According to data compiled by the Ontario Film Development Corporation (and based on figures that reflect money spent by productions utilizing ofdc-administered services), Ontario’s film and television production activity set a new record in 1999, contributing a total of $934 million…

The war between one of Canada’s oldest unions and an upstart organization claiming to represent more than 1,000 extras across Canada is heating up….

On the cab ride over to Caligari I start to get a little nervous. Perhaps nervous is strong; I think nervously excited is a better way to phrase it. Caligari is, of course, one of Toronto’s best-known and respected special effects…

In the early 1990s, had you asked physical effects artists about computer-generated effects, most would have plaintively questioned whether their craft could survive the onslaught of this new digital discipline….

As many as 20 preselected Quebec and European movie projects will be pitched at the first edition of Contact, a feature film coproduction and financing forum organized by funding agency sodec and Linking Market Forces, an industry association credited by the…

It’s a move that puts Canadian and American broadcasters on the same side of the fence and furthers the most current David and Goliath saga….

Nova Scotia’s Scott Hamilton has guts of steel. From work in the morgue to assisting police with evidence collection, the young effects-master has experienced the dark side of human nature. The self-taught Hamilton brings a bevy of gruesome experience to his…

Winnipeg: While national broadcasters remain quiet until next season’s broadcast letters are issued, the specialty channels are making it clear that the high licence fees required to maximize points at the Canadian Television Fund will impact programming decisions….

Montreal: Four of 18 eligible films have made the final cut for this year’s best motion picture Prix Jutra award at the second edition of the Quebec film awards….

as production work in Canada has grown over the last two decades, the number of special effects companies has been keeping pace. From a handful of fx houses working in the early 1980s, the business has grown in leaps and bounds….

Goin’ down the runaway road to natpe…

Montreal: Flowing bubbly and celebration greeted the on-air launch of four new specialty channels – Historia, Series+, z and Canal Evasion – Monday evening, Jan. 31….