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Telefilm Canada finances the production of 3 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund
Montreal, July 9, 2008 – Telefilm Canada is delighted to announce that three new English-language projects across the country will move forward through the performance component of the national feature film production programs of the Canada Feature Film Fund, as well as the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program.
“These new films announced today reflect Telefilm’s commitment to financing high-quality works that will engage audiences,” said Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director. “These films tell a good story and have strong audience appeal that will connect with moviegoers.”
Canada Feature Film Fund – Main Program
Cairo Time (Ontario & Nunavut regions; Cairo Time Films Inc.; Canada/Ireland co-production; Producers: Dave Collins & Danny Iron; Director/Writer: Ruba Nadda; Distributor: Mongrel Media; Telefilm investment: $2,048,000). Juliette, a Canadian magazine editor in her 50's, travels to Cairo to meet her husband for a three week visit. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend, Tareq, a retired Egyptian police officer, to escort her throughout the beautiful and exotic city. The last thing anyone expects is that they will fall in love. Cairo Time is a romance about an unexpected love affair that comes along once in a lifetime.
The Thaw (Western region; Thaw Productions Inc. & Pitchblack Pictures Inc.; Executive Producers: Blake Corbet, Shawn Williamson & Stephen Hegyes; Producers: Mary Anne Waterhouse, Trent Carlson & Rob Neilson; Director: Mark A. Lewis; Writers: Mark A. Lewis & Michael W. Lewis; Distributor: Maple Pictures Corp.; Telefilm Investment: $1,250,000). At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. When a prehistoric parasite is released, the students are forced into quarantine in order to spare infecting the rest of the world.
Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program
Let Him Be (Ontario & Nunavut regions; Abracadabra Productions Inc.; Producers: Martin Katz & Carol Wright; Director/Writer: Peter McNamee; Telefilm investment (post-production): $138, 676) is a fascinating film about two undergrad film students who discover a rock icon, long thought to be dead, living in a remote part of Canada.
Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canadian Television Fund.
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Media inquiries:
Alejandra Sosa – Communications Officer
(416) 973-6436 or 1-800-463-4607, sosaa@telefilm.ca
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