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Canada Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada supports 73 development projects

Montreal, November 24, 2005 - Telefilm Canada is very excited to announce its support of 73 English-language development projects ranging from poignant family dramas to outrageous comedies; from historical epics, to mystery thrillers, these projects promise to entertain and captivate movie-going audiences.

Telefilm's Development Program is designed to assist producers in the development process of their script, through each of the major writing phases: outline, treatment, first draft and subsequent drafts and script polishes.

365 English-language development applications have been received nationally since April 1, 2005. The 73 currently supported by Telefilm are in varying stages of development:

Atlantic Region:

Project and Screenwriter(s) Production Company
Love and Savagery - Des Walsh Morag Productions Inc.
Pros and Cons - Scott Simpson & Christopher McKinnon Idlewild Films Limited
Pushing Up Daisies - Chaz Thorne Standing 8 Productions
Scary Stuff - Sam Fischer Silver Leaf Productions Inc.
St. John's West - Justin Simms Newfound Films Inc.
Surfing in Newfoundland - Andrew Younghusband Morag Productions Inc.
The Solution - Willie Stevenson and Colleen Shannahan Telos Productions Inc.
Touch the Moon - Shandi Mitchell Flashfire Productions Inc.
A Vertical Moment - Daun Windover IMX Communications Inc.

Quebec Region:
Project and Screenwriter(s) Production Company
Fu Meng - Shui-Bo Wang Maeder Industries Inc.
Game One - Raphael Levy & Tony Roman Cine Roman Inc
The Human Fly - Tony Babinski Amérique Film Inc.
Making Minty Malone - Martine Pagé Communications Claude Héroux Plus Inc.
Mischief - Arto Paragamian

Studio Max Films Inc.

The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom - Tara Johns

Palomar (30905178 Québec Inc.)


Ontario & Nunavut Regions:
Project and Screenwriter(s) Production Company
All Hat - Brad Smith New Real Films Inc.
Approval - Ognen Georgievski & Janko Virant V-Art Productions Inc.
The Beckoners - Keith Ross Leckie Slanted Wheel Entertainment Inc.
Blindness - Don McKellar Rhombus Media Inc.
Breakfast with Scott - Sean Reycraft Miracle Pictures Inc.
Cryin' Time - Andrew Rai Berzins Rhombus Media Inc.
Discovery of Strangers (A) - Leonard Farlinger New Real Films Inc.
Dragonflight - Stephen Massicotte Copperheart Entertainment Inc.
Enter the Cipher - Clement Virgo Conquering Lion Pictures Inc.
High Rise - Vincenzo Natali Martinelli Productions Inc.
House Of Cousins (The) - Mary Jane Gomes Arto-Pelli Motion Pictures II Inc.
Kinjo Ninja - Jim Goodall, Max Bernard Reid & Adam Reid Capri Vision Inc.
MacGillvary's Girl - Karen Walton Victorious Films Inc.
Molly Lurch - Megan Martin Slanted Wheel Entertainment Inc.
One-Eyed Jacks - Brad Smith Capri Films Inc.
Please Mr. Please - Brian Drader Full Stop Films
Poor Boy's Game - Chaz Thorne & Clement Virgo Conquering Lion Pictures Inc. & Standing 8 Productions Inc.
The Romantic - Esta Spalding Rhombus Media Inc.
Rumspringa - Lucy Walker & Jennifer Granville Amaze Film + Televisión Inc.
Shadow Maker - Claudia Dey & Morwyn Brebner Four Seasons Productions Inc. & Triptych Media Inc.
Smashed - Michael Melski Alcina Pictures Ltd.
Summer Hit - Jefferson Lewis Slanted Wheel Entertainment Inc.
Summerteeth - Matt Bissonnette Corey Marr Productions Inc & Frustrated Films Inc.
Those Guys - Patrick McKenna Canadian Accents Inc.;Distinct Features Inc.
Top of the World - William Phillips Rhombus Media Inc.
Tryst With Destiny (A) - Srinivas Krishna Divani Films Inc.;da da kamera pictures inc.
Villeneuve - Malcolm Clark Capri Films Inc.
Weirdsville - Willem Wennekers Darius Films Inc.
Wrestling with the Past - Noel Baker Sarrazin Productions Inc.

Western Region:
Project and Screenwriter(s) Production Company
Best Restaurant in the World Ever - Rick Dobran Long Tale Entertainment Ltd.
Blood Spirit - Matthew Harrison Jab Productions Inc
Burridge Unbound- Davor Marjanovic & Alan Cumyn Artsy Fartsy Pictures Inc.
The Change Thief - Maya Miller 13 Miller's Court Productions Inc.
Chumps - Elizabeth Stewart Fast Productions Ltd.
Drake Diamond - Exorcist for Hire - Arne Olsen Rampage Entertainment Inc.
Elvis and Mrs. Singh - Jinder Oujla Chalmers Independent Moving Pictures IMP Inc.
Four Walls - John Cassini Long Tale Productions Inc.
Fubar II - Michael Dowse & Paul Spence & David Lawrence Busted Tranny Productions Ltd.
Heroines - Barb Daniel Massey Productions Ltd.
The Igloo - Nicholas Racz Massey Productions Ltd.
Leishman! - Ian Handford 4928149 Manitoba Inc.
Lift Off - Barbara Ellison Raging Ruby Pictures Ltd.
Making Victoria - Robyn Switzer Orca Productions Inc.
M-Boat 233 - Raul Sanchez Inglis Long Tale Productions Ltd.
My Falcon - Jack Darcus Exile Productions Ltd.
Night Deposit - Monika Mitchell Long Tale Productions Ltd.
One Degree Closer - Hilary Pryor The May Street group Film, Video & Animation

Ocean Boy - Guy Bennett

Fast Productions Ltd.
Phat Tank - Philip Spink Ghost Films Inc.
Price of Voice - Kirk Todd Kelln Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Purple Heart - Bruce Spangler Red Storm Productions Inc.
Shores of Smadhi - Brooke Burgess Budget Monks Productions Inc.
Size of a Fist - Tara Gereaux Creative Engine Pictures Inc.

The Splendid Life of Jesse Dixon - Jeremy Torrie

High Definition Pictures Inc.
Throwing Thumbs - Michael Giampa Mad Hat Productions Inc.
They Wait - Carl Bessai Rainshadow Media Ltd.
Vancouver Stories - Nathaniel Geary & Bruce Sweeney & Lynne Stopkewich & Larry Kent Quadrant Motion Pictures Inc.
The Way Out - Deborah Wakeham Lucid Dreams Inc.

Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in film, television and new media
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television and new media industries. With the objective of building larger audiences for Canadian cultural products, the Corporation acts as a partner to the private sector through investments in diverse productions with wide appeal.

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Media inquiries:
Jeanine Basile - Manager, Communications & Corporate Affairs
514-283-6363
basilej@telefilm.gc.ca

Alejandra Sosa - Communications Officer, Ontario & Nunavut
416-973.6436
sosaa@telefilm.gc.ca