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Sundance ’96: a filmmaker’s perspective
john hazlett is the producer of The Suburbanators, which was invited to this year’s Sundance Film Festival….
B.C. gets lucky in Vegas
The British Columbia Motion Picture Association’s Brenda Collins deemed this year’s natpe a very vibrant market overall, with the three private screening rooms in its booth seeing a lot of action: ‘I literally saw people inking deals before my eyes.’ bcmpa…
News Brief: Telefilm allots funds
Telefilm Canada reports financial commitments of just under $2.4 million to 13 film and television projects in December and January….
Ontario Scene: New villain in Ottawa? Batman’s Mr. Freeze may be moving in
Earlier this month two major studio features were scouting in Ottawa, or as one locations insider puts it, ‘not so much scouting as researching.’…
Binchmarks: Technicalities: what you need to know about the tax credit
Douglas Barrett and Mary-Ann Haney are partners of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. Both are members of the KNOWlaw Group….
No sex please, we’re Canadian: Canada a no-show in adult video
This January I was down in Las Vegas for a jugglers convention. I go to these things every so often to visit with former colleagues, and to remind myself why I gave up juggling….
Quebec Scene: UNESCO-sanctioned documentary reveals new face of Arab women
Montreal: Producer/director Louise Carre and Tunisian editor Kahena Attia are in the editing stage on Carre’s latest feature-length documentary, Mon Coeur est temoin (Burka, demain un nouveau printemps?), a moving profile of the lives and hopes of Arab women….
B.C. Scene: `This is the beginning of the future,’ Sterloff tells indies
Vancouver: Local indigenous drama production has taken a beating over the last year. Reduced public funding along with the absence of any tax incentive to encourage private investment in the industry has exacted its toll….
VCR expands its capabilities
Eleven-year-old Toronto duplication facility, VCR Duplicators, is expanding its field of endeavor with some new equipment, purchased over the last several months, and a broader mandate from clients….
Network: Xtreme wise guy
Toronto’s Xtreme Grafix has updated the look of Owl Communications’ mascot. The new animated sequence, which opens all Owl broadcasts, features a 3D version ofthe well-read raptor. Animator Brian Foster created the bird, complete with realistic feather texture, with Alias. The…
Digg that crazy multimedia
Digg Design, a subsidiary of Ottawa-based production and new media facility General Assembly, is bustling with a full slate of consumer multimedia projects in development for 1996/97….
News Brief: Five cinematographers nominated
Five Canadians are among the nominees for the 10th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards….
Word on the Street: Hunt on for new I Am directors
Winter. Blah. But there’s a blip of hope, a sign that the madness will eventually bleed into heat and barbecues and the Command Post party: in the advertising world, it’s beer time again….
It’s good to be Louder
An experimental audio solution for ads that come with budget problem baggage is brought to you by the people with the slogan: ‘It’s good to be us.’ Louder Music and Sound Design’s Worldwide Headquarters now boasts the Louder Demo Lab, a…
Sparks, Partners’ raise crew rates
Following in the footsteps of Toronto spot shop Sparks, The Partners’ Film Company and its affiliates – including Radke Films, Imported Artists, the Directors Film Company and Jolly Roger – have responded to Toronto crews’ request for a pay increase….
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