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Canada Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada supports the development of 83 feature films

Montreal, March 14, 2006 - Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce its support of 83 highly original and distinctively Canadian English-language feature films in development - ranging from outrageous comedies to insightful dramas, from heart pounding thrillers to evocative love stories.

Telefilm's Development Component, through the Canada Feature Film Fund, is designed to assist producers as they develop their project from the screenwriting stage through to the packaging stage. The 83 projects currently supported by Telefilm for fiscal 2005-06, are in varying stages of development:

Atlantic Region:

Project and Screenwriter Production Company
Bitter, Sweet and Beautiful - John Hillis Chronicle Pictures Inc.
Cheesecake - Thom Fitzgerald Emotion Pictures Inc.
Ditch - Bill MacGilivray Picture Plant Ltd.
Escalation - Michael Melski Cineast Screen Development Ltd.
Gregg's Head - Bryan Hofbauer Emotion Pictures Inc.
Growing Op - Michael Melski Consequence Films Ltd.
Punk Rules, O.K. - Chris Cuthbertson, Drew Hagen Afterdark Productions Inc.
Purgatory, N.S. - Josh Macdonald Consequence Films Ltd.
Scary Stuff - Sam Fisher Silver Leaf Productions Inc.
Toronto Minutes - Jay Dahl The Monster Productions Inc. &
Second Wave Productions Inc.
Young Love - Andrew Hull Straight Edge Films Inc.

Quebec Region:

Project and Screenwriter Production Company
Adam's Wall - Dana Schoel Couzin Films Inc.
Adrift - Wiebke Von Carolsfeld Galafilm Inc.
Anna and the Monster - Yves Simoneau Emergence International
Blind Faith - Steven Westren Cité-Amérique Inc.
Blue Eden/Zeebo - Pen Densham Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc.
Chameleon - Hugh Graham & Martin Lavut Galafilm Inc.
Cult de Sac - Michael Dowse & Dave Lawrence & Paul Spence Galafilm Inc.
Daisy and the Wonder Weeds - Jean Elliot Manning Valkyrie Films Inc.
Desert Queen (The Gertrude Bell story) - Robert Salomon Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Gilgamesh - Ludmila Spaleny & Ludmila Zeman Productions La Fête Inc.
Great Auk (The) - Lienne Sawatsky & Daniel Williams Productions Avenida Inc.
Gut Feeling - Steven Westren Cité-Amérique Inc.
Hank and Mike - Paolo Mancini & Thomas Michael Cirrus Productions Inc.
Kebec Love - David Sherman Park Ex Pictures Inc.
Mustang Sally - Leila Basen & David Preston CinéCélébration Films Inc.
Pilgrim - Lea Pool Ciné Télé Action Inc.
Radium City - Owen Coughlan Galafilm Inc.
Red Right Hand - Darrell Wasyk Ciné Qua Non Média Inc.
Seduction (Dionne) - Luc Dionne Cinémaginaire Inc.
Spider of Bumba (The) - Elyse Gasco Galafilm Inc.
Sweet Jane - Jeremy John Bouchard Couzin Films Inc.
The 10 Cent Solution - William Finlay Galafilm Inc.
Turk (The) - Alain Bismuit Locomotion Films Inc.
Unquiet Dead - Richard Beattie Galafilm Inc.
Webdreams 'The Feature' - Michael Zaidan Galafilm Inc.
Yellow Woman (The) - Steve Gallucio
Cinémaginaire Inc.

Ontario/Nunavut Regions:

Project and Screenwriter Production Company
Passchendaele - Paul Gross Rhombus Media Inc.
Degrassi - The Movie - Tassie Cameron & Aaron Martin Epitome Pictures Inc.
All Hat - Brad Fraser New Real Films Inc.
Breakfast with Scott - Sean Reycraft Miracle Pictures Inc.
Charming Grace - Will Pascoe Media Brat Productions Inc.
City Hawk - Tom Chehak Shaftesbury Films Inc.
Cocksure - Noel Baker Capri Films Inc.
Dead Sparrows - Andrea Gutsche Slanted Wheel Entertainment Inc.
High Life - Lee MacDougall & Gary Yates Tryptych Media Inc.
The Pornographer's Poem - Karen Walton House of Films Inc.
River of Blood - Anthony Leo & K'Naan Aircraft Pictures Ltd.
What We All Long For - Jefferson Lewis Sienna Films Inc.
Year of the Jackass - Jonathon Sobol Accent Entertainment Inc.
Grace - Asghar Massombagi Six Island Productions Inc.
Dermot's Ghost - Jefferson Lewis The Films Works Ltd.
Black Madonna - Egidio Coccimiglio Plausible Communications
Nurse.Fighter.Boy - Charles Officer pUNK Films Inc.
African Safari Papers - Robert Sedlack Accent Entertainment Inc.
Memories of Tomorrow - Ognen Georgievski & Boris Mojsovski Film Link Inc.
Blue Roan Child - Nedji Copr Nedji Corp & Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.
Amal - Ritchie Mehta Poor Man's Productions
Bang Bang Club - Steven Silver & John McBrearty Barna - Alper Productions Inc.
Discovery of Strangers - Leonard Farlinger New Real Films Inc.
Eden Falls - Barbara Gowdy & Marni Jackson Foundry Films Inc.
Terminal Experiment - Srinivas Krishna Divani Films Inc.
The Postmistress Delivers - Don Owen Zebra Films Ltd.
Hidden - David Shamoon The Film Works Ltd.

Western Region:

Project and Screenwriter Production Company
Aberta Bound - Robert Cuffley Chaos A Film Company Inc.
American Venus - Bruce Sweeney Brightlight Pictures
Asahi Baseball Story - Hugh Beard & Mitch Mayagawa Force Four Productions Ltd.
Cereus Blooms At Night - Carolyn Stossel Gynormous Pictures Inc.
Edison & Neemo - Daegan Fryklind Menlo Park Movies Ltd.
Emancipation of Emily Blake (The) - Paula Kelly Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc./ Journey Films Inc.
Expiration Dates - Dennis Heaton Opiate Pictures Inc.
How I Spent My Summer Holidays - Kirsten Bolton and Devon Bolton RGB Productions Inc. /Double Vision Productions Inc.
Mount Pleasant - Ross Webber Mt. Pleasant Productions Inc.
Pandemic - Dan Kalla Illusions Entertainment Corporation
Photograph at Full Moon Point - Sean Garrity Bedbugs Films Inc.
Roadside - Rodger Cove Mad Hat Productions Inc.
Rules of Engagement - Shelley Eriksen Keatley Entertainment Ltd.
Snow Falcon - Stuart Harrison OP Development
Soul Mates - Debra Peraya Clarity Films Inc.
Stone Angel (The) - Kari Skoglund Buffalo Gal Pictures Development Inc.
Strange Currencies - James Martin Reunion Pictures Inc
Wide Awake - Ross Ferguson Quadrant Motion Pictures Inc.
Wish - Gary Schmidt Threeway Productions Inc.

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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.

Media inquiries:
Jeanine Basile - Head of Communications
514-283-6363 or basilej@telefilm.gc.ca

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