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Feature-Length Theatrical Documentary Pilot Program – English-Language Production Component
Telefilm Canada, CBC Television and the Rogers Group of Funds announce results of jury selection
Montreal, February 16, 2006 - Telefilm Canada, CBC Television and the
Rogers Group of Funds are delighted to announce that 27, Brad Fox and Sandra
Cunningham (Where The Truth Lies, Being Julia), producers; Stuart Samuels, (Midnight
Movies, Visions Of Light), writer/director, is the first documentary proposal
to be selected to receive production financing from this pilot program.
27 will receive $625,000 to move into production. This amount
is made up of equity investments from Telefilm ($250,000), the Rogers Groups
of Funds ($125,000), with $250,000 from CBC Television in the form of a license
for Canadian broadcast rights. The financiers will work with the experienced
production team to maximize the potential for a successful theatrical release
in Canada. The release will be promoted on CBC Television, and following the
theatrical run, CBC will premiere the film.
27 is about the lost potential of three of the world's most renowned
musical talents and tormented souls: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison,
all of whom were dead by the age of 27, and all within 12 months between 1970
and 1971. Told through a mix of original interviews, and set to the incomparable
music of the era, 27 is both the story of the death of the 1960s and the story
of a generation in retreat.
The decision panel, comprised of Robin Mirsky-Daniels (Rogers), Jerry McIntosh
(CBC), Ralph Holt (Telefilm) and Michael Kennedy (Cineplex Entertainment) unanimously
selected 27 as the project with the most marked potential to reach a theatrical
audience.
The English-Language Feature Length Theatrical Documentary Program is now open
to receive applications for a second round of production decisions. One documentary
will be selected for production financing in the amount of $625,000. Submissions
will be accepted from across the country at Telefilm offices no later than Monday,
May 15, 2006.
As part of the pilot documentary program, Telefilm also administers the completion
component. This stream is open to proposals from both emerging and established
documentary filmmakers and remains open to receive applications. Five to eight
documentaries will be selected for completion financing of up to $100,000 each.
Telefilm, CBC and Rogers partnered on this pilot program in June 2005. Eligibility
criteria, guidelines and application forms for the Theatrical Documentary Program
(production and completion) are available on Telefilm's Website at www.telefilm.ca/theatrical-documentary.
Guidelines for the production component are also available at www.cbc.ca/independentproducers
and www.rogers.com/english/aboutrogers/communitysupport/index.html.
Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in film, television and new media
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and
promotion of the Canadian film, television and new media 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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Media Inquiries:
Jeanine Basile, Head of Communications
(514) 283-6363 or basilej@telefilm.ca
Alejandra Sosa, Communications Officer, Ontario & Nunavut
Regions
(416) 973-6436 or sosaa@telefilm.ca
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