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Telefilm Canada’s Screenwriting Assistance Program
Backs Promising Screenwriters
Montreal, December 15, 2003 – Telefilm Canada is proud to announce its decisions for the September 22, 2003 submission date to the Screenwriting Assistance Program (SAP). Established in 2000, as a complementary component of the Canada Feature Film Fund, this program is dedicated to developing and retaining a pool of creative, talented and experienced screenwriters, as well as a bank of Canadian feature film screenplays that have high box-office potential. The successful applicants were chosen by a jury of their peers, comprised of professional screenwriters, feature film producers, distribution executives and directors.
“We are so pleased with the quality of the projects selected,” said Richard Stursberg, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada. “This program’s objective – to tap into existing, exceptional Canadian screenwriting talent – is consistently met with each round of applications. Canada has a wealth of original and audience-friendly stories just waiting to be discovered.”
The Screenwriting Assistance Program, a national initiative, will finance
16 outline to treatment and 8 treatment to first draft English-language projects, as well as 7 outline to treatment and 8 treatment to first draft French-language projects, representing a financial commitment of approximately $600,000 to the development of these accepted projects.
In an effort to respect the confidentiality of the decision-making process, since projects accepted to the “Outline to Treatment” stage may be resubmitted for funding at stage 2, “Treatment to First Draft,” only the names of screenwriters are published for Stage 1.
| English-Language |
Stage 1 |
| John Dutton |
Outline to Treatment |
| Gail Collins |
Outline to Treatment |
| Jim Goodall |
Outline to Treatment |
| John Hazlett |
Outline to Treatment |
| Sheldon Inkol |
Outline to Treatment |
| Edward Kay |
Outline to Treatment |
| Robert King |
Outline to Treatment |
| Josh MacDonald |
Outline to Treatment |
| Kate Miles |
Outline to Treatment |
| Ruba Nadda, Andrea Blundell |
Outline to Treatment |
| Phil Price |
Outline to Treatment |
| Richard Side |
Outline to Treatment |
| Bradley Simpson |
Outline to Treatment |
| Guy Sprung |
Outline to Treatment |
| Leopold St-Pierre |
Outline to Treatment |
| Kent Stetson |
Outline to Treatment |
| French-Language |
Stage 1 |
| Isabelle Doré |
Outline to Treatment |
| Robert Favreau |
Outline to Treatment |
| Manon Gingras |
Outline to Treatment |
| Claude Lalonde |
Outline to Treatment |
| Daniel Morin |
Outline to Treatment |
| Benoît Pilon |
Outline to Treatment |
| Christiane Vien |
Outline to Treatment |
| English-Language |
Screenwriter |
Stage 2 |
| Aliens of Adanac Street |
Louise Moon |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Fresh Souls |
Guy Bennett |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Hero |
David Weaver |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Judgment at Medicine Hat |
Frederick Kennedy,
Christopher Frewer |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Memories of Tomorrow |
Boris Mojsovski |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Sounding Line |
Andrew McEvoy |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Ventura |
Helen Lee |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Wall-Eyed |
Claire Ross Dunn |
Treatment to First Draft |
| French-Language |
Screenwriter |
Stage 2 |
| Asile |
Benoît Guichard |
Treatment to First Draft |
| La Frontière |
Pascal Sanchez |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Hypnose |
Jean Bergeron |
Treatment to First Draft |
| La Lâcheté |
Marc Bisaillon |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Léo Huff |
Sylvain Guy |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Modeste ou l'entendement |
Serge Noël |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Monsieur Montréal |
Étienne Paquette-Gingras |
Treatment to First Draft |
| Les Tragédies d'Homère |
Richard Jutras |
Treatment to First Draft |
Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in film, television, new media and music
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, new media and music industries. With the objective of building larger audiences for Canadian cultural products, the Corporation acts as a partner to the private sector through investments in diverse productions with wide appeal.
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Information:
Douglas Chow, Communications and Public Affairs Attaché
(514) 283-6363 or 1-800-567-0890, chowd@telefilm.ca
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