* Director: Gary Burns
* Director: Vincenzo Natali * Writers: Andrew Miller and Andrew Lowery * Producer: Steve Hoban * Cinematographer: Derek Rogers * Diary by: Dustin Dinoff
* Director: Guy Maddin * Writers: George Toles, Guy Maddin,
It is significantly cheaper – 7.5% cheaper, to be exact – to shoot a Hollywood picture in Australia than Canada, according to a new study from Down Under.
Dreaming in the Rain
* Director/writer/DOP: Carl Bessai * Producers: Jacquelyn Renner,
* Co-directors/co-writers: John Greyson
* Director: Scott Smith * Writer: Esta Spalding * Producer: Robin Cass * Cinematographer: Greg Middleton * Diary by: Ian Edwards
Viewers pick their Gemini faves
It has been a banner year for Quebec cinema, as evidenced by the boffo box office enjoyed by the sleeper comedy La Grande seduction ($6 million), directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot, and Denys Arcand’s Les Invasions barbares ($5.65 million). Both films will be screening at TIFF 2003 in English subtitled versions, as Seducing Dr. Lewis and The Barbarian Invasions, respectively.
The Toronto International Film Festival marks the starting point of what will be a major acid test for Telefilm Canada’s mandate of boosting domestic features to 5% of the total Canadian box office by 2006.
Sandra Richmond is a partner in the Toronto law firm