual effects and animation shop. dkp staffers have had a blast lately bringing several animated spots to life….

Julie Lacey, nominated for her writing on the Power Play episode ‘Foolish Heart,’ says she hopes all her jobs are as educational as Power Play was: ‘I learned so much.’…

With commercial production across Canada humming and the city of Calgary benefiting from studio overflow from Vancouver and Toronto, Edmonton post house Studio Post wants a bigger piece of the action….

Done one Christmas special, done ’em all? That’s what comedy writer Bruce Pirrie was wondering a couple of years ago when Steve Smith, S&S Productions’ writer/producer/comic and embodiment of Red Green, asked him to help write back-to-back Christmas specials for The…

Graham Clegg has particular reason to be thrilled about his nomination for a Gemini in the best writing in a dramatic series category. Clegg, now an executive story editor on Keatley MacLeod/aac’s Cold Squad, says the nomination for his first Traders…

Montreal: The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has published the first edition of Specialty & PayPLus, a monthly newsletter on Canada’s growing specialty and pay-tv sector….