Deepa Mehta’s Secret Daughter novel adaptation, Patricia Rozema’s Via Dolorosa and Sarah Polley’s Alias Grace adaptation are among the latest Canadian film projects getting development coin.
Starlight: The Canadian Movie Channel also proposes to fund Canadian theatrical features, and is backed by, among others, Victor Loewy, Robert Lantos, Mark Musselman, Hussain Amarshi, Denys Arcand, David Cronenberg and Deepa Mehta.
Receiving backing in the latest quarter are Ian Harnarine’s adaptation of his short film, Doubles With Slight Pepper (pictured), Patricia Rozema’s adaptation of Paper Bag Princess and other projects.
The writer and director talks to Playback about adapting reality to fiction, and moving between the writer’s room and the director’s chair, leading up to the Toronto Screenwriting Conference March 31 and April 1.