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Suzette Couture

Defensive…

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Focusing the news doc

in info-heavy times…

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Thoughts on keeping it alive

When Dr. Frankenstein outstretched his arms to the sky and pronounced, ‘It’s alive!’ (in the movie, not the book), he hadn’t thought things through very well. Perhaps if he had, things would have worked out a little better for all involved….

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Back wins Award of Excellence

Frederic Back has won honors and awards from festivals and professional bodies around the world, but perhaps what most appeals to the retired animation filmmaker is the fact that his work is increasingly used by schools and environmental groups. In the…

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Canal+ wins Achievement award

Canal+, France’s communications giant, is a company that knows how to grow. With 3.6 million subscribers in France and over two million subscribers to four sister channels in Belgium, Spain, Germany and Africa, this year’s winner of the CanWest Global Outstanding…

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Banff honors Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal hated l.a. ‘It’s not fit for human consumption.’ Banff, on the other hand, will be a treat….

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Diamond

wins Bell…

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Production in the West

Prairie production gains ground…

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Production snapshots from the West

A snapshot can only capture so much – what’s out of frame can be equally intriguing….

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The critical

relationship…

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Integrated

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Rainmaker

Another…

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Mnemonic on target

After much hoopla and media blitzing, Alliance Communications’ $32 million feature Johnny Mnemonic hit the screens in Canada and in the u.s. May 26. Box office numbers for the first five days were $1.1 million in Canada and us$7 million stateside….

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Specialties’

sub dissent…

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Good news from Cannes

Cannes: After what many are calling a decidedly lackluster issue of the Cannes International Film Festival, the reception of the Canadian films here has taken on a new significance. While the media remained divided on the merits of almost all of…