Industry highlights
Telefilm celebrates
its 50 years
A passion that's been growing
since 1967
On March 3, 1967, the Parliament of Canada passed the Canadian Film Development Corporation Act, establishing the organization now known as Telefilm Canada.
Since 1967, the industry has grown exponentially to become a vibrant cultural and economic force. Telefilm is proud to have contributed to the growth of this important part of Canada’s heritage.
Looking toward the next 50 years, we will build on our core values: working in partnership with the industry, recognizing the importance of cultural content, and ensuring that diverse voices are celebrated both at home and internationally.
PLAY IT
FORWARD
CANADA
AROUND THE WORLD
Xavier Dolan’s
Juste la fin du monde
took the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and three Césars awards.
Maudie
received a special gala screening at the Berlinale. At home, the Maud Lewis biopic is winning the hearts of Canadian audiences.
Snowtime!
played in China on more than 4,000 screens.
Two Lovers and a Bear
screened at the Cannes Film Festival Director’s Fortnight and kicked off Telefilm’s Movie Nights Across Canada screenings in Ottawa.
1:54
Yan England’s first feature film, 1:54,
picked up the Youth Jury award in Namur
and Angoulême, the Prix du Public Iris and closed the
United Nations’ fifth International
Francophonie Month.
Canadian women make their
mark
Elle Canada featured the recipients of the Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film in its September issue.
SOME OF THE NOTABLE FILMS FROM 2016-2017 DIRECTED BY WOMEN
Werewolf
Ashley McKenzie
Pays
Chloé Robichaud
Nelly
Anne Émond
The Space Between
Amy Jo Johnson
SPOTLIGHT ON
INDIGENOUS TALENT
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s
Angry Inuk
was officially selected at the Berlinale
and was a big winner at Hot Docs.
Benjamin Ross Hayden’s first feature,
The Northlander,
was presented at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
Zacharias Kunuk’s
Maliglutit
was featured at the Berlinale and
recognized at the Canadian Screen Awards.
THE FUTURE FOR EMERGING TALENT IS BRIGHT
Randall Okita’s
The Lockpicker
picked up the John Dunning Discovery
Award at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Daniel Redenbach and Janine Windolph’s
The Land of Rock and Gold
premiered at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and continued to travel the festival circuit.
Great Great Great
by Adam Garnet Jones and Sarah Kolasky was awarded Best Feature, Best Screenplay and Best Performance at the Canadian Film Festival.
Karine Vanasse and Hartley T. Richardson (Chair of the Talent Fund Advisory Committee)
KARINE
VANASSE
NEW TALENT FUND AMBASSADOR
As Talent Fund Ambassador, award-winning actor Karine Vanasse contributes to fundraising initiatives and helps to raise the profile of Canada’s next generation of directors, producers and actors.
FOCUS ON
EXPORT
Over the last 10 years, Telefilm has refined its promotional and export strategies, improved its funding programs and decision-making processes, and enhanced coproduction opportunities to best support the Canadian audiovisual industry.
CANADIAN FILMS
WIN OVER AUDIENCES
AT HOME AND ABROAD
RECENT COPRODUCTIONS FUNDED BY TELEFILM THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL IN CANADA AND ABROAD
Brooklyn
$6.0M
Room
$1.9M
Ballerina
$3.5M
What if
$1.3M
