The backstage farce Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.
LOW DOLLAR
BODES WELL FOR B.C.’S FILM, TELEVISION INDUSTRY
Canada’s low dollar vis-à-vis the U.S. greenback should give B.C.’s film and television industry a boost, says Peter Leitch, chairman of the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C.
“It’s obviously good news for us because the bulk of the work we do comes from Los Angeles."
FILM STUDIO GETTING SET UP IN DOWNTOWN MAPLE RIDGE
The Ridge Studios is setting up in the building on 224th Street, creating a film studio with portable sets to make it easy and convenient for film makers to capture certain scenes.
UBC PROFESSOR WINS ACADEMY AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Robert Bridson, an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia’s Computer Science department, will be
among the 58 recipients honoured at the Academy’s upcoming Scientific and Technical Awards.
CANADA COUNCIL ANNOUNCES OVERHAUL OF GRANTING STRUCTURE
While details are still in development and will be announced later this year, the general plan includes a massive consolidation, from 142 current grant programs
(governed by 108 policies), to fewer than 10 large programs.
The sales and marketing department of Emerging Pictures will continue to operate out of its New York office while the technology infrastructure will be overseen by the 20 Year
Media team in Vancouver, BC.
VFX TRADE ASSOCIATION DISSOLVED, ENDS LOBBYING EFFORT TO ADDRESS SUBSIDIES
We suspected the reason was due to how rapidly the industry in California collapsed as work moved to Canada. This left many out of work
without money and others being forced to move to Canada. \
In a year when the stunning civil rights film, which chronicles the voting rights movement in 1965, dovetailed all too perfectly with current events — and when historians and former
Washington officials aggressively campaigned against “Selma’s” depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson — the oversight seems all the more stark.
‘EMPIRE’ SHOWRUNNER: WOMEN CREATING TV ARE ‘DOING IT FABULOUSLY’
We’re in a business where the conventional wisdom is that someone else’s success takes away from us. It’s not true, and the more generosity that gets spread in that way, the better we all are.
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