The CFTPA elected a new board of directors at its AGM in Banff June 7.

Laszlo Barna of Barna-Alper Productions, Toronto, has been elected chair for a two-year term. He replaces Julia Keatley, of Keatley MacLeod Productions, Vancouver.

New to the 26-person board for two-year term are Daniel R. Cross, Eye Steel Film, Montreal; Christine Haebler, Crescent Entertainment, Vancouver; and Alexandra Raffe, Savi Media, Toronto.

Returning board members include Keatley; Neil Bregman, Sound Venture Productions, Ottawa; Jamie Brown, Frantic Films, Winnipeg; Robin Cass, Triptych Media, Toronto; Steven Comeau, Collideascope Digital, Halifax; John Delmage, Decode Entertainment, Toronto; Kevin DeWalt, Minds Eye Pictures, Regina; Stephen Ellis, Ellis Vision, Toronto; Scott Garvie, Shaftesbury Films, Toronto; Arnie Gelbart, Galafilm, Montreal; Roma Khanna, SNAP Media, Toronto; and Ira Levy, Breakthrough Films & Television, Toronto.

Also returning to the board are Doug MacLeod, Alberta Filmworks, Calgary; Steve Ord, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Toronto; Paul Pope, Pope Productions, St. John’s; Lisa Richardson, Dogwood Pictures, Vancouver; Tom Rowe, Network Entertainment, Vancouver; Mary Sexton, Rink Rat Productions, St. John’s; Kevin Tierney, Park Ex Pictures, LaSalle, QC; Mike Volpe, Topsail Entertainment, Halifax; Patrick Whitley, Dufferin Gate Productions/Temple Street Productions, Toronto; and Mary Young Leckie, Tapestry Pictures, Toronto.