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Editorial
Short films have a better chance at commercial success in 1996 than they’ve ever had. But it’s still a long shot. And that’s a shame….
News Brief: Bremner quits BCTV
Within a week of being named b.c.’s broadcaster of the year, Ron Bremner announced his departure from the president’s office at bctv to take the top job at the Calgary Flames hockey franchise….
Barlee squeaked out in B.C. election
Vancouver: Provincial ndp politician Bill Barlee, whose ministerial responsibilities extended to the film industry, was narrowly defeated in the aftermath of the ndp’s slim majority victory in the May 28 b.c. election….
Video Innovations: Interactivities: DVD: reshaping entertainment
Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos is director, research and development at Vancouver’s Rainmaker Digital Pictures and adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of British Columbia….
Openings: Disappointing B.O. for two Quebec films
Two Quebec features were released in theaters in May, Mario Bolduc’s L’Oreille d’un sourd and Pierre Gang’s Le Sous-sol….
Vancouver gets new production company
Vancouver: The city’s newest production company opened its doors recently with a couple of projects on the go, and an open-minded approach to the kind of work it will do….
CTV consortium members contemplate purchase: Value of CFCF-12 asset seen as conditional
Montreal: Groupe Videotron has hired TD Securities to broker the sale of CFCF-12, the ctv affiliate in Montreal….
News briefs: Sci-fi flick from Tri-Media
Tri-Media Productions of Saskatchewan has announced it will produce Light Years Away, a feature film written by writer/director Bryan Michael Stoller….
Short filmmakers long on talent
The second annual Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival wrapped up June 9 after unspooling the interesting fruits of the labors of filmmakers from over 32 countries. Over 1,000 entries were received….
News briefs: People
Mireille Watson, director of industrial relations and membership services at the CFTPA, has been promoted to VP, industrial relations and training….
Video Innovations: Que. post crunch
Montreal is definitely hot property in film production terms this summer. The hectic shooting season started in mid-March – last year it was late April – and by the early part of this month high-end suppliers, especially of digital editing and…
Video Innovations: DKP slam dunks spot for U.S.
In addition to women’s clothing, hair shades not found in nature and Madonna, one may add a trouble-making traveling tattoo to the list of basketball star Dennis Rodman’s bodily adornments, courtesy of Toronto’s Dan Krech Productions….
Word on the Street
Think globally, shoot here…
Storyboards: Summer explosions
Thinking of fireworks, typical images of bright lights and pinwheels come to mind….
Commercial Directions: Kates hits Lotto
Radke’s Philip Kates wrapped three days for Lotto Super 7 through Cossette. dop James Gardner shot the three 30s, and David Baxter at Panic & Bob is editing. Kates has also finished up one day for Trident through jwt. Doug Koch…
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