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Special Report: Production in Alberta: Producers keeping up the pace
With affairs of state providing an ominous backdrop, Alberta’s producers have managed to keep themselves to the task at hand, and, following a year of series and international successes, are gearing up for more of the same….
Special Report: Production in Alberta: Curtain going up on Local Heroes
Drown those winter blahs in a tub of popcorn as miles of film from independents unwind during the 10th anniversary of the Local Heroes International Screen Festival in Edmonton March 3-9….
More Canadians hit NATPE
For Canadian companies, big and small, natpe is an increasingly useful business development experience….
Juneau report debated
Despite some solid recommendations that in essence support the future of government subsidies for Canadian film and tv, members of Canada’s film and television industries are worried that Pierre Juneau’s paper baby, the 300-page mandate review committee report, will be thrown…
Cabbing it in St. John’s
Little Jimmy Gullage is a loser at poker and Pis Parsons’ a ‘bit of a low-life.’…
DTH rules appealed
The NCN New Country Network debacle seems to be wrapping up but a new player has emerged to take the wind out of Canadian protectionist policies, this time those feeding the Canadian feature film distribution industry….
At Press Time
Screamers earned $5.2 million across North America in its first 10 days on 1,560 screens starting Jan. 26. The Christian Duguay film, distributed stateside by Triumph Films and in Canada by Allegro Films Distribution, ranked ninth in North American box office…
Malofilm recruits as revenues jump to $39M
Montreal: Malofilm Communications has rung up revenues of $38.9 million for the year ending Sept. 30, 1995, a 25% hike over ’94. With fresh financial results in hand, Rene Malo, chairman and ceo, has also made a number of senior appointments…
New Mtl. partnership to make films, series
Montreal: Discreet Logic founder Richard Szalwinski has moved into the entertainment software business and formed Industry Entertainment with filmmakers John Hamilton and David Reckziegel….
Letter: YTV supports Canada
In ‘The Big Cel’ story in the Jan. 1 Special Report on Animation, Post and SFX (p. 14), Cassandra Schafhausen, Cinar vp of animation, laments: ‘ytv takes so much stuff from Nickelodeon.’ Clearly, Ms. Schafhausen has an incorrect perception of what…
Editorial: Report fuzzy
It cost $2.8 million (the price of three primetime dramatic episodes or about seven one-hour documentaries or approximately one-sixteenth of the Cable Production Fund’s budget) and covers about 300 pages. The Juneau report is now available in black and white, but…
Correction
cavco head Robert Soucy’s name was misspelled in the last issue. Our apologies to Mr. Soucy….
Numbers: Traders off to a champagne start
Global is bullish with the overnights for Traders, which premiered Thursday Feb. 1 at 10 p.m….
Liberty St., Side Effects dropped: New biodocs, dramas for CBC
Next season’s cbc all-Canadian primetime will be without the Canadian drama entries of the last two seasons. Liberty Street and Side Effects hit the skids this month and Straight Up and The Rez are moving in to fill the void….
Westcom gears up for renewal hearing
Vancouver: Westcom TV Group’s application to the crtc for the renewal of its broadcasting licence will be scrutinized at a public meeting here Feb. 27….
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