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Douglas calls for star system

The business has turned ‘in a funny direction’ since her early days in Regina, says famed actress

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NextMEDIA, Banff come together

TV and new media execs to co-mingle at next conference. OMDC teases intellectual property fund

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Rogers puts Corus, Canwest online

Channel lineup for online video push takes shape

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Montreal film wins top prize at IDFA

EyeSteelFilm’s Last Train Home named best feature doc at prestigious Dutch fest

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Video: Shooting the Wild Things

So much work went into designing the film’s giant suits that, when it came time to shoot, the construction fell a little short, says DOP Lance Acord

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UN summons Canuck climate doc

Organization will use Mark Terry’s film at upcoming conference in Copenhagen as it seeks to clinch a global agreement on climate change

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Canwest Global posts Q4 loss

Declining ad revenue continues to put a strain on company, as overall revenue in latest quarter drops to $624 million

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Video: Acord on storyboarding

‘It was, by far, the most boarded film I’ve ever done’

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CBC Kids launches preschool news show

What’s Your News? features information on kid-friendly subjects such as lost socks, big soccer kicks and, more puzzlingly, traffic updates

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900 jobs gone at Rogers

Losses focus on management and back-room operations as cable giant girds to compete with Bell and Telus

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CRTC okays Al-Jazeera

Qatar-based broadcaster gets nod for cable and satellite distribution in Canada

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Video: Acord on the ‘real world’

Where the Wild Things Are DOP talks about creating the look of the ‘real world’ in the fantastical Spike Jonze film

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D Films takes Max Manus

Sherry/Cianciotta start-up buys all media on Norwegian foreign-language Oscar submission

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Barreveld behind beauty queen doc

IDFA Forum wraps with controversial story of Miss India

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Releases roundup: Christmas with Coopers

Boutique Films tries holiday comedy in Toronto and Vancouver, Alliance hits The Road