From National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) http://www.nsi-canada.ca

In part one of this 1976 CityLights interview Brian Linehan talks with Academy®-award winning actress Maggie Smith about what Stratford Canada was offering her at that point in her career, actors struggle for confidence, her opinions of publicity and being a star.

CityLights courtesy of CTV and the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.

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From National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) http://www.nsi-canada.ca

White Pine Pictures principal Peter Raymont has spent the last 38 years making documentary films.

In part one of this two part National Screen Institute interview, Peter looks back on how he got started in the business and some of the award-winning programs he has made. He also discusses the documentary film process, from finding great characters and stories and making the most of surprises during shooting, through to editing. He also talks about the resurgence in popularity of theatrical documentary films.

Recorded at the National Association of Television Program Executives Conference & Exhibition 2008.

This interview was made possible through the generous financial support of Canadian Heritage through the Trade Routes Program.

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From: National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) http://nsi-canada.ca

In part four of this interview series, Lisa Meeches, president of Eagle Vision and program manager for the National Screen Institute's New Voices training program shares the advice she gives to emerging Aboriginal filmmakers, discusses the challenges new Aboriginal filmmakers face in the industry, and also notes the strides the Aboriginal community is making in the film and television. (Recorded in June 2008).

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A six-part drama premiering in February on VisionTV, SOUL stars Canadas premier R&B artist, Keshia Chanté, as Mahalia, a gifted young gospel singer on the verge of leaving behind the safety of church and family for the fast track to pop stardom.

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Jack and the Beanstalk (excerpt)

Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films
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2 DISC SET OUT NOW ON DVD
http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/ac atalog/info_10841.html

An enchanting animated film collection, with wonderful music tracks and charming narrations

Lotte Reiniger was one of the twentieth century's major animation artists, pioneering a unique and distinctive style of black and white silhouette animation in her interpretations of classic myths and fairy tales.

Reiniger began her career in Germany and in 1926 made The Adventures of Prince Achmed (available on BFI DVD), one of the first and most ingenious full-length animated films in the history of cinema. Her first film adaptation of a fairy tale was Cinderella in 1922. She moved to Britain in the 1930s where she joined the GPO Film Unit and later worked for the Crown Film Unit of the COI. From 1952 onwards, Reiniger, together with her husband Carl Koch, created a series of fairy-tale films for Primrose Productions based on the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Hauff, Hans Christian Andersen and the stories from One Thousand and One Nights.

Released in time for Christmas, in a two-disc digi-pac with additional features and a 22-page booklet of film notes and director biography, The Fairy Tale Films is a magical collection that will appeal to children and adults alike.

Disc One
* Cinderella (1922)
* The Death Feigning Chinaman (1928)
* The Golden Goose (1944)
* Aladdin and his Magic Lamp (1954)
* The Frog Prince (1954)
* The Gallant Little Tailor (1954)
* Sleeping Beauty (1954)
* Snow White and Rose Red (1954)
* Cinderella (1954)
* Puss in Boots (1954)

Disc two
* The Magic Horse (1954)
* The Grasshopper and the Ant (1954)
* The Three Wishes (1954)
* Thumbelina (1954)
* The Caliph Stork (1954)
* Hansel and Gretel (1954)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1955)
* The Little Chimney Sweep (1956)
* The Frog Prince (1961)

Extras
Special features on disc two
* The Art of Lotte Reiniger (John Isaacs, 1970, 16 mins)
* Mike Figgis' selection (extract from Friday Night Hijack, 2008)

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A Christmas Claymation!

A crew went out on the streets to get the low down of what people like about, and want for Christmas.

All voices and animation: Simon McKinney
Interviewer: Jonno Drew
Character design and edit: Aasta L. Otnes
Made and produced for TaylorMade Media's "Studio 2", screened on NZ TV2 December 2006

The quality after compression is a little off, but you get the drift :) Will try to upload a better one later.

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