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Storyboards: Day for night
It opens like an epic movie, with a huge mountain vista reflected in an equally huge lake. Headlights winking, a tiny car makes its way through the dark….
Ontario Scene: Accent on action for Toronto location shoots this season
It looks like Toronto’s chilly season may be heated up by not one, but three major Hollywood pics….
B.C. Scene: Diana Kilmury production wraps
Vancouver: After years of driving stars to the set, Teamster boss Diana Kilmury relaxed in the back seat this month on her way to act as an advisor on The Lady is a Teamster: The Diana Kilmury Story. (Geez, the titles…
Programming: YTV winning at the specialty game
Saddled with a Chinese puzzle of licence conditions on one hand and the attack of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox 29 in kiddie primetime on the other, there are television programmers with an easier job than Kevin Wright, director of programming at ytv….
For The Record
– Ideacom International will soon start shooting on To the Four Corners of the World, a 26 half-hour magazine series on global markets and trade. The program will go to air on Radio-Canada and TV5 International in early 1996 and on…
Quebec Scene: Conquest saga Marguerite Volant latest Cite-Amerique blockbuster
Montreal: 1763. The end of the old French regime and the first days of the British conquest is the setting for the latest Cite-Amerique historical saga, Marguerite Volant….
Special Report: The Genies: Genies bet on innovative format
Four of the top five films that stand to win the best picture Genie Award this year are from first-time feature directors. Liste Noire is Jean-Marc Vallee’s first effort, Rude is Clement Virgo’s initial outing, Le Confessionnal marks Robert Lepage’s film…
Special Report: The Genies: Craftsmanship excellent, say jurors
While Canadian film this year ran the gamut in terms of content, mass appeal and style, according to the arbiters of technical merit, there was marked consistency in the high grade of craft skill brought to the pictures contending for Genie…
Special Report: The Genies: Le Confessionnal Acclaimed stage director’s film debut
Robert Lepage’s Le Confessionnal began its commercial career on the highest of roads, preening in Cannes and Toronto, an unmatched and fitting debut for the internationally acclaimed stage director and actor….
Special Report: The Genies: Margaret looking at the big picture
The story, setting, and director are clearly Canadian, but the promotional machine surrounding the release of Mort Ransen’s Margaret’s Museum has international written all over it….
Special Report: The Genies: Liste Noire: an upscale box office suspense
Jean-Marc Vallee’s thriller Liste Noire topped all other Quebec films at the box office this year with a 34-print launch and receipts in the $1 million range in less than 10 weeks….
Special Report: The Genies: Rude’s crossover challenge
What does the arts/specialty film audience have in common with twentysomething disenfranchised youth? Probably not a whole lot. But Cineplex Odeon and the producers of Rude are hoping a mixture of provocative marketing and critical acclaim can grab the attention of…
Special Report: The Genies: Kids pic hopes for Magic at Genies
Magic in the Water, the film that was instantly pegged as this year’s ‘surprise’ in the 1995 lineup of Genie best picture nominees, is an unusual commodity in the Canadian theatrical market. Not only is it backed by both Norstar Entertainment…
Special Report: The Genies: And the nominees are
Following is the complete list of nominees for the 16th annual Genie Awards….
Top Spots: Canadian spot shops’ volume
The following is a listing of Canadian commercial production houses in alphabetical order. Information is based on questionnaires completed by companies which chose to respond to Playback….
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