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Bright Lights, Political Fights: The Canadian Film Industry
Filmmaker Paul Donovan once compared the difficulty of making a movie in Canada to climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. Faced with an indifferent public, harsh critics, limited funds, and foreign-owned movie houses, filmmaking in Canada is, by necessity, a labour of love. Canadian gems like The Barbarian Invasions and Nobody Waved Goodbye have succeeded because of steadfast determination. CBC Archives explores the birth and growth of Canada's film industry.		Educational activities about Bright Lights, Political Fights: The Canadian Film Industry

	The 'Eyes of Canada'		The Canadian Cooperation Project		'Why is this picture not being shown?'
	The National Film Board celebrates 10 years of making movies. (Radio; runs 2:24)		An American-Canadian gentlemen's agreement brings our feature film industry to a dramatic standstill. (TV; runs 12:13)		Producers question why it's so difficult to have their films exhibited at home. (TV; runs 11:05)

	Give me (tax) shelter!		The NAFTA deal-breaker?		Gone in three weeks
	Canadian filmmakers and businessmen cash in on a lucrative tax break. (TV; runs 14:44)		A proposed bill threatens the Free Trade agreement. (Radio; runs 17:07)		In less than a month, a Canadian film slips from the screens without a movie-marketing machine. (Radio; runs 14:36)

	Quebec: the belle of the cinema ball		The Hollywood brain drain		Tax credits revisited
	Quebec filmmakers enjoy a financial and critical boom. (TV; runs 6:25)		Filmmakers discuss the challenges of making movies in Canada and the lure of the United States. (TV; runs 26:15)		As more American productions move north of the border, Canadian filmmakers demand a revised tax credit system. (Radio; runs 2:36)

	A Foolproof hit?
	A Canadian film gets the big budget treatment — and still flops (TV; runs 7:21)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Le financement du film sous les projecteurs Related Topics from CBC's Archives Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Master Storyteller Norman Jewison Prairie Visionaries: Guy Maddin and the Winnipeg Film Group The Stratford Festival: The First 50 Years 'America's Sweetheart,' Mary Pickford, born in Toronto CBC.ca CBC.ca: Canadian Cinema Canadian Culture Online Program partner sites National Film Board of Canada External sites Telefilm Canada Heritage Canada: Feature Film Policy The Genie Awards The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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