Montreal: Istvan Szabo’s historical coproduction saga Sunshine was poised to top the $300,000 mark at the box office as of Jan. 6, with the number of Canadian screens slated to increase from nine to 11 for the Jan. 7-9 weekend….

Telefilm Canada will be holding a series of workshops to illuminate the 2000/01 Canadian Television Fund guidelines in the Toronto office from Jan. 12-14….

Montreal: Halifax-based telecommunications company mtt has filed an application with the crtc for a licence to distribute interactive television services in the Halifax region….

*Angela Ana-everywhere…

simon chester is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch….

New Brunswick-based filmmaker and academic Barry Cameron has a full dance card for 2000, which suits him just fine. The Cinefile producer and University of New Brunswick professor has no less than three features in development….

Montreal: With a little help from industry supporters, final-year students with Institut national de l’image et du son have completed shooting on Aller Simple, the advanced film school’s first high-definition drama….

Imagine waking up one morning just in time to see your 12-year-old son sink a machete into your brother’s skull. Then you notice the boy has already hacked to pieces your brother’s wife and two daughters, both still toddlers….

Vancouver: Ms. Bear – the family feature about kids, the environment and things ursine – did well enough on hbo and in video stores since it was shot three years ago to inspire a sequel. Production wrapped Dec. 20 in Abbotsford,…

Playback is revitalizing its commercial production coverage and is hereby fading to black with the Commercial Directions feature. However, we encourage Canadian commercial producers to continue to send along news on who-shot-what to help us develop larger stories focusing on selected…

‘He’s b-a-a-a-ck,’ says commercial director Christopher Gentile. He is, in fact, back – back at ltb, his old stomping grounds where he honed his craft. Now in his eighth year as a director, Gentile returns to ltb after a two-year tenure…

The mountain seems to be everywhere: towering over the old city, reflected off the side of a car, even sandwiched between two buildings. Except this is downtown Montreal and that is the legendary Matterhorn not Mount Royal….