Telefilm Canada, Talent To Watch projects announced

SMPIA member Dawn Bird will produce Q, a BC-Saskatchewan coproduction to be shot in Saskatchewan. Q is one of 38 feature films selected along with seven narrative web projects as part of the initiative formerly known as the Micro-Budget Production Programme. The film...

SMPIA Board of Directors

SMPIA is pleased to announce the 2018/19 Board of Directors: Lioz Bouganin, (President), Producer, Landslide Entertainment Valerie Bradshaw, Journalist –  https://valbradshaw.com Layton Burton, Director of Photography Lowell Dean, Director, DGC (Sask District...

Instagram announces IGTV

Instagram has announced IGTV, a standalone app for watching long-form vertical video that will also have a tab inside the flagship app. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom said the app was designed to make it easier to find and watch videos on the mobile phone. Instagram’s...

New plans for RIFFA

This week the Regina International Film Festival announced an expanded schedule of international films and also unveiled a new design for its logo and statuette awards. Gone is the statuette of a naked female body, replaced by a gender neutral form. The festival,...