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Quebec-Montreal wins Jutra best film award
Montreal: The 5th edition of the Prix Jutra film awards emerged as a major two-film sweep, with the year’s surprise hit, Ricardo Trogi’s sexy, low-budget road movie Quebec-Montreal, edging out three other finalists in the best picture category, including the blockbuster hit Seraphin: Un Homme et son peche.
Henderson’s Brown Entertainment: anything but cool
Award-winning director Pete Henderson has left Toronto-based Spy Films after more than eight years to start his own production house financially backed by Toronto prodco Radke Films.
Henderson and executive producer David Cranor, who comes from a line producing background, are busy at work on new prodco Brown Entertainment’s first project, but of course it’s all very hush hush.
Ker-Hornell pulls out of Generator
Sarah Ker-Hornell has left Toronto-based Generator Films in what she and the company are terming a mutual parting of ways.
Lyons departs Park City
Less than a year after opening The Park City Film Company, J.J. Lyons has departed the commercial production house he cofounded.
Steam executive team grows
Dan Ford is the newest member of the executive team at Toronto’s Steam Films, joining managing director Roger Harris, executive producer Michael Haldane and managing partner Jennifer Sykes.
B.C. budget adds new tax credits
Vancouver: Post-production companies, local animators and foreign service producers got the goodies in British Columbia’s 2003/04 budget announced Feb. 18 as new tax-credit additions made their way to the local financing arsenals.
Rub the right way
Mitch Gabourie is a director with Toronto-based Navigator Films. He uses Rub A535 after every shoot.
Doyle, Thomson snag ACTRA Awards
Shawn Doyle and Kristen Thomson took home this year’s ACTRA Awards, along with Gordon Pinsent, who snagged the Award of Excellence for his long list of achievements.
Canucks in running for five Oscars
Canada could, with luck, be well represented in the Oscar spotlight this spring. Alliance Atlantis Communications, Thinkfilm, Gordon Sim and David Lee of the Chicago crew, and Winnipeg-born indie phenom Nia Vardalos have scored nominations for the 75th Academy Awards, to be presented March 23 in Los Angeles.
CAB launches ambitious cultural diversity study
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters Task Force on Cultural Diversity is about to embark on what it is terming ‘one of the most comprehensive studies on cultural diversity ever done, anywhere,’ with the goal of finding out what minority groups want to see on TV and how to give it to them.
Traditional and unconventional tied together at Trace
Workflow at three-month-old Trace Pictures has been so heavy that senior creative director Justin Stephenson, formerly of Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee Animation, hasn’t had time to organize a hard launch for the new Toronto animation house. The ambitious but successful business plan lies in creating unique visuals using hybrid animation styles and actively targets clients on both sides of the border.
NSI Film Exchange unspools in Winnipeg
Neither sub-zero temperatures nor theatres in the snow will keep Canadians away from a film fest that’s all about us. The National Screen Institute’s FilmExchange Canadian film festival presents its all-Canadian program March 4-8 in Winnipeg.
SaskTel tosses ‘Footbrawl’ to Stampe
Submission forms for Shots & Chasers are available online at www.playbackmag.com/onthespot. For complete details of these and other jobs go to the OTS website.
Martin returns to AAC
Alliance Atlantis has appointed Judson Martin to the position of senior executive VP and chief financial officer. He will be working with the chairman and CEO and the board of directors.
Mischel crowned at Mainframe
Rick Mischel is the new CEO of Mainframe Entertainment, following a Feb. 25 announcement by the company’s board of directors. Formerly president and COO of L.A.-based The Harvey Entertainment Company, Mischel will oversee all aspects of the Vancouver animation house.
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