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Canada makes its presence felt at MILIA
For the first time, MILIA ’97 – the new-media equivalent of mip-tv – played host to a Canadian booth organized by Telefilm Canada, Canadian Heritage and the Foreign Affairs department, which acted as ground control for the more than 60 Canadian…
News Brief: Big Bang splits
Big Bang Animation, a four-year-old Montreal 3D, special-effects and multimedia producer, has split in two, ending the business partnership between founders Mario Rachiele, Danny Bergeron and Dominique St. Louis….
News Brief: Art Fest
The 15th international Festival of Films on Art, a competitive North American showcase, runs March 11 to 16 in Montreal with 160 films and videos from 25 countries….
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Due South wins best drama Gemini
Following are the 1997 Gemini Award winners in 17 program, 28 craft and 19 performance award categories as provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television….
Editions Dupuis buys out packager: Mediatoon gets into live action
montreal: Luxembourg-based publishing giant Editions Dupuis has acquired 100% ownership interest in Mediatoon, buying out Astral Communications’ share of the Montreal-based animation series packager….
Sargent York inks Nickelodeon deal
Just six months after opening its doors, new Toronto-based production company Sargent York Entertainment has cracked the kids’ market. Its first tv project is airing on Nickelodeon and two tv series and a feature, ringing in at a total of $15.4…
News Brief: POP’s new edge
Buzz Image Group’s u.s. subsidiary Buzz f/x has merged with the animation department of Pacific Ocean Post to form a new expanded cgi company, POP Animation….
Ontario Scene: Head is Alive and well and dancing with the media
Sadly, this tale will lose something in the telling. It would take a master story spinner to properly weave all the elements and subplots, because it involves supermarket tabloids, marathons, trade embargoes and Grandpa Munster. What is certain is that Zubin…
Animal magnetism the force in doc deals
People change. Animals don’t….
Quebec Scene: Cantin directs family adventure sequel Matusalem II
Montreal: A teenager and friends are transported 300 years back in time to an exotic tropical island in Matusalem II: Le Dernier des Beauchesne, a $4.2 million family adventure sequel from director/writer Roger Cantin. The Montreal leg of the 35-day shoot…
The trial of the Trial of Stubby McPherson
Adrian Lackey, an Edmonton-based screenwriter was one of five winners of the National Screen Institute’s 1996 Drama Prize. The following production diary chronicles the journey from ‘the script’ to his short film The Trial of Stubby McPherson to its opening night…
Word: Bloomfield comes walkabout
Australian director Peter Bloomfield, based at Ridley and Tony Scott’s l.a. outfit rsa/usa, has wrapped his first jobs in Canada with International Shooters….
Storyboards: House calls
Using no actors, no script, no studio, no special effects and minimal music, James Davis and David Tennant of Jolly Roger shot and edited 16 different spots for Royal LePage taking us, along with the MacLean family and agent Kelly, through…
Commercial Directions: Vanlint does Maxwell House
At comm.bat films, David Storey picked up a day for Ontario Lottery Corporation through Promanad Communications. Derek Vanlint shot and David Hicks at Panic & Bob edited. Danny Izzard shot and directed a Dial spot through DDB Canada, with Joel Zigler…
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