*Directors Guild of Canada…
*BC Council of Film Unions…
‘I’ve never, ever been ambitious,’ insists Trina McQueen. ‘My whole career has been a failed attempt to have weekends off.’…
*Stevie Cameron, Editor of Elm Street, Author of On the Take…
Halifax: Take away the red carpets, the American stars, the super-model wannabes. Ditch the roped-off vip sections and the sell-your-soul-to-get-there parties. Deflate the media-induced sensationalism and the egos of the Toronto International Film Festival. Next, hop a two-hour flight to Halifax…
Members of the Canadian film and television industry appear unruffled by reports that a federal u.s. bill is in the works to curb runaway production. The response follows reports in the u.s. trade press that the Screen Actors Guild and the…
Vancouver: The Vancouver film Better than Chocolate has quietly become a minor art-house hit in the u.s. and Canada and has the Canadian distributor talking about a $9-million worldwide theatrical gross….
Montreal: The 13-hour crime drama Omerta: le dernier des hommes d’honneur (Motion International), the immigrant saga Le Polock (Productions Videofilms) and the preschool series Cornemuse (Telefiction) topped all other tv series and program entries at this year’s 14th edition of the…
Montreal: Remstar Distribution is backing the 70-screen Canadian release of Lord Richard Attenborough’s Grey Owl, which opened theatrically Oct. 1, with a massive p&a campaign valued at close to $1 million….
What do you get if you take one set, two actors, a parrot, a fish named Pepi (who was added in at the last minute) and six scripts but no real storyline? According to executive producer Gordon Farr it’s ‘a writer’s…
Montreal: As many as 150 Canadian companies are making the trek to mipcom, representing a 50% increase in the number of players in the past three years….