Montreal: Three of the top-grossing Canadian films in ’99 are Quebec-produced comedy sequels, a genre the industry here continues to deliver to wide appeal. The three comedies and 27 other releases helped Quebec movies garner a more than respectable 10% of…

The National Screen Institute has made its selections for its Local Heroes Canadian Film Festival, to be held in Winnipeg Feb. 27 to March 4. (The nsi’s International Film Festival is to be held in Edmonton, on the potentially balmier dates…

In fiscal 1999/00, 10 feature film projects from the Prairie provinces received Telefilm Canada support totaling $552,674. In fiscal ’98/99, the federal funder supported six feature film projects from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, for a total contribution of $879,947….

Vancouver: Kathleen Martin and Shelley Kirk, who cofounded Vancouver-based Voyageur Film Capital Corp. in 1997, have quit as directors and managers after a restructuring of the company in late December….

CTV’s first-quarter earnings fell by 13% due to what the network describes as higher interest expenses from its majority stake in NetStar Communications plus losses from its Sportsnet specialty channel….

*ABC to broadcast HDTV from Toronto…

The Players Film Company turns 10 on Feb. 7. To celebrate, it has announced additions to its ever-expanding roster of directors and affiliated organizations. Fresh deals with Go Films and Villains, two u.s.-based commercial houses, have Players moving into the millennium…

Toronto’s NewNew Films and u.s.-based MacGuffin Films (New York and Los Angeles), kicked off the millennium by forming a new association. Since Jan. 1, NewNew has provided Canadian representation for three of MacGuffin’s commercial directors: Christopher Bean, Ed Bianchi and Julian…

It is doubtful that anyone was happier to see we still had power to work our tv sets after y2k than Gary Prouk of Toronto advertising and marketing consulting firm The Sebastian Consultancy and director Eugene Beck of Angel Films….

In a poem heralding the arrival of Leap batteries, Gary Prouk recently wrote, ‘Every great enterprise begins with a leap of faith.’ Subsequently, he and his team at The Sebastian Consultancy took a great leap in creating the entire image of…

Few directors approach a spot with the same sensitivity to agency creative as Apple Box Productions director Randy Diplock does….

Question: What do you get when you put 15 chickens, a piglet and a hog in the hands of director Carl Harvey?…