Total of 13 projects backed with €1.06m investment.
In its first funding round of 2017, European body Screen Brussels has invested €1.06m into 13 projects.
Of the selected projects, 10 are primarily in Belgium. Eight of the 13 are feature films, while there are four TV projects including one documentary and one animation.
The eight features are:
A Girl From Mogadishu
From Belgium outfit Umedia and co-produced by Ireland’s Pembridge Film, this English-language feature will be directed by Northern Ireland’s Mary McGuckian. The film follows a Somali social activist and her journey to obtain a vote against Fgm (female genital mutilation) in the European parliament. It will shoot for two weeks in Brussels.
Undergods
Produced by Belgium’s Velvet Films and co-produced by the UK’s Venner Film and Estonia’s Homeless Bob, this this tragicomic science-fiction feature film tells the story of how the comfortable life of a modern family is interrupted by an otherworldly event. Shot in English...
In its first funding round of 2017, European body Screen Brussels has invested €1.06m into 13 projects.
Of the selected projects, 10 are primarily in Belgium. Eight of the 13 are feature films, while there are four TV projects including one documentary and one animation.
The eight features are:
A Girl From Mogadishu
From Belgium outfit Umedia and co-produced by Ireland’s Pembridge Film, this English-language feature will be directed by Northern Ireland’s Mary McGuckian. The film follows a Somali social activist and her journey to obtain a vote against Fgm (female genital mutilation) in the European parliament. It will shoot for two weeks in Brussels.
Undergods
Produced by Belgium’s Velvet Films and co-produced by the UK’s Venner Film and Estonia’s Homeless Bob, this this tragicomic science-fiction feature film tells the story of how the comfortable life of a modern family is interrupted by an otherworldly event. Shot in English...
- 4/21/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
David Lambert at TV Shows on DVD reports the Grady TV show, a Sanford and Son spin-off, starring Whitman Mayo as Grady Wilson, is coming to DVD as a manufacture-on-demand, in July. Grady was cancelled by NBC, after one season during which 10 episodes aired. The Grady TV series cast also includes: Carol Cole, Joe Morton, Rosanne Katon, and Haywood Nelson.After Grady was cancelled, Mayo returned to Sanford and Son, and went on to the Sanford Arms sequel series, but left due to a salary disagreement. Sanford Arms was cancelled by NBC after four episode aired.Read More…...
- 6/30/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Pretty Little Liars fans, who’s up for some last-minute scoop before Tuesday’s epic — and I do not throw that word around lightly — summer finale (ABC Family, 8/7c)?
RelatedPretty Little Liars: Alison’s Life After the Time Jump Will Leave Fans ‘Shocked’
TVLine caught up with two of Rosewood’s shadiest residents, Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish, for a taste of what we can expect from tonight’s revealing affair, which Pieterse admits feels like a series finale “because, in a way, it is.”
Monassistance | As per usual, Mona will come to the girls’ aid in the finale.
RelatedPretty Little Liars: Alison’s Life After the Time Jump Will Leave Fans ‘Shocked’
TVLine caught up with two of Rosewood’s shadiest residents, Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish, for a taste of what we can expect from tonight’s revealing affair, which Pieterse admits feels like a series finale “because, in a way, it is.”
Monassistance | As per usual, Mona will come to the girls’ aid in the finale.
- 8/11/2015
- TVLine.com
Tuesday’s Pretty Little Liars finale (ABC Family, 8/7c) promises to answer every question fans have amassed during the past six seasons. And when that’s over, it’s pulling a Madonna.
VideosPretty Little Liars Finale Sneak Peek: Watch the Girls Come Face to Face With ‘A’
“When we go to the flashforward, which is five years later, we literally reinvent our show,” Sasha Pieterse (aka Alison) tells TVLine. “The finale tells us everything — who ‘A’ is and why everything happened — so you kind of think, ‘Ok, where do we go from here?’ The writers have done a great...
VideosPretty Little Liars Finale Sneak Peek: Watch the Girls Come Face to Face With ‘A’
“When we go to the flashforward, which is five years later, we literally reinvent our show,” Sasha Pieterse (aka Alison) tells TVLine. “The finale tells us everything — who ‘A’ is and why everything happened — so you kind of think, ‘Ok, where do we go from here?’ The writers have done a great...
- 8/10/2015
- TVLine.com
German distributors Neue Visionen and Salzgeber & Co. Medien each acquired a raft of new titles at this year’s European Film Market (Efm).
Berlin-based Neue Visionen continued the run of French titles in its line-up by securing the rights to Eric Besnard’s comedy The Sense Of Wonder and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s tragicomedy Once In A Lifetime, currently riding high in the French box office, from TF1 International.
Last year saw Neue Visionen post over 3.5 million admissions at the German box office with the Christian Clavier comedy Serial (Bad) Weddings, and it will release its next French comedy, Jean-Paul Rouve’s Les Souvenirs with Serial star Chantal Lauby, in German cinemas on March 23.
In addition, Neue Visionen picked up Japanese film-maker Naomi Kawase’s CineMart 2014 project An-Sweet Red Bean Paste from German co-producer Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion and Assad Fouladkar’s German-Lebanese comedy Halal Sex from producer Razor Film Produktion.
Moreover, the company...
Berlin-based Neue Visionen continued the run of French titles in its line-up by securing the rights to Eric Besnard’s comedy The Sense Of Wonder and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s tragicomedy Once In A Lifetime, currently riding high in the French box office, from TF1 International.
Last year saw Neue Visionen post over 3.5 million admissions at the German box office with the Christian Clavier comedy Serial (Bad) Weddings, and it will release its next French comedy, Jean-Paul Rouve’s Les Souvenirs with Serial star Chantal Lauby, in German cinemas on March 23.
In addition, Neue Visionen picked up Japanese film-maker Naomi Kawase’s CineMart 2014 project An-Sweet Red Bean Paste from German co-producer Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion and Assad Fouladkar’s German-Lebanese comedy Halal Sex from producer Razor Film Produktion.
Moreover, the company...
- 2/18/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
They didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015. We being with…
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Total 47 film projects selected for Federation Wallonia-Brussels support.
The film selection committee of the Federation Wallonia Brussels hasselected 19 features, 10 shorts, 14 documentaries and four TV films for script, development or production support for a total amount of €3,267,000 ($4.2m).
Among the selected projects are new projects by Jaco Van Dormael, Thierry Michel, Olivier Masset-Depasse and Pauline Etienne.
Among the features selected for support are surrealist comedy Le Tout Nouveau Testament by Jaco Van Dormael, which he co-scripted with Thomas Gunzig and for which shooting in Belgium with Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Yolande Moreau has already started.
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, whose Amer and L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps won festival prizes, will make a film noir with the adaptation of a novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Laissez bronzer les cadavres.
Production support will also go to Animal, Frédéric Dumont’s second feature effort following Un ange à la mer, as well as...
The film selection committee of the Federation Wallonia Brussels hasselected 19 features, 10 shorts, 14 documentaries and four TV films for script, development or production support for a total amount of €3,267,000 ($4.2m).
Among the selected projects are new projects by Jaco Van Dormael, Thierry Michel, Olivier Masset-Depasse and Pauline Etienne.
Among the features selected for support are surrealist comedy Le Tout Nouveau Testament by Jaco Van Dormael, which he co-scripted with Thomas Gunzig and for which shooting in Belgium with Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Yolande Moreau has already started.
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, whose Amer and L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps won festival prizes, will make a film noir with the adaptation of a novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Laissez bronzer les cadavres.
Production support will also go to Animal, Frédéric Dumont’s second feature effort following Un ange à la mer, as well as...
- 9/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 43rd edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma showcases the best new films and filmmakers from around the world. The festival which has often been described as ‘ baby-tiff’ – picks up the best from Berlinale, Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto and more – and demonstrates the vibrancy of filmmaking in all its forms and for all audiences. The fest has announced the first wave of films from Quebec and Canada in their lineup. Once again this year, the Festival will be putting local cinema in the limelight by screening some much-awaited works spread out over several programs, including the International Competition – Louve d’or, Focus, Fnc Lab, Panorama and Special Presentation for the features as well as a variety of short film programs.
The Fnc will present the much-awaited Félix and Meira (Félix et Meira), the new film by Maxime Giroux (whose Jo pour Jonathan was shown in 2010), the tale of an...
The Fnc will present the much-awaited Félix and Meira (Félix et Meira), the new film by Maxime Giroux (whose Jo pour Jonathan was shown in 2010), the tale of an...
- 9/12/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Corn Island wins Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Elle Fanning wins best actress prize.
George Ovashvili’s Corn Island, a mostly silent portrait of an old man and his granddaughter attempting to grow crops on a small patch of land in the middle of a river, has picked up the Crystal Globe at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12).
The prize, awarded on the closing night of the festival in the Czech spa town, included $25,000 to be shared between director Ovashvili and the film’s producer.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that Corn Island had won the Ecumenical Jury Award.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Free Fall, which tells the stories of characters over several floors of an apartment building, picked up several awards including the Special Jury Prize worth $15,000.
The Hungary-France-South Korea co-production also won Palfi the Best Director Award and the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the best...
George Ovashvili’s Corn Island, a mostly silent portrait of an old man and his granddaughter attempting to grow crops on a small patch of land in the middle of a river, has picked up the Crystal Globe at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12).
The prize, awarded on the closing night of the festival in the Czech spa town, included $25,000 to be shared between director Ovashvili and the film’s producer.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that Corn Island had won the Ecumenical Jury Award.
Gyorgy Palfi’s Free Fall, which tells the stories of characters over several floors of an apartment building, picked up several awards including the Special Jury Prize worth $15,000.
The Hungary-France-South Korea co-production also won Palfi the Best Director Award and the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the best...
- 7/12/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A truncated stay has meant we haven’t been able to see as many competition titles here at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as we would have liked, but we can say it got off to a very promising start with this small-scale serio-comic drama, the second feature from “Beyond the Walls” director David Lambert. From the potentially grim premise of a young Argentinian man in such dire straits and with such a lack of prospects that he offers himself via the internet to anyone who will send him a plane ticket, the film then spins off into surprisingly gentle, non-judgy, non-cautionary tale, albeit sprinkled with some fairly graphic sex scenes, mostly gay, occasionally straight. But “gay/straight” is misleading, contributing to a binary definition of sexuality that is at odds with the spectrum-based view the film takes of the matter, en route to becoming less an Lgbt issues...
- 7/9/2014
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Seven world premieres and five international premieres include an animated movie for the first time in competition; Us drama Low Down starring John Hawkes and Elle Fanning; and Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s follow-up to Either Way.
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) has revealed the line-ups for its Official Selection Competition, East of the West Competition, Documentary Films Competition and Forum of Independents Competition.
Kv artistic director Karel Och said: “This year’s selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated.
“Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on.”
In the main festival section, renowned Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili (The Other Bank) will introduce his long-anticipated film Corn Island, a psychological drama that uses captivating imagery and visuals to present a highly topical subject...
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) has revealed the line-ups for its Official Selection Competition, East of the West Competition, Documentary Films Competition and Forum of Independents Competition.
Kv artistic director Karel Och said: “This year’s selection of competing films offers an exciting mixture of outstanding films whose completion has been eagerly anticipated.
“Many of the filmmakers, who explore less frequently trodden paths of cinematic expression, come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, which the Kviff has long focused on.”
In the main festival section, renowned Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili (The Other Bank) will introduce his long-anticipated film Corn Island, a psychological drama that uses captivating imagery and visuals to present a highly topical subject...
- 6/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆ Films such as Weekend (2012), Keep the Lights On (2012) and I Want your Love (2012) have all recently hinted at a fast-emerging new wave of queer cinema. All three films possess a naturalistic style and an interest in the routine aspects of gay relationships, embracing the real rather than relying on stereotypical representations and predictable plots. Showcased this year in Cannes (where Blue is the Warmest Colour, a study of first lesbian love, won the Palme d'Or), Belgian writer-director David Lambert's debut, Beyond the Walls (2012, Hors les murs), is currently riding that wave, though with mixed results.
This study of an intimate yet faltering relationship between two young Belgian musicians feels somewhat laboured and stilted, seeming to never quite succeed in conveying the emotional heft associated with the simple but promising premise of its love story. In a similar vein to some of its bedfellows, this love story begins in the...
This study of an intimate yet faltering relationship between two young Belgian musicians feels somewhat laboured and stilted, seeming to never quite succeed in conveying the emotional heft associated with the simple but promising premise of its love story. In a similar vein to some of its bedfellows, this love story begins in the...
- 8/27/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Total budgets for Canadian feature film coproduction climb to over $1 billion in the last five years
Coproductions are the engine driving the international independent film business.
It was an exceptional year for Canadian coproduction at this year’s Cannes Film Festival , Telefilm Canada announced that the five- year total (2006 to 2010) for the volume of Canadian feature film treaty coproduction budgets amounts to $1.02 billion. This total includes the domestic and foreign budgets of 111 Canadian feature film international coproductions. Canadian feature film coproductions also earned 165 awards from around the world in the same time period, most notably the Canada-France title Incendies (2011)(ISA: Entertainment One) and the minority Canadian Polish-German feature In Darkness (2012)(ISA: Beta Cinema) were Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.
And it was an outstanding year for Canadian coproduction at this 65th Cannes Film Festival with Cosmopolis (ISA: Kinology), Laurence Anyways (ISA: MK2) and Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls) (ISA: Films Boutique).
Reflecting the importance of Cannes as an epicentre of international activity, Canadian feature film and television coproduction deals struck at Cannes’ market component – the Marché du Film (Cannes Film Market) – alone amount to 198 projects or $292 million in total budgets over the last five years.
“When it comes to the production of screen-based content, Telefilm believes that there’s strength in numbers,” said Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada’s Executive Director.
Canadian coproduction in the spotlight at Cannes 2012
Of the six Canadian productions selected for Cannes this year, three are coproductions: Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, Official Selection – Competition (Canada-France) Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan, Official Selection – Un Certain Regard (Canada- Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls), David Lambert, Critics’ Week, Canada-Belgium- outlined in our new corporate plan, encouraging the diversification of funding sources, like coproduction, to help maintain a strong industry is a priority for Telefilm. that one cannot simply measure the success of Canadian films based on domestic box office, and confirm the importance of our new Success Index, which not only looks at commercialsuccess, but also has a wider cultural and industrial perspective.
Perspective Canada market screenings
Telefilm is pleased to announce that, once again this year, its Perspective Canada series will be held at the Cannes Film Market. During Perspective Canada, 8 Canadian feature films will be screened for international buyers attending the Market. Of the 8 titles, two are coproductions: Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls) and Claude Gagnon’s Karakara (Canada- Japan).This year, Telefilm’s Canada Pavilion brings together Canadian companies with a majority of producers looking for coproduction partners. Canada Pavilion industry activities facilitate the development of international partnerships focused on co-production as well as the sales of Canadian products, and also help to promote Canadian talent.
Fostering coproduction at Cannes
Canada Spotlight – Producers Network Launched in 2004, the Producers Network hosts 600 producers from around the world in a series of meetings and events. Created to stimulate international coproduction and project financing, this event is specially designed for producers who wish to meet potential partners, be it a coproducer, distributor, sales agent or financier.
Telefilm is again sponsoring the Canada Spotlight at Producers Network, an event which presents five Canadian producers to over 200 experienced producers from around the world.
Producers Network Happy Hour
Coordinated by Strategic Partners, one of the world’s foremost international coproduction markets, this networking event closes the Canada Spotlight at Producers Network and is sponsored by Telefilm and its Pavilion partners: the Ontario Media Development Corporation, BC Film+ Media, Manitoba Film & Music, the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation, SaskFilm and the Canadian Media Production Association. For the first time this year, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (Sodec) is a partner in the event. In 2011, organizers reported a record attendance of 371 participants from 42 countries.Networking event with India This is an event for Canadian producers and distributors to develop and expand their contacts and strategic alliances with their Indian counterparts. At the end of 2010 it was reported that in terms of annual film output, India ranks first, followed by Hollywood and China.
What are coproductions?
Coproductions are joint film or television projects produced by companies from two or more countries; they play an important role in the Canadian audiovisual industry. Coproduction agreements are international treaties signed by governments that enable Canadian and foreign producers to pool their creative, artistic, technical and financial resources to coproduce projects that enjoy the status of national productions in the countries involved. Telefilm administers these coproduction agreements, with more than 50 countries, on behalf of the Canadian government.
Telefilm is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success of Canada’s audiovisual industry. Through its various funding and promotion programs, Telefilm supports dynamic companies and creative talent here at home and around the world. Telefilm also administers the programs of the Canada Media Fund. Visit telefilm.ca and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/telefilm_canada.
Media enquiries:
Douglas Chow, Manager, External Communications 1-800-567-0890 or (514) 283-0838, ext. 2225 douglas.chow@telefilm.ca http://twitter.com/Telefilm_Canada...
It was an exceptional year for Canadian coproduction at this year’s Cannes Film Festival , Telefilm Canada announced that the five- year total (2006 to 2010) for the volume of Canadian feature film treaty coproduction budgets amounts to $1.02 billion. This total includes the domestic and foreign budgets of 111 Canadian feature film international coproductions. Canadian feature film coproductions also earned 165 awards from around the world in the same time period, most notably the Canada-France title Incendies (2011)(ISA: Entertainment One) and the minority Canadian Polish-German feature In Darkness (2012)(ISA: Beta Cinema) were Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.
And it was an outstanding year for Canadian coproduction at this 65th Cannes Film Festival with Cosmopolis (ISA: Kinology), Laurence Anyways (ISA: MK2) and Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls) (ISA: Films Boutique).
Reflecting the importance of Cannes as an epicentre of international activity, Canadian feature film and television coproduction deals struck at Cannes’ market component – the Marché du Film (Cannes Film Market) – alone amount to 198 projects or $292 million in total budgets over the last five years.
“When it comes to the production of screen-based content, Telefilm believes that there’s strength in numbers,” said Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada’s Executive Director.
Canadian coproduction in the spotlight at Cannes 2012
Of the six Canadian productions selected for Cannes this year, three are coproductions: Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, Official Selection – Competition (Canada-France) Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan, Official Selection – Un Certain Regard (Canada- Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls), David Lambert, Critics’ Week, Canada-Belgium- outlined in our new corporate plan, encouraging the diversification of funding sources, like coproduction, to help maintain a strong industry is a priority for Telefilm. that one cannot simply measure the success of Canadian films based on domestic box office, and confirm the importance of our new Success Index, which not only looks at commercialsuccess, but also has a wider cultural and industrial perspective.
Perspective Canada market screenings
Telefilm is pleased to announce that, once again this year, its Perspective Canada series will be held at the Cannes Film Market. During Perspective Canada, 8 Canadian feature films will be screened for international buyers attending the Market. Of the 8 titles, two are coproductions: Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls) and Claude Gagnon’s Karakara (Canada- Japan).This year, Telefilm’s Canada Pavilion brings together Canadian companies with a majority of producers looking for coproduction partners. Canada Pavilion industry activities facilitate the development of international partnerships focused on co-production as well as the sales of Canadian products, and also help to promote Canadian talent.
Fostering coproduction at Cannes
Canada Spotlight – Producers Network Launched in 2004, the Producers Network hosts 600 producers from around the world in a series of meetings and events. Created to stimulate international coproduction and project financing, this event is specially designed for producers who wish to meet potential partners, be it a coproducer, distributor, sales agent or financier.
Telefilm is again sponsoring the Canada Spotlight at Producers Network, an event which presents five Canadian producers to over 200 experienced producers from around the world.
Producers Network Happy Hour
Coordinated by Strategic Partners, one of the world’s foremost international coproduction markets, this networking event closes the Canada Spotlight at Producers Network and is sponsored by Telefilm and its Pavilion partners: the Ontario Media Development Corporation, BC Film+ Media, Manitoba Film & Music, the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation, SaskFilm and the Canadian Media Production Association. For the first time this year, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (Sodec) is a partner in the event. In 2011, organizers reported a record attendance of 371 participants from 42 countries.Networking event with India This is an event for Canadian producers and distributors to develop and expand their contacts and strategic alliances with their Indian counterparts. At the end of 2010 it was reported that in terms of annual film output, India ranks first, followed by Hollywood and China.
What are coproductions?
Coproductions are joint film or television projects produced by companies from two or more countries; they play an important role in the Canadian audiovisual industry. Coproduction agreements are international treaties signed by governments that enable Canadian and foreign producers to pool their creative, artistic, technical and financial resources to coproduce projects that enjoy the status of national productions in the countries involved. Telefilm administers these coproduction agreements, with more than 50 countries, on behalf of the Canadian government.
Telefilm is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success of Canada’s audiovisual industry. Through its various funding and promotion programs, Telefilm supports dynamic companies and creative talent here at home and around the world. Telefilm also administers the programs of the Canada Media Fund. Visit telefilm.ca and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/telefilm_canada.
Media enquiries:
Douglas Chow, Manager, External Communications 1-800-567-0890 or (514) 283-0838, ext. 2225 douglas.chow@telefilm.ca http://twitter.com/Telefilm_Canada...
- 6/4/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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