Industry Advisory – Telefilm Canada announces English CFFF Development & Writer’s First decisions
Montreal, November 25, 2009 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that 32 English-language projects have received financing from the development component of the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). Telefilm’s Writer’s First program, whose intent is to develop and retain a pool of creative and talented screenwriters as well as a bank of screenplays that are likely to succeed at the box office, has financed 19 English-language projects from its two phases: Outline to Treatment and Treatment to First Draft.
Please note the projects noted here are reflective of projects that were contracted and fully executed during the period July 11 – November 16, 2009. Please note that projects listed in previous Industry Advisories are not included.
Development Program – Canada Feature Film Fund
Western Region
|
Project |
Screenwriter |
Production company |
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B Town Boyz |
Raj Paul Dhillon |
MMM Film Finance International Ltd. |
|
Bubble |
Anthony Couture |
Cinematotale Media & Communications Inc. |
|
Damn Cold |
Gregory Mackenzie |
Impatient Pictures Ltd. |
|
Darren Gets Whacked |
Jonathan Joffe |
Panacea Entertainment Inc. |
|
Gospel According to Doug (The) |
Quinn Merkeley |
Sunburst Productions Ltd. |
|
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart |
Katie Ford |
Nine Mile Productions Inc. |
|
Innercity Girl Like Me |
Alexandra Zarowny |
OP Development Inc. & Eagle Vision Inc. |
|
Jigsaw |
Pascal Boutroy |
Buffalo Gal Pictures Development Inc. & |
|
Last Crossing (The) |
Rob King |
Minds Eye Development Inc. |
|
Nearly Wed |
Jason Filiatrault |
Combustion Inc. |
|
**Nocturnia |
Derek Schreyer |
Perfect Circle Productions Ltd. |
|
On a Good Day |
David Schultz |
Etch Media Inc. |
|
Passengers of Industry |
Gary Burns |
Burns Film Ltd. |
|
Prison Boy |
Reece Crothers |
Hope of Glory Pictures Ltd. |
|
Really Into Her |
Christian Bruyere & Mary Bissell |
Mystique Films Ltd. |
|
Splinter |
Christian Betley |
Axel Pictures Inc. |
|
Squirts (The) |
Quinn Merkeley |
Sunburst Productions Ltd. |
|
Svengali |
Guy Maddin |
2802031 Manitoba Inc. |
|
Tazed |
Laurence Keane |
Utopia Pictures Ltd. |
|
Tombs |
Marie Clements |
Frog Girl Film Productions Inc. |
|
Trapper Johnson |
Michael Konyves |
Na Ho Productions Inc., OP Development Inc., & Trapline Productions Inc. |
|
Well Oiled |
David Spencer & Eric Finkel |
Finkelfilms BC Inc. |
|
Yearning (The) |
Dominika Wolski |
Purpose Films Ltd. |
Ontario & Nunavut Regions
|
Project |
Screenwriter |
Production company |
|
90 Days |
Brendan Howley |
Apsara Productions Inc. |
|
Between |
Steven Hoban |
Copperheart Entertainment Inc. |
|
Champagne Room (The) |
Ruba Nadda |
Foundry Films Inc. |
|
Hockey: The Musical |
Michael McGowan |
Mulmur Feed Co. Ltd. |
|
Jocko`s Lantern |
Jeremy Hood |
Darchien Pictures Inc. |
|
Neuromancer |
William Gibson |
Fire Development Inc. |
|
Scientific Romance (A) |
Ryan Knighton |
Triptych Media Inc. |
|
Stowaway (The) |
Annemarie Morais |
Gen One Films Inc. |
|
Uvanga |
Marie-Helene Cousineau |
Arnait Video Productions Inc. |
Writer’s First – Outline to Treatment
|
Project |
Screenwriter(s) |
Region |
|
After the Shooting |
Gary Yates & Daniel Nemiroff |
Western |
|
Amateur Hour |
Lewaa Nasserdeen |
Western |
|
Casablanca Boulevard |
Rubba Nada |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Celeste |
Keith Ross Leckie |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Cold Storage |
Eric Lunsky |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Fakers |
Terry Miles |
Western |
|
Jet-Lagged |
Rob King & Jan Nowina-Zarzycki |
Western |
|
My Asshole Neighbour |
Andrew Currie & Robert Chomiak |
Western |
|
Next Right Thing (The) |
Gerald L’Ecuyer |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
No Strings Attached |
Travis McDonald |
Western |
|
Power of Nothingness (The) |
Anne Wheeler |
Western |
|
Rabbit Foot BIll |
Susan Rynard |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Thank God I’m A Country Boy |
Blake Corbet |
Western |
Writer’s First – Treatment to First Draft
|
Project |
Screenwriter(s) |
Region |
|
All I want for Christmas is to Win…TOP SCORER! |
Don Truckey |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Baker’s Dozen |
Bradley Simpson |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Cul-de-sac |
Mark Sawers |
Western |
|
Lifting Cars and Seeing Through Walls |
Robert Cuffley & Jason Long |
Western |
|
Mustang Drive In |
Ian Johnston |
Ontario & Nunavut |
|
Pup |
Trevor Markwart |
Western |
** Indicates that Telefilm Canada has extended offers of financial support.