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Docmaker asks the big questions
A funny thing happened to Creative Excellence Award winner Jennifer Baichwal on the way to her PhD and life as an academic.
AAC exec has helped make employees ‘better’
Rave reviews for Karen Gelbart’s professional guidance have led to her win of this year’s Phyllis Switzer Mentorship prize at the Crystal Awards.
Producer broke ground with Degrassi franchise
When Linda Schuyler negotiated her first bank loan as an independent producer 26 years ago, she pretended to be married in order to get approved.
Celebrity fashionista achieved ‘wildest dreams’
Jeanne Beker grew up in the suburbs of Toronto with a poster of Paul McCartney on her bedroom wall and making a wish on every birthday candle for her own TV show.
DOP Dostie provides first look at Silk
The team of helmer François Girard and director of photography Alain Dostie doesn’t shy away from features that are imposing and arduous in nature, as is evident in the period drama Silk, their long-awaited follow-up to the Genie Award-winning The Red Violin (1998).
$10,000 vs. $100,000: How expensive a camera do you need for broadcast quality?
Recent releases of HDV camcorders and other HD options at one-tenth the price of high-end HD cameras have producers wondering if these cheaper units are all they need. Playback spoke to a variety of HD users for their thoughts.
CTV easily takes fall season
The smoke has cleared in the fall battle for eyeballs between the private networks, with CTV easily retaining its number one status, despite the fact that rival Global Television has fared better with its new U.S. pickups.
More access in new Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada’s sweeping changes to both the English- and French-language components of its Canada Feature Film Fund lower the bar for performance envelopes on the English side while making access to funds more equitable on the French.
ACTRA, producers head to mediation
The breakdown of last month’s talks between ACTRA, the CFTPA and APFTQ has at least one notable producer scouting locations in B.C. – just in case the angry talk from both sides leads to a strike.
CAB sets stage for CRTC review
Vancouver: The opening of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ 80th anniversary convention set the stage for the coming CRTC review of over-the-air television, with the conflicting interests of private broadcasters and the production community immediately coming to the fore.
Slice of Life
Alliance Atlantis will next year tear down and rebuild one of its cornerstone channels when its Life Network is relaunched in March as Slice, a ‘guilty pleasure’ lifestyle channel aimed at women aged 18-49.
FNC attendance up 38%
Montreal: The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma enjoyed a 38% boost in attendance and favorable reviews this year, which founder and director Claude Chamberlan is crediting to its lineup.
Pillow talk
The Rick Mercer Report enjoyed its highest ratings of the season Oct. 31 when 945,000 tuned in to CBC for his tête-à-tête with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The PM invited Mercer to sleep over at 24 Sussex Drive, with bedtime reading from the federal Accountability Act.
Hot Sheet
The Hot Sheet tracks Canadian box-office results for the period Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2006 and DVD sales in Canada for the period Oct. 16-22, 2006.
Porky’s comes of age on DVD
Canada’s recently dethroned box-office champ Porky’s – which saw its $11.2-million domestic box office take surpassed last month by Bon Cop, Bad Cop – celebrates its 25th anniversary with a modest splash on home video Nov. 21.
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