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Telefilm Canada funds seven feature films through the
Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program
Montreal, July 19, 2007 - Telefilm Canada’s Quebec office announces that it will support seven innovative film projects through its Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program. Six of the features will be shot in French and one in English.
Launched in 2000 as part of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program is designed to support director-driven independent projects. Open to both established and emerging filmmakers, the program provides support of up to $200,000 per project.
The Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program affords directors opportunities for creative renewal and professional development, while seeking to ensure that Canada's cultural diversity is reflected in their films.
The selected projects are as follows:
Projects in French
Project
Region |
Director(s) |
Screenwriter(s) |
Synopsis |
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Derrière moi
(Montreal)
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Rafael Ouellet |
Rafael Ouellet |
Betty is 20. A high-class escort, she nevertheless wants to change her life. She meets Léa, an innocent young girl of 14 who lives with her grandmother… |
Le Pharmacien (Edmonton)
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Chester Sit |
Inderjeet Randhawa |
Spencer, a young pharmacist, has been living with guilt ever since his girlfriend was killed in an accident involving their car, in which he was also a passenger. Trapped by his feelings of remorse, by his monotonous job, and his boring life, he seeks excitement. He begins stealing drugs from the pharmacy, in ever-increasing quantities… |
Suzie
(Montreal)
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Micheline Lanctôt |
Micheline Lanctôt |
Suzie, 58, has been living a sad and solitary life ever since the father of her daughter, Myriam, abducted the child and disappeared more than 20 years ago. Depressed, suffering from insomnia, she drives a taxi at night. One day, she finds Bibi, an autistic 10-year-old boy, in the back seat of her cab… |
Elle veut le chaos
(Montreal)
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Denis Côté |
Denis Côté |
On a stretch of secondary road, in a thoroughly isolated village, an ex-Mafiosi and his rebellious daughter-in-law, Coralie, try to find solutions to their dead-end lives, especially to their chronic financial problems. Desperate, deeply affected by the recent death of the woman who was wife/mother to them, surrounded by menacing thugs, the pair look for a way out: peace of mind for him, freedom and a new life for her… |
Némésis
(Montreal)
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Marc-André Forcier |
Marc-André Forcier |
Louis, 14, is a very intelligent teen who lives in an orphanage for boys in Abitibi. His most fervent wish is to leave the orphanage with his nine-year-old sister, Némésis, who lives in an orphanage for girls. Although there’s no proof that the two are indeed brother and sister, Louis nevertheless wants to gain his freedom with Némésis… |
À l'ouest de Pluton
(Quebec)
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Henry Bernadet
Myriam Verreault
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Henry Bernadet
Myriam Verreault
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The day-to-day lives of a dozen teens living in the suburbs, told over a 24-hour period. In this web of stories that mixes humour and drama, each character confronts the perceptions they have of one another; more importantly, they confront themselves… |
Project in English
Project
Region |
Director |
Screenwriter |
Synopsis |
The Animist
(Montreal)
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Alexandre Franchi |
Mark Krupa |
The story opens during what seems like a real medieval movie as warriors from different clans clash. The story then switches to Montreal and its vicinity as we see some of these characters in real time in their real jobs. As we switch back to their role playing in medieval times, the game soon gets out of control… |
Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canadian Television Fund.
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Media inquiries:
Douglas Chow, Deputy Director, Strategic Communications
(514) 283-6363, chowd@telefilm.gc.ca
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