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AWARDS

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television features various professions within the film and television industry. Discusses prizes, acitivities and professional development opportunities.

http://www.academy.ca/

Genie Awards

The Genie Awards celebrate the best of Canada's national cinema. Information about nominees and winners past and present, Genie history, movie trailers and show details.

http://www.genieawards.ca/

Kids for Kids Festival

The Kids for Kids Festival is an international film festival of films by children for children. Rules, registration forms, past winners.

http://www.kidsforkidsfestival.org/

NFB at the Oscars

NFB at the Oscars features the National Film Board's Oscar wins and nominations from the past to modern times.

http://www.onf.ca/webextension/oscars/index.php?lg=en

Shorts Nonstop

SHORTSNONSTOP is a year-round online mobile film festival, a showcase of short films produced for mobile and online platforms. Instructions on how to submit a film and a sample of entries.

http://www.shortsnonstop.com/

FUNDING SOURCES:

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) 

The Canada Media Fund is a not-for-profit corporation that supports content creation for television and other digital platforms. This year, the CMF will deliver 350M$ in funding. The mandate of the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is to champion the creation of successful, innovative Canadian content and software applications for current and emerging digital platforms through financial support and industry research. .

http://www.cmf-fmc.ca/index.php   

Telefilm Canada

Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, and new media industry. The Corporation acts as one of the government's principal instruments for providing strategic leverage to the Canadian private sector.

As a federal cultural agency, Telefilm fulfills the policy objectives of the government to foster Canadian creative expression in television, film and new media sectors using commercial and industrial means. This is accomplished by financially investing in both established and emerging talent to produce culturally relevant, high quality works, and ensuring their widest possible distribution in Canada and abroad. These works define Canadian culture and are powerful conveyors of "information, enlightenment and entertainment".

 http://www.telefilm.gc.ca

Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund (CIFVF)

Private sector organization which supports non-theatrical film, videos and new media projects created by Canadian independent producers to enable lifelong learning.

http://www.cifvf.ca/

Canadian International Development Agency 

The Development Information Program provides support to Canadian applicants working in the print, broadcast and electronic media and other communications vehicles. Communications initiatives and activities must be targeted to Canadian audiences to qualify. International organizations must be part of a Canadian-led consortium or partnership to apply.

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/dip  

Canada Council for the Arts 

The Canada Council for the Arts, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, is a national arm's-length agency which fosters the development of the arts in Canada through grants, services and awards to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations, as well as administering scholarly awards, and having under its aegis the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

http://www.canadacouncil.ca  

National Film Board  

The late 20th century is marked by a constantly growing variety of media and the increasingly simplified transmission of data and images by electronic means. Things have certainly changed since the National Film Board of Canada was founded in 1939! And how could a public-sector body created at the dawn of the Second World War to produce and distribute films, at a time when audiovisual technology was nothing more than a dream, be expected to have the same objectives in 1999?

This is why, since the founding of the NFB, its mandate has changed over the years to keep pace with new financial, technological and social realities. These adjustments have allowed the organization to define itself more clearly in a changing film industry and to continue to meet Canadians' expectations efficiently.

http://www.nfb.ca  

Canadian Audiovisual Certification Office (CAVCO) The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit 

The Canadian Audiovisual Certification Office (CAVCO) currently administers the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) and provides administrative support for the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC). For a closer look at CAVCO, please see the CAVCO Activity Report 2000-2001.

Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit The objective of the CPTC is to encourage Canadian programming and to develop an active domestic production sector. This fully refundable credit can be up to 12% of the total cost, net of assistance, of an eligible production.

CPTC Guidelines have been prepared to assist producers in completing the application form for both a Canadian Film or Video Production Certificate (Part A) and a Certificate of Completion (Part B). The relevant sections of the Income Tax Act and Regulations take precedence over these Guidelines. Certification is required to claim the tax credit.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/bcpac-cavco/index_e.cfm

Rogers Communications Inc. 

The Rogers Group of Companies has demonstrated its continued commitment to earning the goodwill of the communities we serve. Our support ranges from national initiatives to grass roots charities. We participate both as a corporate entity, providing funding, in-kind resources and creative applications of our technological resources, and through the individual efforts of our employees.

Rogers Documentary Fund  If you are a Canadian film or television producer interested in applying for bridge financing:

Rogers Documentary Fund

http://www.rogers.com/english/aboutrogers/communitysupport/rogers_documentary_fund.html

Rogers Telefund 

http://www.rogers.com/English/corporate/community/telefund.html

Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund

http://www.ipf.ca/Bell/English/HomePageBELL.html

Bravo!FACT

Bravo!FACT has distributed $4.5 million in grants for the production of over 400 shorts across the country. Short films and videos produced with Bravo!FACT grants have been honoured with nominations and awards from the Genies, the Geminis, the Leos (best of British Columbia films) and AMPIAs (Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association). Film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, New York City's Dance on Camera Festival, and prestigious festivals in Italy, Prague and Palm Springs have programmed Bravo!FACT shorts. Performing arts festivals such as One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo (Calgary, Alberta) and the Kiss Project (Vancouver) have also presented Bravo!FACT programs.

http://www.bravo.ca/bravofact/

Shaw Children's Programming Initiative

http://www.shaw.ca/scpi/index.htmProvincial agencies

ORGANIZATIONS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

**See the Toronto Chapter for Toronto workshops or BC chapter for BC workshops**

Documentary Organization of Canada

http://www.docorg.ca

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television features various professions within the film and television industry. Discusses prizes, acitivities and professional development opportunities.

http://www.academy.ca/

Canadian Film Centre

 http://www.cfccreates.com/

Banff Centre for the Arts Creative Electronic Environment

http:// www.ceebanff.ca

Canadian Screen Training Centre  Summer Institute of Film and Television

http:// www.cstc.ca

Institute National de l'Image et du Son  

http://www.inis.qc.ca

ACCT National Apprenticeship Training Program

http:// www.academy.ca/dev/natp.htm

Canadian Film and Television Producers Association  

http://www.cftpa.ca

Association des producteurs des films et de télévision du Québec

http://www.apftq.qc.ca

Independent Film and Video Alliance  

http://www.ifva.com

Directors Guild of Canada  

http://www.dgc.ca

Writers Guild of Canada 

http://www.writersguildofcanada.com

Industry Association

http://www.mmpia.mb.ca

List of WIFT chapters across Canada and around the world 

http://www.wifv.org/newsletter1058/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=4543

IndieAccess

http:// www.indieaccess.com

Hart House

Hart House at the University of Toronto offers year round Creative
Classes, including everything new documentary filmmakers need to get
started: camera, light, sound, editing and much more.
www.harthouse.ca/classes

CANADIAN & INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY INFORMATION:

CANADIAN INDUSTRY INFORMATION

DOCspace.ca - the online home of Canadian documentary
http://www.docspace.ca

Playback  Online

http://www.playbackmag.com

Telefilm Industry Directory  

http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/cgi-bin/annua_e.idc?

Canfilm from the University College of the Cariboo

http://www.cariboo.bc.ca

 INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY INFROMATION

Channel 4 producers' guide 

http://www.4producers.co.uk  

BBC producers' guide 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning

IDA 

http://www.documentary.org

EDN (European Documentary Network) 
Publish the EDN TV-Guide of European Broadcasters)

 http://www.edn.dk

DOCOS.COM 

http://www.docos.com

International Centre of Films for Children and Youth

http://www.microtec.net/cifej

PROVINCIAL RESOURCES

ALBERTA

Alberta Film Development Program

Film and video production is a crucial part of Alberta's cultural community, as a means for Alberta writers, actors, designers and technicians to tell our stories. This program will increases the number of opportunities available to Alberta's film community. The formula grant will provide Alberta producers with a percentage of expenditures for films made in Alberta. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) administers this program designed to support Alberta-based producers.

 http://www.cbsc.org/alberta/search/display.cfm?Code=6139&coll=AB_PROVBIS_E  

Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association

The Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association represents and lobbies for Alberta's film and television industry. News, events and AMPIA services.

http://www.ampia.org/

ORGANIZATIONS

Alberta Foundation for the Arts

http://www.affta.ab.ca

Alberta Film

The Alberta Film Commission provides a look at the province's film industry with information (locations, production resources) for filmmakers and a listing of current and past productions filmed in Alberta.

http://www.albertafilm.ca/

Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association

The Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association represents and lobbies for Alberta's film and television industry. News, events and AMPIA services.

http://www.ampia.org/

Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers

CSIF news, information about workshops, festivals and membership, plus notes about films in production and contact information for members.

http://www.csif.org/

Creative Women Workshops Association

Creative Women Workshops supports and develops the talents of women storytellers for screen including directors, actors, crafts people and technicians. Program information and alumnae profiles.

http://www.creativewomenworkshops.com/

FAVA - Film and Video Arts Society

The Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta (FAVA) is an artist-run media arts co-operative whose mandate is to facilitate and encourage the production and exhibition of independent film and video works.

http://www.fava.ca/

Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta  

http://fava.ca

Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers  

http://www.csif.org

EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society

http://emmedia.frequencylabs.com

ATLANTIC

PEI Business Development 

Film and Digital Media PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT'S OBJECTIVES ARE to foster an infrastructure and environment which encourage the development, production, marketing and distribution of Prince Edward Island film product in the regional, national and international marketplaces, and to promote and support the development of an economically viable and vibrant film industry on Prince Edward Island.

http://www.peibusinessdevelopment.com/sectors/film/index.php3

Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation

The Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation is a Provincial Crown Corporation reporting to the Department of Economic Development and, as the Nova Scotia Film Commission, a member of AFCI (Association of Film Commissioners International).

The primary mandate of the Corporation is the development of the film industry in Nova Scotia. This includes activities designed to grow the Film, Television, and Video Industry in Nova Scotia by stimulating investment and employment, and by promoting Nova Scotia's locations, skills and creativity in global markets.

 http://www.film.ns.ca/

New Brunswick Film 

NEW BRUNSWICK FILM is mandated to: Establish an economically stable, viable and vibrant film industry in New Brunswick; Ensure continuing production of quality New Brunswick films appealing to a variety of audiences; Increase opportunities for New Brunswick residents working in the New Brunswick film industry for: skills development, employment creative expression, and international marketing of their film products; Increase the value of the New Brunswick economy; and Increase the international visibility of New Brunswick.

http://www.NBFilm.com/e/index.htm  

ORGANIZATIONS

Atlantic Film Festival Association

The AFFA is a non-profit organization committed to promoting and building a strong film industry in Atlantic Canada and presenting the best films from this region and around the world to our community. AFFA has main entities: The Atlantic Film Festival, Strategic Partners co-production conference, ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth and alFresco filmFesto outdoor summer film series.

http://www.atlanticfilm.com/

Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative is a film production facility in Nova Scotia that offers funding, facilities and training to independent filmmakers.

http://www.afcoop.ca/

Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation

The Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation is an organization which stimulates investment and promotes film productions of the province, outlines programs, tax credits, financial incentives, and training.

http://www.film.ns.ca/

New Brunswick Film Co-op

History and mandate of the Co-op, activities, training, resources, equipment, membership, and related links.

http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/

Nova Scotia Arts Council

http://www.novascotiaartscouncil.ns.ca

New Brunswick Arts Board

http://www.artsnb.ca

Island Media Arts Co-op (IMAC)

Information about an organization that provides infrastructure, equipment, training and development support in film and video production and post production.

http://www.islandmedia.pe.ca/

Island Media Arts Co-op (Prince Edward Island)  

http://radio.upei.ca/imac

Centre for Art Tapes (Nova Scotia)

http://www.centreforarttapes.ca

BRITISH COLUMBIA

British Columbia Film 

BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM provides support to film and television initiatives having significant B.C. components that will be of economic and cultural benefit to the Province. Assistance is provided in the areas of Development, Production, Marketing and Distribution, and Industry & Skills Development.

http://www.bcfilm.bc.ca  

British Columbia Film

News about programs and activities as well as information on the film and television industry in B.C. Includes program guidelines and application forms, press releases and annual reports, and a variety of industry resources.

http://www.bcfilm.bc.ca/

British Columbia Arts Council

http://www.bcartscouncil.gov.bc.ca

ORGANIZATIONS

BC Institute of Film Professionals

The BC Institute of Film Professionals offers information about programs, training and jobs in the film and television industry.

http://www.bcifp.com/

British Columbia Film Commission

The BC Film Commission provides industry profile, contacts and information about locations and services for those interested in film and television production in B.C.

http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/

CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers

Provides assistance in the production of independent film and development for independent filmmakers. Includes programs, events, workshops, productions, and film library.

http://www.cinevic.ca

Cineworks

Cineworks is a co-operative which promotes production, distribution, and exhibition of independent film, and provides equipment and facilities, information, and related support structures and environment.

http://www.cineworks.ca/

MediaNet

MediaNet is an organization that supports and facilitates video/filmmakers in Victoria, B.C. It provides information about its equipment, services, workshops and events.

http://www.media-net.bc.ca/

Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia

The Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia is the voice of BC's film industry and offers news, resources and membership information.

http://www.mppia.com/

Pacific Cinémathèque

Pacific Cinémathèque is a society dedicated to the understanding of film. It offers film screenings, film study guides, a film reference library and educational programs.

http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/

Shuswap Film Society

The Shuswap Film Society is an all-volunteer organization of ardent fans of World Cinema.

http://www.shuswapfilm.net/

Society for Disability Arts and Culture

The Society for Disability Arts and Culture presents and produces works by artists with disabilities and promotes artistic excellence among artists with disabilities working in a variety of disciplines.

http://www.s4dac.org/

Vancouver International Film Festival/Centre & Vancity Theatre

The Vancouver International Film Festival¿s mandate is to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting of cinema professionals from around the world, and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada. The Vancouver International Film Centre and Vancity Theatre is a centre of excellence for both for filmmakers and for cinephiles.

http://www.viff.org/

Women in Film & Video Vancouver

History and mandate, programs, special events, membership, biographies, sponsors, and related links.

http://www.womeninfilm.ca/index.php

Video In Studios  

http://www.videoinstudios.com

ICTV Independent Community Television Cooperative 

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/ictv

Moving Images Distribution  

http://www.movingimages.bc.ca

CineVic  

http://mypage.direct.ca/v/vifvf/cinehome.html

MANITOBA

Manitoba Arts Council

http://www.artscouncil.mb.ca

Video Pool  

http://www.videopool.mb.ca

The Winnipeg Film Group  

http://www.winnipegfilmgroup.mb.ca

ORGANIZATIONS

Mammoth Alliance Film Industry Association

Mammoth Alliance Film Industry Association is for actors, directors, writers, stunt people, crew members and others who work in the Winnipeg Film Industry.

http://trax.to/mafiafilm

Manitoba Film and Sound

Manitoba Film and Sound promotes Manitoba's film and sound recording artists and industries. Includes production guide, locations, guidelines and applications, and current events.

http://www.mbfilmsound.mb.ca/

Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association

Information about MMPIA programs and initiatives, the Blizzard Awards, the Manitoba Music and Motion Pictures Development Project (M3P), FAQ about the film industry in Manitoba, and other Association news.

http://www.mmpia.ca/

Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Exposes prairie media art. Offers preview tapes, online database, streaming video clips and a screening room, distributes audio art, documentaries, showcases videos from Winnipeg Film Group and Video Pool.

http://www.videopool.org/frameset/index.htm

Winnipeg Film Group

Winnipeg Film Group presents a schedule of the Cinematheque theater, showcasing Canadian films. Film clips, a catalogue of films already released to DVD, and background on the WFG are also featured.

http://winnipegfilmgroup.com/index.aspx?FS=0&CF=1

WNDX Film Curatorial Collective

WNDX is designed as a specialized, on-going programming effort to showcase Winnipeg's unique film creation culture.

http://www.wndx.org/

NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland & Labrador Film Development Corporation 

The mandate of this corporation is to foster and promote the development and growth of the film and video industry in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to increase the national and international visibility of Newfoundland and Labrador as a location.

http://www.newfilm.nf.net/  

Producers' Association of Newfoundland  

http://www.pan.nf.ca

Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Cooperative

http://www.nifco.org

Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

http://www.nlac.nf.ca

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

WAMP (Western Arctic Moving Pictures) Film and Video Co-op

WAMP is a film and video society based in Yellowknife. It supports and showcases the production of independent film, video, audio and digital media in the Northwest Territories.

http://www.wamp.ca/

ONTARIO

Ontario Media Development Corporation

Agency promoting development of book and magazine publishing, digital media, music, film and TV in Ontario with funding, tax credits and other programs. Includes press releases, publications, industry statistics, and profiles.

http://www.omdc.on.ca/

Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa is an artist-run organization promoting independent filmmaking in the National Capital region. Information about events, workshops, programs, equipment and funding for independent filmmakers.

http://www.ifco.ca/

Ontario Arts Council

http://www.arts.on.ca

Toronto Arts Council  

http://www.torontoartscouncil.org

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Arts (ACTRA) Toronto Performers

News, membership information, awards, publications, workshops, events and meetings, and related links.

http://www.actratoronto.com/home/index.html

Charles Street Video

Charles Street Video is an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto that provides media artists with opportunities for production. Information about their facilities, equipment, projects, services and workshops.

http://www.charlesstreetvideo.com/

Cinema Kingston

Information about organization that is a part of The Film Circuit, a Division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, list of upcoming and already shown films.

http://www.film.queensu.ca/cinemakingston/

Digital North Media - Screen Media

Film and media production company, their profile, methodology, web, broadcast, film and disk media, engines as contests, games, and online hiring systems.

http://www.digitalnorth.ca/index.html

Directors Guild of Canada (DGC)

A visionary leader and partner in the development of the international Canadian film and television industry at a policy and professional level, membership, reports, policy papers and producer's corner.

http://dgc.ca

Ed Video Media Arts Centre

Ed Video is an artist-run centre in Guelph that provides support for media artists in South Western Ontario. Information about equipment, workshops, funding, screenings and video archive.

http://www.edvideo.org/

House of Toast

House of Toast is a non-profit, membership-based collective offering film and video equipment and services for independent artists in the Windsor, Ontario area.

http://www.houseoftoast.ca/

Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa

http://www.ifco.ca/

Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)

Supports independent filmmaking through the exchange of information, access to equipment and facilities, workshops, production grants, screenings, newsletters, e-correspondence, and online cast and crew database.

http://www.lift.on.ca/

New Voice Video

New Voice Video delivers digital filmmaking workshops to youth in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. The workshops provide youth with the tools to write, direct, produce and distribute their own videos on topics that matter to them.

http://www.newvoicevideo.com/

Ottawa Film Society

News, membership, movie reviews, press articles, by-laws, and related links.

http://www.filmfilmfilm.ca

Raindance Toronto

Since 1992 Raindance has been offering advice and support for independent fimmakers with offices around the world, including Toronto. Raindance is always looking for new ideas, new scripts, new films, new writers, new directors, new actors and new producers. Please let us know what you are looking for, and what you need. We will do whatever we can to help.

http://www.raindance.org/site/Toronto

Space Kids Productions

Film events company Space Kid Productions invites submissions from high school and post-secondary students for "SPEAK UP!", a student short film and video festival.

http://spacekidproductions.com/

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre provides film, video and sound production equipment, post-production and podcast facilities, studio and conference space, and a variety of skills development workshops and mentorship opportunities.

http://www.hamiltonmediaarts.org/

Toronto Animated Image Society

The Toronto Animated Image Society is an artist-run organization that explores and promotes the art of animation and supports animators as artists. Information about workshops and events plus job postings and members' gallery.

http://www.tais.ca

Women in Film and Television - Toronto

Organization that assists women in achieving success in screen-based media and offers a year-round slate of skills development, networking events, and industry awards.

http://www.wift.com/

Black Film & Video Network
http:// www.bfvn.com

Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

http:// www.cfmdc.org

Trinity Square Video

http:// www.trinitysquarevideo.com

V-Tape

http://www.vtape.org

Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa

http:// www.ifco.ca

SAW Video  

http://www.sawvideo.com

YYZ Artists' Outlet

YYZ supports three areas of contemporary art -- visual art, artists' film and video and writing and publishing on Canadian art and culture. It is committed to paying artists' fees and providing equipment and support.

http://www.yyzartistsoutlet.org/

QUEBEC

SODEC 

SODEC, a government agency overseen by the Québec Minister of Culture and Communications, provides assistance for the creation and development of cultural enterprises, including the media, throughout the province.  Since its founding in 1995, SODEC has vigorously pursued its mission of fostering Québec's cultural growth.

http://www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca  

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca

ORGANIZATIONS

Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l'image et du son (AQTIS)

AQTIS represents Quebec artists and technicians in over a hundred different occupations including make-up artists, decorators, hairdressers, camera operators, and sound, stage, production and post-production technicians.

http://www.aqtis.qc.ca/accueil_producers.en.html

Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec

The APFTQ represents the vast majority of independent film and television production companies in Quebec, acting on their behalf with government and industry organizations and encouraging close cooperation amongst all stakeholders.

http://www.apftq.qc.ca/en/

Cinémathèque québécoise

La Cinémathèque québécoise is a modern film distributor aiming to preserve, document and promote national and international film and television heritage.

http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/cinematheque/welcome.html

Films Du 3 Mars

The artistic mission and chief mandate of the distribution centre Les Films du 3 mars, is to disseminate, distribute, edit and promote independent audio-visual works and art house films that cover a wide range of genres and innovative subject matter.

http://www.f3m.ca/index_eng.php

New Voice Video

http://www.newvoicevideo.com/

Quebec City Film & TV Commission

The Quebec City Film and Television Commission provides information about locations and incentives and a production guide for film and TV projects.

http://www.quebecfilm.com/

Spirafilm

Spirafilm is a cooperative of independent film and video makers in Quebec City. It provides complete versions of eight short films as well as information about its equipment and services.

http://www.meduse.org/spirafilm/

Productions Réalisations Indépendantes de Montréal  

http://www.primcentre.org

Cinéma Libre  

http://www.cinemalibre.com

Les Films de l'Autre  

http://www.lesfilmsdelautre.com

Main Film

http://www.mainfilm.qc.ca

OBORO  

http://www.oboro.net

Vidéographe  

http://www.videographe.qc.ca

La Bande vidéo 

http://www.meduse.org./labandevideo

Vidéo Femmes  

http://www.videofemmes.org

Centre de production DAÏMON  

http://www.daimon.qc.ca

SASKATECHWAN:

Saskatchewan Film Development Corporation 

http://www.saskfilm.com

Saskatchewan Arts Board

http://www.artsboard.sk.ca

ORGANIZATIONS

Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative

Information about a non-profit artist-run centre which supports and encourages independent visionary filmmaking; production, membership, workshops and exhibitions.

http://www.filmpool.ca

Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association - SMPIA

History and mandate, news, workshops, events, membership, production guide, and related links.

http://www.smpia.sk.ca/

SaskFilm

Non-profit funding agency working for film, video and new media community, industry overview, programs, and news.

http://www.saskfilm.com

YUKON

Yukon Film Commission

http://www.reelyukon.com

Yukon Arts Branch

http://www.artsyukon.com

BROADCASTERS:

CANADIAN BROADCASTERS:

DIGITAL CHANNELS:

The Documentary Channel 

64 Jefferson Ave., Unit 18 Toronto, ON M6K 3H4 phone: 416.534.1191  

http://www.docschannel.ca

One - the Body, Mind and Spirit Channel  

80 Bond St.  Toronto, ON  phone: 416.595.6465 

http://www.onebodymindspirit.com

The Biography Channel 

545 Lakeshore Boulevard West  Toronto, ON M5V 1A3  phone: 416.260.003 

http://www.thebiographychannel.ca

PrideVision TV 

370 King St. West  Toronto, ON M5V 1J9  phone:1.877.774.3388

http://www.pridevisiontv.com

Fashion Television  

email: info@ftchannel.com

Travel TV 

Contact: Marnie Shulman, Directory of Programming  phone:416.332.4595  

Website through Discovery Channel website www.discovery.com

i channel (the Issues Channel)  and Movilia (short subject) 

Storonway Communications  

Websites linked through  http://www.stornoway.com

Book Television 

email: info@booktelevision.com 

http://www.bravo.ca

Mystery Channel  http://www.specialtv.ca/mystery

WTSN (Women's Sport Network)  http://www.wtsn.ca

Independent Film Channel http:// www.ifctv.ca

ANALOGUE BROADCASTERS:

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) http:// www.aptn.ca

A-Channel Alberta http://www.a-channel.com

CBC http:// cbc.ca

CPAC  http://www.cpac.ca

CTV http:// www.ctv.ca

Discovery Channel http:// www.exn.ca

The Comedy Network  http://www.thecomedynetwork.com

The Outdoor Life Network  http://www.facetheelements.com

Talk TV  http://www.talktv.ca

TSN  http://www.tsn.ca

Canwest Global Communications Corp. http:// www.canwestglobal.com

The Family Network  http://www.family.ca

AllianceAtlantis Communications Inc.

http:// www.allianceatlantis.ca/Broadcasting/index.html

The Score  http://www.thescore.ca

CHUM Television  http://www.chumlimited.com/html/tv.asp

Vision  http://www.visiontv.ca

Corus Entertainment  http://www.corusentertainment.com/about/about.asp

YTV  http://www.ytv.com/main.asp

Treehouse TV  http://www.treehousetv.com

Country Music Television  http://www.cmtcanada.com

Women Television Network http:// www.wtn.ca

Nelvana  http://www.nelvana.com/main

PROVINCIAL BROADCASTERS

TVOntario http:// www.tvo.org

Knowledge Network (B.C.)  http://www.knowledgenetwork.ca

SCN (Saskatchewan)  http://www.scn.sk.ca

Access Network - The Education Station (Alberta) http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/metks4/instruct/iru/pubs/web/vfd/vfd1.html

FRENCH LANGUAGE BROADCASTERS

Service Radio-Canada http://radio-canada.ca

TVA  http://www.tva.ca

Télévision Quatre Saisons http:// www.tqs.qc.ca

Réseau de Sport http:// www.rds.ca

Télé-Québec  http://www.telequebec.qc.ca

TV5  http://www.tv5.org

Canal Savoir  http://www.canal.qc.ca

Canal Vie http:// www.canalvie.com

TFO http:// www.tfo.org

BROADCASTERS FOR PRODUCERS

CBC Newsworld - The Lens  

http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=The+Lens

Vision TV

Producer Guidelines finder "about us" menu on Vision's main site: http://www.visiontv.ca

ADVOCACY:

Industry Organizations

Canadian Film and Television Producers Association http://www.cftpa.ca

Canadian Association of Broadcasters http://www.cab-acr.ca

Canadian Cable Television Association  http://www.ccta.ca

Canadian Conference of the Arts  http://www.ccarts.ca

Ontario Association of Broadcasters  http://www.oab.on.ca

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting http:// www.friendscb.org

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Canadian Heritage  http://www.pch.gc.ca

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)  http://www.crtc.gc.ca

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage 

http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/commbus/house/CommitteeMain.asp?Language=E&Co mmitteeID=5

LEGISLATION:

Broadcasting Act 

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/B/B-9.01.html

Canada Council (for the Arts) Act 

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-2.html

Canadian Film Development Corporation Act (Telefilm Canada) 

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-16.html

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Act

 http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-22.html

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-42.html

Department of Canadian Heritage Act

 http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-17.3.html

Canadian Multiculturalism Act 

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/C/C-18.7.html

National Archives of Canada Act 

http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/N/N-2.5.html

National Library Act

t http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/STABLE/EN/Laws/Chap/N/N-12.html

PRODUCERS' RESOURCES:

INTERIM FINANCING

Halifax law firm Boyne Clarke provides a very useful introduction 

http://www.boyneclarke.ns.ca/film.html

Rogers Telefund 

http://www.rogers.com/English/corporate/community/telefund.html

 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS (E&O)

Front Row Insurance Brokers (formerly Jones Brown)

http://www.frontrowinsurance.com/documentary-organization-of-canada-insurance-program

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British Columbia and Alberta
Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. – Vancouver
David Hamilton 604-684-3456
david@frontrowinsurance.com

Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario
Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. – Toronto
Kirk Thompson 416-628-5313
kirk@frontrowinsurance.com

Quebec
Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. – Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Elaine Viau 450-359-6620
viau.simmlands@videotron.ca

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland
Prime Insurance Agency Inc. Halifax
Paul Lipkus 902-484-2223
paul@primeinsuranceagency.ca

CARNET INFO:

Carnets are available through the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. http://www.chamber.ca/article.asp?id=261

CRAFT UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS:

Canadian Independent Camera Association www.cancam.com

EAST COAST

Film Crew Association of Newfoundland http://enterprise.newcomm.net/filmcan

IATSE 849  http://www.iatse849.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA

IATSE Local 891  http://www.iatse.com

TORONTO

NABET 700 CEP http://www.nabet700.com

FILM AND TELEVISION: BOOKS

Filmakers' Library http://www.filmakers.com

These books will give you a useful overview of the industry based on case studies of prominent Canadian films and filmmakers. Theatrebooks (see above) is a great bookstore that carries many of the guides as well as how-to books on filmmaking and screenwriting.

Canadian Television Financing: the Buck Starts Here  by Felice Gorica Scarborough, Centennial CollegePress, 1999. Excellent guide to new and emerging producers on how to deal with the business end of producing. It deals with how to write a proposal- including a sample proposal; how to find financing; how to approach programming directors, explains the concept of windows; marketing and distribution. The second part of the book is a reference guide listing funding agencies, national and foreign broadcasters. Also included is a resource materials guide. Available at bookstores.

Canadian Production Finance: A Producer's Handbook by KathyAvrich Johnson Toronto, OFDC, 1998. Includes samples of rights agreements, co-production agreements, recoupment schedules, budget cost reports and distribution agreements. To obtain a copy: (416) 314-6858

Producer's Workbook III. Vancouver Women in Film & Video Provides examples of contracts, budgets and general information for producers. To obtain copy: 604-685-1152 Web site: http://www.womeninfilm.ca/producers_wb.html

Directing the Documentary, 3rd edition.  by Michael Rabiger Woburn, Maine, Focal Press, 1998.  Includes a history of the documentary, screen grammar and craft, equipment selection, lighting, interviewing, directing participants, directing the crew, authorship, postproduction, reenactment, reconstruction and docudrama, list of international film schools, glossary and bibliography.

Making It T he Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television co-publications with Doubleday Canada. Essays on the many stages of producing in Canada (1995)  Selling It The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television co-publications with Doubleday Canada.  Essays on marketing and promoting Canadian films domestically andinternationally (1995)

Telling It  The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television co-publications with Doubleday Canada.  Essays on working as, and with, writers in Canadian film and television (1996)

Who's Who in Canadian Film  The title says it all - the who's who of producers, writers, directors plus their credits.  or call: (416) 366-2227 or go to: http://www.academy.ca

Canadian Dreams  byMichael Posner  Essays on how 10 Canadian films got financed and produced, during the 'golden era' of available public financing over the last decade  (1993) Canadian Production Finance

Publicity and Marketing: A Producer's Handbook written for the OMDC by the Toronto International Film Festival publicists, Gabrielle Free and Claudine Dominique.  Printed in 1999.  Designed primarily for producers making short films and first features.  Available at the OMDC Tel (416) 314-6858

Surviving Production  by Deborah Patz National Book Network, 1997. Surviving Production, a detailed account of setting up and managing a film production company, covers the prep, the shoot, and the wrap.

STUDIES AND REPORTS

Documentary and New Digital Platforms: an Ecosystem in transition
http://www.obsdoc.ca/res/pdf/Observ_20110203_Study.pdf

PUBLICATIONS

Point of View Magazine http://docorg.ca/en/point-view-magazine

Broadcaster Magazine  http://www.broadcastermagazine.com

Montage  (Directors Guild of Canada) http://www.dgcmontage.com/index2.htm

Canadian Journal of Film Studies  http://www.film.queensu.ca/FSAC/CJFS.html

CINEMATOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY RESOURCES

Cinematography.com  http://www.cinematography.com

Super-8 Camera Guide  http://www.city-net.com/%7Efodder/s8mm/cameras.html

MUSIC

Licensemusic.com http:// www.licensemusic.com

Morning Music Ltd.  http://www.morningmusic.ca

Guild of Canadian Film Composers  http://www.gcfc.ca

Garay Music

Paul J. Garay’s goal is to provide film directors, television producers, and independent recording artists with the highest-quality, no-compromise original music for film and television. http://www.garaymusic.com

Jeff Vidov - Film Composer

Canadian born composer/pianist Jeff Vidov first attracted attention by winning the SOCAN Composer’s Award for his first orchestral work "AWAKEN" in 1994. Mr. Vidov’s output as a composer is extensive, including orchestral, chamber, and numerous solo and duo works. http://www.jeffvidov.com

Roger Hewett - Composer, Orchestrator and Pianist

Biography and work this composer, orchestrator, musical director, and pianist. http://www.rogerhewett.com

Talking Dog Studios

Talking Dog Post & Sound Studios is a completely digital audio post production facility, specializing in soundtracks for feature films, television series and commercials. http://www.talkingdogstudios.com

Liberty Music Trax

Liberty Music Trax is a new digital music licensing service which is based in Montreal, Canada. We make recorded works of independent artists available to commercial content creators requiring original music, in a manner which is fair and equitable to artists, with convenient and high quality service to clients. http://libertymusictrax.com