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Strong visibility for Canada at Cannes: Telefilm helps over 70 Canadian companies forge business links

22 April 2010

Montréal, April 22, 2010 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce strong attendance for Canadian organizations at the 2010 Film Market, taking place May 12 to 21 during the Cannes Festival. Telefilm will operate the Canada Pavilion there, providing visibility for more than 70 companies with film industry decision makers from around the globe, encouraging partnerships and hosting networking events designed to foster business links between Canadian producers and foreign company representatives.

“Telefilm Canada’s initiatives at Cannes are aimed at creating strategic sales, export and coproduction opportunities for Canadians attending the market,” said Sheila de La Varende, Director, National and International Business Development at Telefilm Canada. “Like the Cannes Festival, the Film Market is an annual “must do” event for anyone in film wanting to do business abroad. The fact that so many Canadian companies attend and find benefits there contributes to making our industry more competitive on the world stage,” she concluded.

Telefilm Canada will be holding four networking events that will help Canadian producers and organizations forge alliances with foreign companies during the Film Market, including three that specifically target the United Kingdom, France and Australia.

Telefilm plays an important role in helping the Canadian audiovisual industry conduct business at international markets and festivals where it operates the Canada Pavilion, namely the European Film Market at the Berlinale, MIPTV, the Cannes Film Market and MIPCOM. In 2008, Telefilm invested close to $1.2 million in supporting Canadian companies at international markets, and for every dollar invested the companies secured $11 in sales.

This year, more than 70 Canadian companies will attend the Cannes Film Market under the Canada Pavilion banner:

Company

Province

1976 Productions

Quebec

ABM (Au Bon Moment)

Quebec

Agence Claude Girard

Quebec

Agent Of Change Media

British Columbia

Alcina Pictures

Ontario

Amérique Film

Quebec

Angel Entertainment Corp

Saskatchewan

Bogeydom Licensing

Ontario

Breakaway Entertainment Ltd.

British Columbia

Breakout Entertainment

Quebec

Caged Angel Films

Ontario

Cinegraphe Productions

Quebec

Cinema Esperanca International

Ontario

Cinevedas

Quebec

Domino Film and Television International

Quebec

Doppelganger Pictures

Ontario

Eagle Vision

Manitoba

Ecstasy Film

Ontario

EMA FILMS

Quebec

Film Market Access

Ontario

Film One Distributors

Ontario

Filmarto / BBR

Quebec

Filmoption International

Quebec

Films du Boulevard

Quebec

Films We Like

Ontario

FunFilm Distribution

Quebec

Gearshift Films

Ontario

Hamilton Mehta Productions

Ontario

Hand Picked Films

Quebec

Horizon Motion Pictures

Ontario

i Studio Cinéma Télévision

Quebec

Iammatteo Pictures

Quebec

ID Communications

Quebec

Impatient Pictures

British Columbia

Industry Works Entertainment

British Columbia

Intuitive Pictures

Quebec

Lexico Productions

British Columbia

Lightframe Entertainment Corporation

Alberta

Long Tale Productions

British Columbia

Lumanity Productions

Ontario

Magic Factory Productions Inc.

British Columbia

Markham Street Films

Ontario

Max Films

Quebec

Melenny Productions

Quebec

Minds Eye Entertainment

Saskatchewan

MovieSet

British Columbia

Nomad Films

Ontario

Perfect Circle Productions

British Columbia

Phenomenal Films

Ontario

Platinum Image Film

Ontario

Pocket Change Films

Ontario

Pristine Entertainment

British Columbia

Prospero Pictures

Ontario

Quiet Revolution Pictures Inc.

Ontario

Raven Banner Entertainment

Ontario

Rue Morgue Cinema

Ontario

Screen Siren Pictures

British Columbia

Sepia Films

British Columbia

Sienna Films

Ontario

Six Island Productions

Ontario

Straight Edge Films

Ontario

Strategic Partners

Nova Scotia

Theo Films

Ontario

ToonBox Entertainment

Ontario

Transfilm Inc.

Quebec

Union Pictures

Ontario

Varughese Production

Ontario

Wizzfilms

Quebec

Yantra Films

Quebec

ZooFilms Inc.

Quebec

Zuno Films

Quebec

The Canada Pavilion at the Cannes Film Market is a Telefilm Canada initiative in partnership with British Columbia Film and Ontario Media Development Corporation as principal partners, Manitoba Film and Music as major partner, Film Nova Scotia, Saskfilm, Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation as associate partners, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association as contributor and the National Bank Financial Group as financial sponsor.

About Telefilm Canada
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 products that appeal to domestic and international audiences. Telefilm also administers the Canada Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.ca.

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Media inquiries:

Eva Hartling
Senior Advisor, External Communications
Telefilm Canada
514-283-0838, ext. 2090
hartlie@telefilm.ca
www.twitter.com/telefilm_canada