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,…

In this regular feature, we dissect the current commercial production scene in markets across Canada.
We’ll profile Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto in every issue, and cover a fourth commercial market, as
part of a rotation. To gauge the market feel at-a-glance, check out the expressions on our faces…

Vancouver: The advisory board for Rogers Broadcasting’s proposed multicultural station lmtv, one of the spurned applicants in Vancouver’s race for new stations in July, will appeal to the federal cabinet to overturn the crtc’s decision….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada reports the National Training Program in the Film and Video Sector is now accepting requests for funding for fiscal 2000/01. The deadline for submissions to the appropriate regional office, along with the requisite documentation, is Sept. 29….

Post-production and its powers are personified in this column. We’ll cover new techniques, technologies and the creative personnel and companies giving them vibrant visual life….

Four screenwriters have been selected to take part in the Atlantic Film Festival’s fifth annual script development project over the course of the summer….

Devine Entertainment has signed a deal with Feature Films for Families to distribute the last four videos in The Artists Specials – Monet: Shadow and Light, Goya: Awakened in a Dream, Rembrant: Fathers and Sons and Winslow Homer: An American Original….

Top directing prospects are introduced to the industry through these exciting (and valuable) rookie cards. We look at a fresh director’s career up till now, along with their special skills and vital stats…

*Corus revenues soar…

Montreal: Organizers of the Just For Laughs Festival are thinking this year’s edition may have been the best ever. Attendance topped 1.4 million, including 306,000 for 600 scheduled shows. The festival had a budget of $23 million, up $4 million from…

Astral Television Networks, through TMN-The Movie Network and Super Ecran, has announced equity investments in six new Canadian feature films totaling $1.4 million, a major drop from last year’s activities….

Montreal: Three Canadian films will have their world premieres at the 57th edition of the Mostra de Venice, the Venice International Film Festival, Aug. 30-Sept. 9. The trio includes Lynne Stopkewich’s follow-up narrative Suspicious River, a feature film packaged by Cassian…