Vancouver: The Vancouver office of Telefilm Canada has eliminated three jobs to address the parliamentary demand for budget cuts. Gone are Gretchen Doyle and Janet Bowell, who were involved in the feature film investment program, and project co-ordinator Colleen Macdonald.

Regional director John Taylor maintains the decision to eliminate the feature-oriented jobs has nothing to do with the dwindling funding available for b.c. feature filmmakers. ‘I expect we’ll be busier this year (in terms of feature work),’ he says.

Taylor will take over responsibility of feature funding and other functions will be absorbed by the remaining 14 staff members. Taylor says producers will not be adversely affected by the cutbacks and that processes will be streamlined.

Feature applications can be addressed to analyst Monica Pawlikowski, while broadcast applications can be addressed to analyst Denise Jamieson.