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The Burning Question
The CRTC suggests fixing the Canadian Television Fund by splitting it in half, an idea that has already cut the industry itself in two. On the other hand, the Gatineau gatekeepers are all for keeping the 10/10 CAVCO requirement and want to make special allowances for VisionTV, TV5 and APTN. And so we ask:
Correction
Jason James is not part of Rampart Films, one of the prodcos involved on the feature Cole. The film is produced by James, along with Dylan Thomas Collingwood and Kimani Ray Smith for Titlecard Pictures, and Irene Nelson for Rampart. Inaccurate information appeared in the June 9 issue.
Virgin exec forecasts decline of TV
BANFF: NextMEDIA wrapped and the Banff World Television Festival kicked off June 8 with a warning to producers of tough times ahead from crossover keynote speaker Malcolm Wall, CEO of content for Virgin Media of the U.K.
A helping hand to industry workers in need
Five dollars. That’s the amount The Actors’ Fund of Canada launched with back in 1958. It was made up of $1 apiece donated by actors Jane Mallett, Barbara Hamilton, Donald Davis, Barry Morse and William Needles. Their goal was to start a charitable fund designed to help anyone in the Canadian entertainment industry that might be in need – not just actors, but also writers, directors, and all the behind-the-scenes people in Canadian TV, film, theater and radio.
Frappier lauds Quebec rocker
MONTREAL: Veteran producer Roger Frappier gets emotional when he talks about Dédé à travers les brumes, his portrait of Dédé Fortin, an iconic figure in Quebec rock music who ended his own life in 2000.
Force Four makes its Play
Initial glitches with the tapeless Red One camera aren’t deterring John Ritchie from using it to shoot Playing for Keeps, a TV movie for CTV and Lifetime.
Beesley drives Cadillac
The Stephen King thriller Dolan’s Cadillac wraps production in Moosejaw, SK at the end of June, coproduced by Minds Eye Entertainment and Film Bridge International out of Los Angeles.
Nitro star takes to skydiving
Quebec film star Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge will draw on his real-life training as a parachutist as he throws himself into his latest project, Les pieds dans le vide (Jumping into the Void), which began shooting in and around Montreal June 9.
Fine and D.A.N.D.Y.
The year is 2080, and humans have finally gotten wise to the destructive impact of war. Countries no longer invade each other to settle disputes; now they send armies of robots to wage battles on the Moon. And instead of bombs, the ammo of choice is every robot’s rusty nightmare – water.
Cookie Jar deal headed to court
Would-be acquisition DIC pledges to fight court order. Makers of Strawberry Shortcake say deal violates contract
Simard appointed at NFB
Montreal producer, labor leader and outspoken sovereigntist to head French program
Kahane to lead CTV news in Montreal
Bureau chief will move to director post in August
Maria sings, Othello stiffs
Promising numbers greet early eps of new CBC reality, though few stuck around to see Shakespeare’s short-tempered Moor
New funding from APTN
Partnership with Telefilm earmarks nearly $2 million for Aboriginal filmmakers
Did viral stunt boost MMVAs?
Numbers for the video awards were up — way up — on air and online, following a months-long campaign by a faux hacker
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