Few other manufacturers dominate their business the way Imax Corp. dominates large-format production. From the moment a filmmaker loads a camera to the moment a movie patron dons a set of 3D goggles, Imax has its hand in the production process,…

Like most any developing entity, the growth of large-format production is measured not in years, but rather in milestones. That the medium is far from its infancy – more than 30 years – is irrelevant. It only began its emergence this…

Montreal: The 28th edition of the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media has programmed close to 200 works from 34 countries, including 55 feature films, 82 short and medium-length films, and 50 new media presentations….

Writer/producer and comedian Steve Smith will host the Gemini Awards Industry Gala on Nov. 6. He’s a man who knows more about survival in the tv business than Red Green knows about duct tape, so Playback asked for his point of…

Big Films is hard at work on a film about big creatures for really big screens. The large-format film is tentatively called A Day in the Life and BiG president Daniel White expects the 3D animated, 35-minute creature feature to be…

Alliance Atlantis Communications presented a bullish forecast for the company’s 1999/2000 fiscal year at its annual meeting late last month, although ceo Michael MacMillan says he’s ‘very disappointed in the stock price.’…

Montreal: Motion International (Coscient Group/cst.a) reports top-line revenue for fiscal ’99/2000 is slated to hit $145 million, a 25% increase over last year. The revenue projection includes current and confirmed production and foreign and domestic distribution sales….

In the extremely competitive world of multimedia software and gaming, where thousands of companies get lost in the mix, one outfit is very quietly working its way into the software spotlight, Ubi Soft….

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Montreal: Canadian producers and theatrical distributors support a Telefilm Canada draft proposal for an expanded Canadian Feature Film Fund, but are reserving comment on operational and other details….

Three of Canada’s top entertainment industry figures are joining forces to launch a $50-million national movie theatre chain which will see multiplexes opening in 20 small- and medium-sized communities over the next three years….

Vancouver: Four broadcasters have filed formal proposals to the crtc to provide Vancouver and/or Victoria with a new television licence….