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Telescene taps into New York, Hollywood
Montreal: Telescene Communications has put the lion’s share of recent revenues into new subsidiary operations in New York, Los Angeles and as company president Robin Spry says, ‘a foothold in Europe (in London, Eng.).’…
Rev Can shift
A small gathering of British Columbia producers, u.s. producers and accountants is meeting with representatives from Revenue Canada, Industry Canada and the Ministry of Heritage Feb. 29 to discuss enforcement of a tax policy that would cause major disruption in the…
On Set: Jackals
Montreal: In the new Allegro Films political thriller, Jackals, Aidan Quinn plays Ramirez, a ‘Carlos the Jackal’ lookalike transformed by obsessive Western intelligence agents into a counter-espionage monster….
At Press Time
Vancouver: The B.C. & Yukon Council of Film Unions was expected to conclude its collective bargaining negotiations with American and Canadian producers on Feb. 23. At press time, negotiations continued unabated though there are three appeals to the lrb’s decision under…
AMPDC fights for funds
According to leaks regarding the provincial budget, tabled as this paper goes to press Feb. 22, the Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation (ampdc) will not receive a requested $2 million in funding as the government severs its financial ties to the…
172 projects benefit from cable prod fund
The numbers have been crunched for the Cable Production Fund’s first year and the final tally is that with $46.5 million in allocations, the fund triggered 172 productions worth $329.9 million….
CFTPA confab: focus on policy
canada’s film and tv production industry is estimated to be worth $2.2 billion, according to 1995 statistics, with $1.5 billion generated by indigenous production and the rest coming from service deals. So says Tom Berry, chair of the Canadian Film and…
Journal: Video titles up 60%
Early findings in the Canada Rack Program, a study out of British Columbia on Canadian video sales, indicate a 60% increase in the rentals of Canadian titles when the videos are put in their own section and promoted. In a press…
Journal: Hot Docs! nominees
Hot Docs!, the documentary forum and awards show, received a record number – 204 – of entries this year. The nominees have been announced, 10 categories in addition to six craft categories and an award for Best of the Festival. Barna…
Journal: Changes at NFB
Technical services, permanent staff, regional allocation of funds and department structures are going to undergo major changes at the National Film Board if chairperson Sandra Macdonald’s proposal, The NFB in the Year 2000, is approved by the board of trustess in…
Journal: EU clampdown on foreign programming
The European parliament in Strasbourg, France, voted mid-month to impose tougher restrictions on u.s. and other foreign films and programs broadcast on European television….
Journal: Hot Docs! nominees
Hot Docs!, the documentary forum and awards show, received a record number – 204 – of entries this year. The nominees have been announced, 10 categories in addition to six craft categories and an award for Best of the Festival. Barna…
Journal: cavco guidelines
cavco released its new proposed guidelines, amended for the Film and Video Production Tax, on Valentine’s Day in a paper marked ‘for discussion.’ Requirements for eligibility of the ritc include the following stipulations:…
Journal: CFCF/Videotron swap goes to vote
The Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled that a $720 million broadcast for cable assets swap between CFCF Inc. and Groupe Videotron has to be approved by two-thirds of cfcf shareholders….
Editorial: Margaret’s dilemma
Why did the cftpa and the apftq choose an image from Margaret’s Museum as the poster and Living on the Edge as the title of this year’s biannual conference in Ottawa? Answers roam the expanse from the sensible to the esoteric…
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