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Global season sees Canuck in prime

Global Television is boasting a new schedule with an increased dose of new Canadian, half-hour, primetime series for the 2000/01 season, unveiled at a press conference June 5 in Toronto….

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Quebec film preprod update

Montreal: New film shoots in preproduction in Montreal, according to the stcvq freelance film technicians union, include WW III, a Fox Television mow shooting from July 3 to Aug. 9. Gary Hoffman is executive producer and Iain Patterson is producing….

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WIFVV elects new board

With its annual meeting May 18, Women In Film & Video Vancouver noted membership has risen to more than 500 women and men working in creative, technical, administrative and service fields. Delegates reviewed a successful year of events, and elected a…

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Hunger: art for dismemberment’s sake

A man who ends up dismembering his younger self in the name of art might seem an odd plot for any tv show, but for anthology series The Hunger, the episode that culminates in that artistic suicide has resulted in a…

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Aussies seek country star

Since its inception 15 years ago, the Banff Television Festival’s International Market Simulation has grown into a must-attend event that has spawned similar programs at various conferences around the world….

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Tribute acts to be profiled

Since its inception 15 years ago, the Banff Television Festival’s International Market Simulation has grown into a must-attend event that has spawned similar programs at various conferences around the world….

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New British invasion

Vancouver: Historically, the urgent declaration ‘The British are coming!’ heralded the American Revolution and the invasion of rock stars. Today, at least in Vancouver, a more recent onslaught of Brits is heralding substantial business for local producers….

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B.C. a breeding ground for docs

Vancouver: Documentary filmmakers like facts. So here are a few:…

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Market roars as LGE buys Trimark

Vancouver: Investors jumped on Trimark Holdings shares again June 7, the day after Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment confirmed its $50-million cash-and-share purchase of the Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based producer/ distributor….

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Northwood genre hard to pin down

The East Coast will be represented at the Banff Television Festival’s Market Simulation this year by Gemini Award-winner Edward Kay. Kay has joined forces with Halifax-based Collideascope producer Steve Comeau and Judy Klassen to create the series North of Northwood, which…

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White Nile adventure

‘A Boy’s Own Adventure’ is one way New Zealand director James Heyward describes his Banff pitch project White Nile – The Final Challenge….

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Cineworks celebrates 20

Vancouver: Since the Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society launched in 1980 and immediately became the focal point of British Columbia independent filmmaking, the end credits of 210 short films and 24 features have listed the non-profit group as a key contributor….