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Special Report on Production in British Columbia: Homegrown prime drama hits B.C.
Expectations are high that the 1997 production season will bear witness to b.c. producers taking a concerted and definitive step out from underneath the Stars and Stripes. But there are concerns about how effective the move will be in building the…
Special Report on Production in British Columbia: B.C. animators build on Billy, Nilus and Kleo
With Billy the Cat, Nilus the Sandman and Kleo the Misfit Unicorn series, Vancouver’s animation industry has reached an unprecedented level of indigenous production volumes….
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Special Report on Documentary Production & Distribution: Hot Docs! festival finding its niche
‘I see it as the little festival that could,’ says executive director Debbie Nightingale of Hot Docs!, set in motion four years ago by the Canadian Independent Film Caucus despite a feasibility study that said it wouldn’t attract an audience….
Special Report on Documentary Production & Distribution: Rudy Buttignol: a doc renaissance man
While documentary films, in their purest form, may not have changed too much over the last 20 years, the environment surrounding documentaries has evolved and expanded….
Special Report on Documentary Production & Distribution: The 1997 Hot Docs! nominees
Following are the 1997 Hot Docs! nominees….
CBC scoops B.C. series
Vancouver: After years of paying little attention to Vancouver television creators, the cbc has literally tied up the market with options securing the West Coast’s key writers and projects….
CFTPA/APFTQ confab: Prods lobby for culture stronghold
Long without a definitive gauge of the impact of the film and television production business on the economy, a new report issued by the cftpa contends the Canadian industry generates more than $2.7 billion in production activity annually….
N.S. a model for East Coast
Where once there was one, now there are three. While Film New Brunswick shifts into high gear with a new, high-profile executive director, and as Newfoundland announces its intent to jump further into the fray with a film corporation of its…
Oscar bid puts La Salla at forefront
La Salla’s Oscar nomination has already scored it a 50-screen win, and the immortal lines ‘Moments ago I had everything, now there’s a cow in my nose’ are being sung in Italian to Famous Players’ audiences….
Perspective: Macdonald and the new NFB
Montreal: The controversial budget-cutting measures of a slimmed-down and newly dedicated National Film Board have been implemented, a daunting opening assignment for Sandra Macdonald….
News Brief: Dirty Money
Regina’s Partners in Motion began principal photography this month on Dirty Money, a short made possible through the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association Debut Program. Saskfilm supported the financing with a $75,000 investment. Telefilm Canada was the other major investor….
Sneak peek at CTCPF rules
With a firm promise to delegates at the cftpa’s annual conference in Ottawa that complete guideline packages will be ready the first week of March, executives of the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund used the platform as an opportunity to…
Correction
Avid Technology has not closed its regional offices as reported in the Feb. 10 Video Innovations supplement to Playback. The company closed its Vancouver sales office, with West Coast business being handled by resellers there as well as by the Toronto…
Editorial: Cancon, more or less
Some are calling for looser definitions, more maneuverability on the Cancon front; others want more Cancon measures….
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