Telefilm Canada and TIFF
Telefilm Canada Celebrates 25-year Partnership with the Atlantic Film Festival - 2009 also marks 25th anniversary of Telefilm's Atlantic office
HALIFAX, Sept. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada (TFC) is proudly announcing its partnership with the 29th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival, This year marks two milestones: the 25th anniversary of both Telefilm's partnership with AFF and the opening of its Atlantic Regional Office in Halifax, which was established in 1984.
TFC financed 19 of the 23 feature-length Canadian films screening at this year's festival. These include two features by first-time Atlantic Region filmmakers -
Sherry White and
Adrianna Maggs - both from Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2009, Sherry White's Crackie was short-listed for Cannes and premiered at TIFF while
Adrianna Maggs' Grown Up Movie Star was picked up for release by Canadian distributor Mongrel Media.
The Atlantic Film Festival was Telefilm Atlantic's first industry development client back in 1984," said
Gordon Whittaker, Regional Director-Business Development and Feature Film Executive - Atlantic Region. "Since then our organizations have been joined at the hip helping Canadian films reach audiences locally and around the world. We're thrilled that the high-quality and varied selection of films from across Canada being screened at this year's festival reflect the diversity of Canada's filmmaking talent."
Since the Halifax office opened, Telefilm has invested more than $78 million in Nova Scotia's feature film and new media industries, and more than $108 million in the Atlantic Region as a whole.
"Telefilm in general and the Halifax office in particular, since its inception in 1984, have worked to ensure that East Coast voices have been, and continue to be expressed on film and television across Canada," said
Michael Donovan, Chair and CEO, DHX Media and a long-time Telefilm client.
Strategic Partners
Telefilm's Atlantic Office is also a founding supporter of Strategic Partners, the international TV and film co-production market held each year during the AFF.
"SP has become an internationally recognized co-production market attracting high-calibre industry professionals each year. We're proud to have been one of the original supporters that made SP a reality back in 1998," said Sheila de La Varende, Director, International and National Business Development, Telefilm Canada. "Because SP draws local, national and foreign producers, broadcasters, financiers and distributors to Halifax to network and pursue deals, it has become a forum for the Canadian audiovisual industry to do business with each other and the world."
Industry initiatives
The Telefilm-sponsored Inspired Script program offers a unique opportunity for four Atlantic Canadian writers to develop their feature film outlines to treatments and pitch them to a panel of industry professionals at the 2009 Atlantic Film Festival. The program winner will be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in development financing from Telefilm and the
Harold Greenberg Fund and will also receive a live read-through with local actors at Script Out Loud during the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival.
Telefilm Canada-financed films at 2009 Atlantic Film Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title - Category Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Shine of Rainbows - Special Presentations Vic Sarin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooking with Stella - Telefilm Canada Gala Dilip Mehta ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crackie* - Atlantic Focus Sherry White ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dédé, à travers les brumes Jean-Philippe Duval ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excited Bruce Sweeney ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grown Up Movie Star* - Atlantic Focus Adrianna Maggs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) - That's So Xavier Dolan Gay ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie: My Name is Evil Reg Harkema ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love and Savagery - Atlantic Gala John N. Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Passenger Side Matthew Bissonnette ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suck - Music & Image Gala Robert Stefaniuk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus - Special Terry Gilliam Presentations ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Trotsky - Closing Gala Jacob Tierney ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day - Mike Clattenburg Opening Gala (World Premiere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year of the Carnivore Sook-Yin Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Might As Well Live Simon Ennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zooey & Adam Sean Garrity ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Indicates Atlantic Canadian filmmakers making their directorial débuts at the AFF
Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canadian Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.gc.ca.
For further information: Michael Dunn, Communications Officer, Telefilm Canada, (902) 426-8425, ext. 2721, 1-800-565-1773, dunnm@telefilm.gc.ca
HALIFAX, Sept. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada (TFC) is proudly announcing its partnership with the 29th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival, This year marks two milestones: the 25th anniversary of both Telefilm's partnership with AFF and the opening of its Atlantic Regional Office in Halifax, which was established in 1984.
TFC financed 19 of the 23 feature-length Canadian films screening at this year's festival. These include two features by first-time Atlantic Region filmmakers -
Sherry White and
Adrianna Maggs - both from Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2009, Sherry White's Crackie was short-listed for Cannes and premiered at TIFF while
Adrianna Maggs' Grown Up Movie Star was picked up for release by Canadian distributor Mongrel Media.
The Atlantic Film Festival was Telefilm Atlantic's first industry development client back in 1984," said
Gordon Whittaker, Regional Director-Business Development and Feature Film Executive - Atlantic Region. "Since then our organizations have been joined at the hip helping Canadian films reach audiences locally and around the world. We're thrilled that the high-quality and varied selection of films from across Canada being screened at this year's festival reflect the diversity of Canada's filmmaking talent."
Since the Halifax office opened, Telefilm has invested more than $78 million in Nova Scotia's feature film and new media industries, and more than $108 million in the Atlantic Region as a whole.
"Telefilm in general and the Halifax office in particular, since its inception in 1984, have worked to ensure that East Coast voices have been, and continue to be expressed on film and television across Canada," said
Michael Donovan, Chair and CEO, DHX Media and a long-time Telefilm client.
Strategic Partners
Telefilm's Atlantic Office is also a founding supporter of Strategic Partners, the international TV and film co-production market held each year during the AFF.
"SP has become an internationally recognized co-production market attracting high-calibre industry professionals each year. We're proud to have been one of the original supporters that made SP a reality back in 1998," said Sheila de La Varende, Director, International and National Business Development, Telefilm Canada. "Because SP draws local, national and foreign producers, broadcasters, financiers and distributors to Halifax to network and pursue deals, it has become a forum for the Canadian audiovisual industry to do business with each other and the world."
Industry initiatives
The Telefilm-sponsored Inspired Script program offers a unique opportunity for four Atlantic Canadian writers to develop their feature film outlines to treatments and pitch them to a panel of industry professionals at the 2009 Atlantic Film Festival. The program winner will be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in development financing from Telefilm and the
Harold Greenberg Fund and will also receive a live read-through with local actors at Script Out Loud during the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival.
Telefilm Canada-financed films at 2009 Atlantic Film Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title - Category Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Shine of Rainbows - Special Presentations Vic Sarin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooking with Stella - Telefilm Canada Gala Dilip Mehta ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crackie* - Atlantic Focus Sherry White ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dédé, à travers les brumes Jean-Philippe Duval ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excited Bruce Sweeney ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grown Up Movie Star* - Atlantic Focus Adrianna Maggs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) - That's So Xavier Dolan Gay ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie: My Name is Evil Reg Harkema ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love and Savagery - Atlantic Gala John N. Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Passenger Side Matthew Bissonnette ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suck - Music & Image Gala Robert Stefaniuk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus - Special Terry Gilliam Presentations ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Trotsky - Closing Gala Jacob Tierney ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day - Mike Clattenburg Opening Gala (World Premiere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year of the Carnivore Sook-Yin Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Might As Well Live Simon Ennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zooey & Adam Sean Garrity ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Indicates Atlantic Canadian filmmakers making their directorial débuts at the AFF
Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canadian Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.gc.ca.
For further information: Michael Dunn, Communications Officer, Telefilm Canada, (902) 426-8425, ext. 2721, 1-800-565-1773, dunnm@telefilm.gc.ca