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Telefilm Canada and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announce successful projects selected for the Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program
Montreal, October 20, 2008 – Telefilm Canada, together with APTN, is delighted to announce that 11 English and French language projects have been selected to receive financing from the recently announced Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program.
The October 2nd deadline for application submission saw 25 projects submitted across the country. A jury of national and international industry professionals assembled in Toronto on October 16, 2008 to deliberate before making their formal recommendation to Telefilm. The formal announcement was made at the 9th Annual ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival to a group of industry professionals from the Aboriginal community at large.
English Language Projects:
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Project
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Production company & producer
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Region
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Anthony Walsh Story (The)
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Kulchera Matson
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Western
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Hidden Path (The)
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Footpath Productions Inc. (Richard Story)
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Ontario
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In Dios
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Andrew Genaille and Eric Johnson
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Western
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Last Place (The)
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Big Soul Productions Inc. (Laura Milliken)
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Ontario
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Mush Hole
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Screen Siren Pictures (Lisa Jackson)
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Western
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Repatriation
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Dark Thunder Productions (Dennis Jackson)
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Western
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Tombs
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Marie Clements
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Western
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Lost in La Mancha
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Chaotik Kreative Inc. (Jeremy Torrie & Tanya Brunel)
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Western
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French Language Projects
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Project
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Production company & producer
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Region
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Chaman
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Alouki Films Projeks Inc. (Rachel Alouki-Labbé- producer-writer and Dave Jennis- writer)
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Quebec
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Ma Lignée
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Micheline Marchand
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Quebec
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Légendes
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Anne-Claire St-Onge
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Quebec
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Dedicated to encouraging established audiovisual professionals within the Aboriginal cultural community to move into the creation of feature film, this program was developed in consultation with Aboriginal industry representatives and targets projects at various stages of development. Projects will benefit at each critical stage from a combination of training, professional development and personalized mentorship activities as well as financial support.
Elizabeth Friesen, Chief Operating Officer, Telefilm is delighted with the response this program has received, stating, “It is inspiring to see such commitment from the community. Telefilm’s work with APTN has clearly addressed a need for committed resources within the Aboriginal community.”
The primary objective of the Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program is to provide financial support to Aboriginal projects thereby increasing the diversity of the feature film development portfolio. Ultimately these projects once developed could move on to be supported by CFFF production programs.
Telefilm has committed $1.2 million and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has committed $750,000 over three years to this program.
“We are very proud of the calibre projects submitted and this speaks to the breadth of talent and stories that exist in the Aboriginal community, “stated Peter Strutt, Director of Programming at APTN.
Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting 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 Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund.
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Media enquiries:
Téléfilm Canada (médias francophones)
Mélanie Larente larentm@telefilm.ca
(514) 283-0838 #2014 ou 1 800 567-0890
Telefilm Canada (Anglophone media)
Alejandra Sosa sosaa@telefilm.ca
(416) 973-6436 #2505 or 1 800 463-4607
APTN
Sylvia Kolopenuk skolopenuk@aptn.ca
(204) 947-9331 # 339
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