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Seductive Shorts
Seduction - romantic and otherwise – is the theme of the 2006 Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction copro from the National Film Board and marblemedia.
Mobisodes: little productions, big legal pitfalls
Ian Cooper is an associate at Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP, a boutique entertainment and copyright law firm based in Toronto.
MoboVivo readies content for iPod
It’s starting small, but Calgary’s MoboVivo believes it will be first in Canada to offer legal, paid, downloadable TV shows for the Apple Video iPod.
Pitching on the hot seat: the Toronto Documentary Forum
All that’s needed at the Toronto Documentary Forum is an idea for a film, lots of chutzpah and nerves of steel. Now in its seventh year, the TDF is based on the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam model of aspiring-filmmaker-meets-potential-broadcaster session, allowing creators to hone and polish their pitches – and even, in some cases, sell them.
Hot Docs unspools eclectic mix
If one word sums up the mix of films in this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, it’s eclectic.
The cinematic menu this year features a healthy blend of socially and politically engaged documentary programming from all over the world, according to Sean Farnel, the fest’s new director of programming.
Foreign themes highlight Canadian Spectrum
‘This is a film every Canadian should see right now!’ says Lynne Fernie, programmer of the Canadian Spectrum strand at Hot Docs 2006, referring to Samira Goetschel’s first film, Our Own Private Bin Laden. But she is just as emphatic about the other 22 titles in the program, including 12 features, seven one-hours and three shorts.
Digital advances alter distribution landscape
The digital revolution has Canadian documentary producers and distributors running to close windows.
Promotion for Starowicz
CBC documentary majordomo Mark Starowicz has assumed a seat at CBC’s senior management table, from which he will acquire and air more factual programming across multiple platforms.
Bensimon, Kennedy join Hot Docs board
The Hot Docs board of directors has expanded with appointments from both the public and private sectors. National Film Board commissioner Jacques Bensimon and Cineplex Entertainment executive VP of film and marketing Michael Kennedy join the board, bringing its number to 15.
Sci-fi series a boon for B.C.
It’s official: Stargate SG-1 rules the earthly television universe.
Embarking on a record-breaking 10th season of production, the B.C.-shot TV series has entered uncharted territory, laying claim as the longest-running drama series ever produced for cable television, and the longest-running North American science fiction drama of all time, outlasting The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and every installment of Star Trek.
North American casters rejoice in series’ success
As Stargate SG-1 rolls on its 10th season, even the head of programming at its U.S. broadcaster is surprised at the series’ continued success.
Stargate Atlantis rose from ‘end’ of SG-1
Stargate Atlantis launched into the sci-fi stratosphere in July 2004, premiering on the Sci Fi Channel to nearly 4.2 million viewers – the first sci-fi series ever to surpass the four-million-viewer plateau.
B.C. post shops create series’ alien worlds
At 200 episodes and counting, Stargate SG-1 isn’t just a sci-fi institution – it’s also helped provide a foundation for the burgeoning Vancouver post and FX industry. Over the last 10 years, several Vancouver post houses have been able to flex their creative chops and grow their businesses on MGM Television’s flagship series, along with its Stargate Atlantis spin-off.
Rocket set to launch in English Canada
Maurice ‘The Rocket’ Richard, the Montreal Canadiens player who shot to national super-stardom in the 1940s, will bring even more hockey to the nation this NHL playoff season with the spring rollout of The Rocket (titled Maurice Richard in Quebec).
On April 21, an English-subtitled The Rocket will open on an unprecedented 115 screens in English Canada – the biggest national movie release of a French-Canadian film in the history of its distributor, Alliance Atlantis.
Podeswa and Lantos going to Pieces
After seven years of development, Jeremy Podeswa is ‘thrilled’ to be finally making the page-to-screen adaptation of Anne Michaels’ award-winning novel Fugitive Pieces.
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