Telefilm Canada is once again partner with the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) for its 26^th annual edition. Eighteen Canadian films with Telefilm financing will be screened as part of the Festival’s popular Canadian Images series, marking another highlight in a strong year for English and French Canadian cinema.

In addition, Telefilm is pleased to once again support Canadian producers through its participation in the Telefilm Canada International Têtes-à-Têtes, a series of co-production meetings that has become a signature event of the Festival’s Vancouver Television and Film Forum.

Of note, Kari Skogland’s The Stone Angel, based on the beloved novel by Margaret Laurence, will officially open VIFF’s Canadian Images program at a gala screening on September 28, 2007.

“Telefilm-financed films have always received a warm welcome at the Vancouver International Film Festival and this year is no exception. It’s a pleasure to see that films borne from great Canadian works of literature will bring these timeless Canadian stories to entirely new audiences,” said Executive Director Wayne Clarkson. “At the same time, Carl Bessai’s Normal and Ernie Barbarash’s They Wait – two films that reflect the harsh realities of everyday life and the evolving multicultural fabric of cities like Vancouver – are also among the superb roster of films being showcased at VIFF. Telefilm is proud of all of these films and we encourage festival-goers to be among the first to enjoy them.”

The list to date of Telefilm-supported films at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival includes:

• American Venus (director: Bruce Sweeney; producer: Stephen Hegyes)
• Breakfast with Scot (director: Laurie Lynd; producer: Paul Brown) 
• Fugitive Pieces (director: Jeremy Podeswa; producer: Robert Lantos) 
• Guide de la petite vengeance (Little Book of Revenge) (director: Jean-François Pouliot; producers: Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal) 
• Green Chain (The) (director: Mark Leiren-Young; producers: Mark Leiren-Young, Donna Wong-Juliani, Tony Wosk)
• Hank and Mike (director: Matthiew Klinck; producers: Nicholas D. Tabarrok, Thomas Michael and Pierre Even) 
• Just Buried (director: Chaz Thome; producers: Pen Densham, Bill Niven, Chaz Thome and John Watson) 
• Les 3 p’tits cochons (director: Patrick Huard; producers: Pierre Gendron and Christian Larouche) 
• Normal (director: Carl Bessai; producers: Carl Bessai and Andrew Boutilier) 
• Poor Boy’s Game (director: Clement Virgo; producer: Damon D’Oliveira) 
• Saving Luna (director: Michael Parfit; director/producer : Suzanne Chisholm)
• Stone Angel (The) (director: Kari Skogland; producers: Liz Jarvis and Kari Skogland) 
• Surviving My Mother (aka The Yellow Woman) (director: Émile Gaudreault; producers: Denise Robert and Daniel Louis) 
• They Wait (director: Ernie Barbarash; producers: Diane Boehme, Uwe Boli and Stephen Hegyes) 
• Toi (You) (director: François Delisle; producers: Francois Delisle and Joceline Genest) 
• Tracey Fragments (The) (director: Bruce McDonald; producer: Paul Barkin) 
• Weirdsville (director: Allan Moyle; producer: Nicholas Tabarrok)
• Young People F***ing (Director: Martin Gero; Producers: Steven Hoban, Tracey Boulton) 

Telefilm Canada International Têtes-à-Têtes

In association with the Festival’s Vancouver Film & Television Forum, Telefilm is pleased to participate in this unique initiative that facilitates co-production opportunities and international sales. Slated for September 28, the Têtes-à-Têtes enable Canadian industry players to discuss concrete projects with international producers, distributors, broadcasters and sales agents during private, one-to-one meetings. (http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/tete-a-tete)

Confirmed guests to date for this year’s edition include:

Through its Canada Showcase program, Telefilm is a long-time government partner of the Festival. Both organizations are dedicated to spotlighting Canadian artists and their works, and providing them with the opportunity to develop audiences, discuss business deals and increase media visibility.