*LGE: $200M credit line…

As the new media community winds down from the Convergencetv.com conference in Toronto, the East Coast is gearing up for its own celebration of multimedia and the Internet. The Baddeck International New Media Festival (formerly known as the Atlantic Digital Media…

Toronto-based Imarion has been on the move – literally. Only three years ago the post-production facility, then known as Digital Post, operated out of ceo Alex Olegnowicz’s one-bedroom apartment. But in recent months it has moved into a new office space…

Post Modern Sound is underway on a major expansion, buoyed by confidence in the continued growth of the feature film industry in b.c….

Eco-Nova Multimedia Productions partner and producer John Wesley Chisholm seems to have a thing for shipwrecks – and he isn’t alone. His partner John Davis also has a thing for shipwrecks and last year at mipcom, Chisholm discovered popular American author…

Rhombus Media is hot on the development trail these days with half a dozen features and its second series….

Vancouver: Canadian shock comedian Tom Green will alight in Vancouver this month to take his freshman turn as a film director in the New Regency/Fox feature Freddy Got Fingered….

Montreal: Producers and creative teams should be given more autonomy and flexibility in determining the subjects, treatments and budgets of their movies, says Quebec’s producers association. The proposal is one of many feature film policy ‘orientations’ published in a recent discussion…

At CBC’s Studio 40 in Toronto, Luc Montpellier, the director of photography on Foreign Objects, sits in front of the video monitor right beside writer/director/executive producer/star Ken Finkleman. For this scene at least, Montpellier is more vocal in blocking the actors…

Montreal: Four Canadian features are entered in official competition at this year’s 24th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival. The early assessment indicates a promising year for the fiapf-sanctioned competition, with 22 films from 15 countries vying for the festival’s…

Montreal: Playback asked unit publicist Lorraine Jamison for a little help in suggesting dining and party destinations during the Montreal World Film Festival. Jamison’s credentials are solid. She’s been an insider at wff and at the Hamptons International Film Festival, and…

Montreal: Galafilm is in its 10th year, and has a remarkable record particularly in documentaries (The Valour and the Horror, The War of 1812). The house has also coproduced a couple of well-received features, Lilies and The Hanging Garden, and more…