FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:  Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp.  Malcolm Earle  (604) 874-8700  1-800-616-4433 (Toll Free) 
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  FOR:  RAINMAKER DIGITAL PICTURES CORP.    ME SYMBOL:  RNK    APRIL 1, 1997    Rainmaker Digital Pictures Lists on the Toronto Stock  Exchange    VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp.   ("Rainmaker") is pleased to announce that its common shares will   commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) at the   opening of markets on Wednesday April 02, 1997 under the symbol   "RNK".  Rainmaker currently has 9,939,519 common shares issued and  outstanding.  Rainmaker will maintain its listing on the Montreal   Stock Exchange, where it has traded since the Company originally   went public in May of 1995.     For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, total revenue   increased to $16.1 million, or growth of 61 percent over the same   period last year, and net earnings increased to $2.04 million or   $0.22 per share.     Rainmaker Digital Pictures provides post-production services to   producers of feature films, television programs, and new media.    The Company operates fully integrated digital facilities in two of  North America's most vibrant filmmaking centres:  Vancouver,   British Columbia, and Los Angeles, California.  Rainmaker's Los   Angeles studio specializes in digital visual effects for the   Hollywood film- making community.  Rainmaker's Vancouver facility   offers services including film-processing, film to video transfer,  video editing, digital visual effects, computer animation, MPEG   video compression and DVD interactive authoring. 
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