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Digital media is the new message
Academic and cultural institutions are embracing digital media all across Canada.
The sound of success
Michael J. Murphy, P.Eng., PhD, is founder of the Audio Production Fundamentals Certificate at The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University, Toronto
NFB puts young filmmakers in director’s chair
Positioning itself squarely between academic institutions and film producers, the National Film Board has developed a lineup of initiatives that puts young filmmakers in the director’s chair.
CFTPA puts Mosque against Gas
Prairie comedies will go face to face at next month’s ‘for producers by producers’ awards at Prime Time. McDonald’s Tracey Fragments in the running with Polley and Cronenberg
More layoffs at Canwest and Alliance
Winnipeg is dropping the axe on jobs at Alliance Atlantis and its new parent, following final approval of the deal by the CRTC. AA’s John Gill is gone, but one source says its sales department will be spared
Boll bombs at box office
German director’s costly fantasy In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale manages only $308,836 in Canada in its first week
9 Story snags Robin Squires
Toronto company picks up the rights to Joan Clark’s popular children’s novel The Hand of Robin Squires, with plans to turn the adventure tale into an animated feature
Decode finds fit for Feet
Toronto shop closes first apparel deal for its preschooler Franny’s Feet, looking to put sleepwear on shelves in the U.K. by fall
New owner for Nova Scotia studio
Australian producer Steve Gilmour is on the verge of taking over the dormant Shelburne Film Studio on the province’s South Shore, with hopes of luring more production to the region
Frith steps down at CMPDA
The fight to introduce new legislation to reduce copyright infringements now falls to copyright lawyer Wendy Noss
TV biz not in jeopardy, says Global’s Williams
The ongoing writers strike in the U.S. is forcing Canadian broadcasters to look at different ways of putting a primetime schedule together, but Canwest’s SVP programming says that as long as casters provide ‘interesting, different television,’ viewers will be there
Yangtze doc signs U.S. distrib
The acclaimed EyeSteelFilm/National Film Board doc about China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam project gets U.S. distribution deal ahead of Sundance premier
RealScreen summit celebrates 10
The annual non-fiction conference offers delegates three chockfull days of workshops and networking opportunities, with a special focus on footage and archives
Gliserman defects to Maximum
Distribution exec ends 14-year stint at Odeon Films to manage Robert Lantos’ domestic distributor following the departure of Tony Cianciotta
Interest, but no offers for TQS
Potential buyers are kicking the tires of the troubled French network, which has received an extension on court protection from its creditors
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