Telefilm Canada
How to solve a problem like Canadian film viewership?
Industry players like Telefilm Canada and CBC are coming up with some new ideas to help solve an age-old problem.
Indie film: Zapruder took on Telefilm. Now what?
In part two of our series on indie filmmaking in Canada, we chat with Matthew Johnson and Matthew Miller about Talent to Watch and reshaping the business from the inside out.
Christa Dickenson officially takes the helm at Telefilm
Dickenson said the organization will continue to focus on gender parity and diversity within its portfolio, as well as improving support for mid-career producers.
Production starts on Louise Archambault’s third feature
The Gabrielle director’s next project is adapted from Jocelyne Saucier’s award-winning 2011 novel, Il Pleuvait Des Oiseaux.
Building new Frontieres for women in genre film
Executive director Lindsay Peters discusses the growth and successes of the genre market’s programs for women and emerging talents.
Telefilm distributes $3M across four Indigenous features
Michelle Latimer’s Forgotten and Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach are among the selected projects.
Photo gallery: 2018 Talent to Watch reception
Bell Media and the Talent Fund celebrated Telefilm Canada’s incoming Talent to Watch participants at a reception last week.
Telefilm selects 45 projects for Talent to Watch program
The revamped micro-budget funding program will fund projects from Madison Thomas, Reem Morsi and Thyrone Tommy, among others.
Christa Dickenson named new Telefilm exec director
The president and CEO of Interactive Ontario begins her new role on July 30.
Jean-Claude Mahe named Telefilm interim exec director
The funder’s director of public and governmental affairs will lead the organization as the federal government continues its search for a permanent replacement for Carolle Brabant.
Buck wraps on sci-fi feature Astronaut
Written and directed by Shelagh McLeod, the Hamilton, ON-shot feature stars Colm Feore and Richard Dreyfuss.
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s Telefilm
Industry stakeholders weigh in on areas for the national funder to focus on as it faces a leadership change and the continued shakeup of the film and media business.
WIFT-T Reception at TIFF - 21 Thunder and Brown Girl Begins actor Emmanuel Kabongo. Photo by Eduardo Pereira from Eddy Perez Photography.
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