Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009.
Telefilm Canada, in partnership with the
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), has announced 15 projects for the
Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, for which the training component is being delivered by the
National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI).
Twenty-seven projects from all regions of the country were submitted in June this year.
Students will receive training, professional development and personalized mentoring activities and a possible development advance.
English-language projects
- A Better Place by writer Shane Belcourt and Duane Murray
- Backwater by writer Ian Barr, production company Devonshire Productions and producer Paula Devonshire
- Killing the Shamen by writer/producer Jeremy Torrie, production company High Definition Pictures Inc., and producer Jim Compton
- Monkey Beach by writers Andrew Duncan and Johnny Darrell, production company Mama-OO Pictures, and producers Loretta Todd and Rajvinder Uppal
- Red River Max by writer/producer Joe Thornton, production company EagleCreek Entertainment
- Renaissance by writer Abraham Côté
- Running Home by writer Zoe Leigh Hopkins
- Stonefaces by writers Evan Adams and Michelle St. John, and producer Marie Clements
- The Point by writer Mark Ennis, production company Bear Paw Productions Inc., and producers Brian Francis, Timothy M. Hogan and Rick Leguerrier
- Untitled (Tracey's Film) by writer Tracey Deer, production company Rezolution Pictures International, and producers Ernest Webb and Catherine Bainbridge
- White Mask by writer Matt Alden Dykes, production company Mosaic Entertainment Inc., and producers Camille Beaudoin and Eric Rebalkin
French-language projects
- Enfant du temps by writer Evelyne Papatie
- Martine ma muse by writer Micheline Marchand
- Nibi et Kigôs - Deux frères by writer Kevin Papatie
- Saisons Atikamekw by writer Line Rainville
Launched in 2008, the Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program aims to encourage and support Aboriginal filmmakers to develop original script material that will be attractive to producers, financiers and other film industry decision-makers.
The program provides solid support to Aboriginal writers and producers, at all stages of a film's development.
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