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SPONSORS OFFICIAL STATEMENT For immediate distribution - Friday, August 9th, 2002 Focus on Canadian cinema at the 2002 World Film Festival and the Montr�al International Film Market Focus on Canadian cinema at the 2002 World Film Festival and the Montr�al International Film Market Montr�al, August 6, 2002 � Telefilm Canada is pleased to support the World Film Festival and the Montr�al International Film Market this year again through its Canada Showcase program, whose main objective is to increase awareness of Canadian works at festivals across the country. Both the Festival and the Market constitute excellent platforms for the promotion and distribution of Canadian cinema. Telefilm presents the Panorama Canada section and hands out a Best Canadian Feature Film Award Telefilm will be renewing its support for the Panorama Canada section, thereby allowing festivalgoers to discover the best Canadian films of the past year. For the seventh consecutive year, the Corporation will also give out the Telefilm Canada Award to the Best Canadian Feature Film, which is selected by popular public vote. The Award includes a pre-approved contribution worth $25,000 to developing or producing a feature film eligible for financial support from Telefilm Canada. Last year, the Award went to Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron), directed by Denis Chouinard. Telefilm Canada in action at the Montr�al International Film MarketTelefilm Canada will have a strong foothold at the Montr�al International Film Market, particularly through its support of Canadian Screenings, whose goal is to interest potential buyers in recent Canadian productions. Telefilm Canada will also have a service point within the Market's new facilities and will assist Canadian filmmakers in promoting their works. The Corporation invites producers to register their works at the Canadian Screenings. A new initiative from Telefilm Canada's Festivals and Markets Bureau In keeping with the objectives of Telefilm Canada's Festivals and Markets Bureau to support Canadian talent abroad, the Bureau will invite the Canadian filmmaker whose film receives the most public votes during the 2nd Comp�tition de courts m�trages en ligne (Short Film Online Competition) of SilenceOnCourt.tv � Radio-Canada's platform for cinema on the web � to participate in Clermont Ferrand's next March� du Film Court. The winning film will also be part of Telefilm Canada's selection at the March�. Competition details are available at the Montr�al International Film Market and on the SilenceOnCourt.tv website. Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in cinema, television, new media and musicTelefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated primarily to developing and promoting the Canadian film, television, new media and music industries. The Corporation acts as one of the government's principal instruments for providing strategic leverage to the Canadian private sector. (30) Information : Jeanine Basile, Manager - Communications and Public Affairs [email protected] Ginette P�pin, Communications Officer � Quebec [email protected] (514) 283-6363 or 1-800-567-0890 |
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