Issue 59 - Fall 2005
Telefilm Canada’s new head Wayne Clarkson outlines his vision for the national funding body for feature theatrical documentaries and films.
Snowy February in Toronto, Sunnyside of the Doc Rendezvous: a pitching session between French and Canadian producers and broadcasters. I’m here as a double agent—autodidact on assignment. Inspired, I learn lots and am invited to attend the huge Marché at
Read MoreOn Sunday the 13th of February 2005 at the National Gallery of Canada, Pegi Nicol—Something Dancing About Her received its world première. The screening was timed to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Pegi Nicol MacLeod at the
Read MoreAs Stuart Samuels readily points out, any idea that this is “objective” documentary filmmaking is a simple misunderstanding.
Read MoreThe consciousness divide between what makes a good TV documentary and what makes a good theatrical doc has never been so stark in this country as in the weeks since Telefilm and CBC announced at the Banff TV festival that
Read MoreCANADIAN CINEMA WOULD BE VASTLY DIFFERENT IF IT WASN’T FOR THE PRESENCE OF WAYNE CLARKSON. The new Executive Director of Telefilm Canada (TFC), Clarkson comes with an extensive resume that bears retelling. Wayne Clarkson emerged from the hothouse federalist Liberal environment of Ottawa in the 1970s, when the Trudeau era had propelled
Read MorePOV is pleased to present a section from Don Owen: Notes on a Filmmaker and His Culture by Steve Gravestock, the Associate Director of Canadian Special Projects for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The book, which will be launched in tandem with
Read MoreWanna make a quick buck? Join the thousands who are cashing in on the exciting field of animation training! Get in while it’s hot! Hyperbole aside, animation education is booming in Canada. Schools vary in credibility but in amongst the
Read MoreWhat does a body have to do to get noticed around here, anyway? In a contribution to Canadian film history, One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema, George Melnyk attempts an answer. National identity is a slippery notion in this bi- polar
Read MoreBANFF DIARY – SHE SAID By Debra Felstead Born and bred in Ontario, I am startled by the raw beauty of the Albertan Rockies. They will probably always throw me into a state of I-am-a- teeny-tiny-being-in-a-vast-beautiful-universe shock, today being no
Read MoreThe Doc Summit began in 2004 as a policy conference at Hot Docs in Toronto, and evolved into a major yearlong research project. Telefilm Canada (TFC) and the National Film Board (NFB), with the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) joining in,
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