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River Runs producer delighted with Quebec shoot: Movie first, deal second, says Eberts
Montreal: This fall Montreal is playing host to The Education of Little Tree, a us$14 million feature film from producer Jake Eberts and director Richard Friedenberg, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter on A River Runs Through It….
Paragon AGM
Paragon has re-launched Paragon Financial Investments with a new mandate to provide interim financing to indie production in addition to distribution and tax credit advances and financing against unsold territories. No distribution deal will be required….
Small prods get big breaks under new OFTTC rules
Following a lobbying effort spearheaded by the Ontario Film Development Corporation, the Ontario government has broadened eligibility for the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit to include small companies which rely on some private investment and the Ontario portion of interprovincial…
Addendum
The photo credit for The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (inside front cover, Sept. 9) neglected to mention producers Credo Entertainment. The 13-episode series is currently shooting in Winnipeg for 13 weeks and is scheduled to air on ytv in February 1997….
Editorial: The money is in but the jury is out
Money: everywhere, all the time, over the last two weeks. The feds are in for $100 million in production funds, the four new English-language specialties another $17 million, and even PolyGram hovers, cryptically waving the potential for Canadian films with a…
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Toronto International Film Festival: That’s a wrap
It was an emotional Piers Handling who launched into a thank-fest to open the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival awards brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel on the last day of the 21st festival. Handling, tiff’s director of programming, made special…
News Brief: SMPIA Debut winners
The Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industries Association has announced the two winning teams in its first Debut Program competition, designed to provide opportunities for emerging professionals….
Star Choice preps
Although the u.s. is trending towards offering direct-to-home satellite dishes for free, Ontario-based Star Choice Television Network has no plans to jump on the bandwagon….
Mediatoon transatlantic deal tops $60M
Montreal: Shut out of key time slots by ever concentrated media conglomerates in the u.s., transatlantic partnerships have emerged to supply a seemingly insatiable demand for animation series product in Europe….
Word: Kessler Irish sets out on solo flight
Jane Kessler and Kate Hunter have taken Kessler Irish Films solo, leaving The Partners’ Film Company family after reaching the end of their contract this summer….
Commercial Directions: Imported team shoots seven days for GM
At Imported Artists, Wayne Gibson wrapped two days for Barnett Bank through McKinney & Silver, New York. Doug Koch shot the three 15s and post will be done in New York….
Storyboards: CGI flies drawn to Ikea
After spending summer evenings on the patio furiously swatting and inflicting not very nice names on swarms of uninvited pests, it’s obvious that flies are attracted to light. But Ikea lamps?…
Comment and Opinion: Canadian writers: going, going, gone
(Toronto-based writer-producer Steve Lucas’ credits include Diplomatic Immunity and The Champagne Safari. An advisor at the cfc’s TV Drama Workshops ’94 and ’96 and a Feature Film Project advisory board member, he also serves as a national delegate from Ontario to…
Ontario Scene: Barna-Alper follows up Kilmury story with strong focus on drama
As The Diana Kilmury Story Barna-Alper’s first foray into dramatic fare airs next month in the u.s. on Turner Broadcasting (under the perhaps more confrontational moniker Mother Trucker), the 15-year-old company, long known for its docs, is forging ahead…
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