Don’t look down. Toronto dop rep house Vertigo is reaching new heights….

Filmblanc has been generating quite a bit of news lately out of its Toronto offices. In addition to signing a pair of directors for exclusive representation in Canada, executive producer Noemi Weis reports a partnership with Toronto’s The Plutino Group….

On a chilly but beautiful day in the Queen’s Quay/Lakeshore area of Toronto, Apple Box Productions director Randy Diplock asks for the attention of the crew gathered, setting up for a shot of a makeshift 747 cockpit….

Alex Du is a lawyer at the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch and a member of the firm’s KNOWlaw(tm) Group….

Montreal: Blackwatch Releasing is financing the f/x- laden underworld action series Slayer: Crusaders Chronicles, which the company says will be distributed first on the Internet….

Things are really beginning to take shape for the 20th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival, running Sept. 15-23 in Halifax….

For the first time in its history, specialty service Showcase Television, which traditionally buys drama already aired on network television, has commissioned an original, two-hour, Canadian movie for exclusive broadcast on its airwaves….

Vancouver: The increasing number of independent filmmakers using digital video instead of film to capture their auteur visions need not think they are compromising their image quality….

Toronto 3D animation and special effects house TOPIX/Mad Dog lives up to its canine moniker by transforming a child into a terrier in a 30-second Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising spot for Toyota Canada….

*Lightworks provides voice of the people…

Montreal: Denys Arcand’s dark social satire Stardom has been selected to close the 53rd edition of the Cannes International Film Festival, May 10-21. Stardom is the first Canadian film chosen to close the prestigious festival (www.cannes-festival.com). The opening night film is…

Montreal: Two new reports on the effectiveness of the Canadian Television Fund are recommending dramatic changes to longstanding industry institutions, including Telefilm Canada, in the context of exploring ways of improving the fund’s operations and overall coherency….