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The News Film & Video Canada Feature Film Fund – Selective Component – Fiscal 2007-08 French Operations and Quebec Office supports production of six new feature films | Canada Feature Film Fund – Selective Component – Fiscal 2007-08 French Operations and Quebec Office supports production of six new feature films |
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Telefilm Canada today announced that it has approved investments in six feature film projects, including two Canadian-minority coproductions, submitted during the final round of applications for fiscal 2007-08. The Corporation received 25 submissions for this round, and a total of $5.8 million was available for funding. “Our choices have gone to a diverse array of films that spans genre, suspense, romantic comedy, comedy and drama,” said Michel Pradier, Director, French Operations and Quebec Office. “I am especially pleased to see new talent in the lineup with first films,” he added. Grande Ourse – La clé des possibles Les productions Point de mire inc.; producers André Monette, Jean-François Mercier; director Patrice Sauvé; writer Frédéric Ouellette; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. This second feature from Patrice Sauvé is based on the hit TV series of the same name. Journalist Louis-Bernard Lapointe, who has inherited the power to tell the future, travels through a parallel universe seeking “the key of the possible,” an object that opens the door to all versions of the world that might have existed. Le Voleur Based on the stage play Les Grandes Chaleurs Zoofilms Inc.; producers Christian Larouche, Pierre Gendron; Vélocité International inc.; Valérie Bissonnette; writer Michel-Marc Bouchard; director Sophie Lorain; distributor Christal Film Distribution Inc. A first feature from Sophie Lorain, this romantic comedy tells the tale of Gisèle, a recently widowed, fifty-something social worker torn between accepting and rejecting the advances of Yannick, a man young enough to be her son. Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 Zone 3 Inc.; producer Diane England; writers Pierre-Yves Bernard, Claude Legault; director Philippe Gagnon; distributor Les Films TVA Philippe Gagnon, whose first feature was funded by Telefilm and produced through the Institut national de l’image et du son, is back with further adventures of the spaceship Romano Fafard, where Captain Patenaude and his crew are still doggedly pursuing their mission to find a new planet for Earthlings. Caught between two warring alien factions, they are forced to take sides. Le Déserteur Les Films du boulevard inc.; producer Réal Chabot; writer and director Simon Lavoie; distributor Les Films TVA Simon Lavoie’s first feature is based on true events that took place in Quebec during the conscription crisis of 1942. As World War II rages on in Europe, Georges Guénette, forcibly recruited into the army, deserts from a training camp in Lévis. Even with the authorities on his heels, the young man risks a visit to his parents and the woman he loves. Other adventures await him. Minority Coproductions Un ange à la mer Minority coproduction with Belgium Palomar Inc.; producer Barbara Shrier; writer and director Frédéric Dumont This first feature from Frédéric Dumont finds Louis in his little village of Sidi Ifni, in southern Morocco. Ten-year-old Louis is funny and happy-go-lucky, but one day his depressed father calls him into his office and confides a secret that must not be shared. Instinct de mort (Mesrine) Minority coproduction with France Remstar Productions Inc.; producer Maxime Rémillard; director Jean-François Richet; writer Abdel Raouf Dafri From the 60s in Paris to the early 70s in Canada, the extraordinary criminal path of a punk from Clichy named Jacques Mesrine. Overall, the 14 French-language features supported by Telefilm Canada this year provide the desired balance between auteur films and more commercial movies, and satisfy the Corporation’s determination to support creative continuity and first features apt to reach and touch audiences. Telefilm has allotted a total of $14 million to these 14 projects through the selective component of the Canada Feature Film Fund. Complete list of feature length films financed in 2007-2008 C’est pas moi je le jure Productions micro_scope; producers Luc Déry, Kim McGraw; writer-director Philippe Falardeau; distributor Christal Films Distribution Inc. La Cité des ombres (coproduction with France) Productions Thalie inc.; producer Yves Fortin; writer-director Kim Nguyen; distributor Christal Films Distribution Inc. Cruising Bar 2 Les Productions Vidéofilms ltée; producer Robert Ménard; directors Michel Côté and Robert Ménard; writers Michel Côté, Robert Ménard and Claire Wojas; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 Zone 3 Inc.; producer Diane England; writers Pierre-Yves Bernard, Claude Legault; script consultant Michèle Tougas; director Philippe Gagnon; distributor Les Films TVA Dédé, à travers les brumes Studio Max Films inc.; producers Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal; writer-director Jean-Philippe Duval; distributor Les Films TVA. Le Déserteur Les Films du boulevard inc.; producer Réal Chabot; writer and director Simon Lavoie; distributor Les Films TVA Grande Ourse – la clé des possibles Les productions Point de mire inc.; producers André Monette, Jean-François Mercier; director Patrice Sauvé; writer Frédéric Ouellette; script consultant Myrianne Pavlovic; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. Le Grand départ Cinémaginaire inc.; producer Denise Robert and Daniel Louis; writer-director Claude Meunier; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes Cité-Amérique inc.; producers Lorraine Richard and Luc Martineau; director Luc Picard; writer Fred Pellerin; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. Instinct de mort (Mesrine) Minority coproduction with France Remstar Productions Inc.; producer Maxime Rémillard; director Jean-François Richet; writer Abdel Raouf Dafri Pieds nus Les Productions Équinoxe inc.; producers Michel Mosca and Lyse Lafontaine; director Léa Pool; writer Isabelle Hébert; distributor Les Films Équinoxe inc. Un ange à la mer Minority coproduction with Belgium Palomar Inc.; producer Barbara Shrier; writer and director Frédéric Dumont Un été sans point ni coup sûr Palomar Inc.; producer Barbara Shrier; director Francis Leclerc; writer Marc Robitaille; distributor Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Inc. Le Voleur Based on the stage play Les Grandes Chaleurs Zoofilms Inc.; producers Christian Larouche, Pierre Gendron, Valérie Bissonnette; writer Michel-Marc Bouchard; director Sophie Lorain; distributor Christal Film Distribution Inc. |
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