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Annual Report Entrepreneurship & creativity in Canadian television & film
LEADING CREATIVE We work in a sector brimming with creativity. And not just when it comes to developing television and film that captivates us, entertains us and keeps us demanding more.
Canada’s independent producers are also imaginative entrepreneurs and marketers who are reinventing business models and constantly evolving to keep pace with a rapidly changing industry.
They’re experimenting with new platforms and discovering new ways to connect with audiences through social media, PROGRAMMING HOURS interactive digital content and more. And they’re looking beyond Canada’s borders, pursuing more co-productions and more international financing.
315.6 Are they succeeding? You bet. The pages that follow tell the story. Canadian television and film producers are impressing audiences that have never enjoyed more choice. They’re winning awards, wowing critics and keeping us glued to our screens … whatever size or form that screen might take.
At the Rogers Group of Funds, we’re proud to be a part of their success. Over the course of 35 years of industry transformations, we’ve been helping Canada’s independent producers bring their creative vision to life.
PRODUCTIONS
Robin C. Mirsky | Executive Director Rogers Group of Funds
Philip B. Lind | Vice Chairman MILLION 102 Rogers Communications
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$30.9 You’ve got a creative vision. But how do you turn it into reality? Canadian producers are savvy business people, constantly finding new, inventive ways to make projects happen.
Some producers are seizing opportunities in the multiplatform universe. Urban Native Girl showcases First Nations fashionista Lisa Charleyboy as she transforms her popular website into a full-scale glossy magazine.
Others have assembled an irresistible mix of ingredients. With its big rigs, serious weather and larger-than-life characters, the debut of Ice Road Truckers proved to be the History Channel’s most-watched show ever.
In A Different Drummer, Academy-award-winning director John Zaritsky celebrates eccentrics, from inventors to soothsayers to the man who gave away his last $30 and took up residence in a Utah cave. Closet Monster
Meanwhile, Fight Xchange pairs three young MMA fighters from SCanada with three counterparts in Japan, offering an unvarnished glimpse at what it takes to be best man — or woman — in the cage.
Canadian producers are also telling stories with an original twist. Closet Monster features finger puppets and a talking hamster in a coming-of-age story about divorce, homophobia and the first stirrings of sexuality. Fall provides a beautifully nuanced take on the Catholic sex abuse scandals, culminating in a final scene the Toronto Star calls “sublime.”
And Coconut Hero offers a darkly funny look at how growing up in small town Ontario can drive you to suicide — until you’re diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumour.
Established in 1980, our revolving Telefund gives innovative producers the dollars they need when they need them. In 2014, 30 productions benefited from$18.7 million in funding.
INNOVATIVE 2 Fight Xchange
INNOVATIVE Media. of Mongrel Courtesy Connors. Melissa by photo Fall Fall 3 Urban Native Girl
20 Moves 20 Moves Productions Inc. Lewin Webb, Adam Rodness, Harvey Glazer ONTARIO Rogers Broadcasting
PROGRAMMING HOURS
100.3 A Date with Miss Fortune A Date with Miss Fortune Productions Inc. Ryan Scott, Jeannette Sousa ONTARIO
PRODUCTIONS
A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics Reel Eccentrics Inc. Anne Pick, Bill Spahic ONTARIO Super Channel, Documentary Channel Ice Road Truckers
MILLION 30
4 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 $18.7 A Quiet Revolution Aim for the Roses Black Fly AQR Film Inc. (John Walker Opus 59 Films Inc. Black Fly Productions Inc. Productions Ltd.) John Bolton Ken Frith, Robyn Wiener, Timothy J. John Walker, Ann Bernier BRITISH COLUMBIA Brown, Jason Bourque NOVA SCOTIA Super Channel BRITISH COLUMBIA Documentary Channel Super Channel
Blackburn Blackstone Cycle IV Blind Spot: Moments Blackburn Productions Blackstone Cycle IV Ltd. Unseen Incorporated Ron E. Scott, Jesse Szymanski, Damon Criollo Films Inc. Nastasha Baron, Corr Pearce, John Vignale Heather A. Marshall, Stefan Morel, Leslie Sereda ALBERTA Haller BRITISH COLUMBIA APTN ONTARIO Super Channel Documentary Channel © Six Island & UFA Fiction Fiction © Six Island & UFA Connors Melissa by Photo Closet Monster Coconut Hero Fall 1747790 Ontario Inc., Closet Six Island Productions Lentin Odette Productions Inc. Monster Inc. (Faintville) Inc. Mehernaz Lentin, Jennifer Pun Kevin Krikst, Fraser Ash, Edward J. Paul Scherzer ONTARIO Martin, Niv Fichman, Ed Martin ONTARIO Super Channel ONTARIO/NEWFOUNDLAND Movie Central, The Movie Network
ROGERS TELEFUND 5 Fight Xchange, Season II How to Prepare for Prison Ice Pilots NWT, Season 6 Fight Xchange Productions II Inc. Border City Pictures Propheads VI Productions Ltd. Aaron Avruskin, Shon Gill, Nikki Gill- Cornelia Principe, Matt Gallagher Michael Chechik, Gabriela Schonbach, Burns ONTARIO David Gullason ONTARIO TVO, iChannel BRITISH COLUMBIA Super Channel History Television Photo by G. Pimentel Photography G. Pimentel by Photo Ice Road Truckers, Season 8 In Studio: Up Close and Inside Her Sex IRT VIII Productions Inc./ Personal Inside Her Sex Films Inc. Prospero Media 1883112 Ontario Limited Sheona McDonald Martin Katz, Karen Wookey Barry Avrich BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO ONTARIO Documentary Channel History The Movie Network, Movie Central
Michael Shannon Michael Myth or Science: You Are Now You Know, Season 2 Shannon John What You Eat Now You Know Productions Inc. MSMSJ Productions Inc. IF: Myth 3 Productions Inc. Maria Kennedy, Ben Mazzotta, Matt Nicholas de Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal, Dugald Maudsley Bishop, J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers Nadia Tavazzani, Chelsea McMullan ONTARIO ONTARIO ONTARIO CBC TVO Superchannel
6 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 The Bachelor Canada II The Gorilla Doctors The Liquidator Season IV Good Love Media Inc. 52 Gorillas Inc. The Liquidator IV Productions Claire Freeland, Sean De Vries David York, Bryn Hughes (AB) Inc. BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO Margaret Mardirossian, Helen Schmidt, The Biography Channel CBC Jennifer Little, Lisa Byrne, Christy Thomas, Dean McElwain ALBERTA Rogers Broadcasting
The Magic Bullet The Skyjacker’s Tale Urban Native Girl MB MSF Inc. Cave 7 Productions Inc. WFCL UNG-One Doc Inc. Judy Holm, Aaron Hancox Jamie Kastner, Diana Warmé R. Todd Ivey, Jeremy Edwardes ONTARIO ONTARIO ONTARIO Super Channel Super Channel, Canal D APTN
War Story III Wheatfield Souls Women Who Act War Story III Productions Inc. 2391466 Ontario Ltd. 1883112 Ontario Limited David York, Barry Stevens, Bryn Hughes Stuart Coxe, Karen Melvin Barry Avrich ONTARIO ONTARIO ONTARIO History Television Super Channel The Movie Network, Movie Central
ROGERS TELEFUND 7 Documentary producers in Canada have their finger on the pulse of society. They’re identifying the hot topics and delving deep into the issues and trends that shape our lives.
When fracking destroys your home, your heritage and your people, what do you do? Fractured Land follows a young Dene law student in his David-and-Goliath fight against big oil and gas. Other members of his generation aren’t so political, however. 25 Down asks why millennials aren’t lining up at the ballot box to exercise their most fundamental right in a democracy: the right to vote.
It’s a cruel irony that three quarters of the world’s hungry are peasant farmers, paid so little for their harvest that they can’t feed their own families. Le paradoxe de la faim puts the spotlight on a global catastrophe in progress.
When creditors start pounding on the door, do you put Picasso on the auction block? Beauty and Ruin reveals what WDetroit’s bankruptcy means for one of the country’s greatest art museums. Meanwhile, Last of the Blues-Devils celebrates the talent and tenacity of America’s original blues players, Fractured Land relegated for too many years to a ghettoized corner of the music industry.
Urban Eagles: Our Wild Neighbours examines what happens when Canada’s largest bird of prey takes up residence in one of Canada’s largest cities. Finally, The Antibiotic Hunters takes us on a mission to uncover new infection-fighting drugs — a mission made increasingly urgent as antibiotic-resistant bugs wipe out our current arsenal.
The Rogers Documentary Fund helps make it all possible, with $2.1 million for 35 productions in 2014.
VISIONARY
8 Urban Eagles: Our Wild Neighbours
Fractured Land
VISIONARY
Beauty and Ruin
9 25 DOWN: Why Young People Don’t Vote 1922616 Ontario Inc./Triple Threat Films Inc. Robert Lang, Ian Waddell, Dylan Playfair, Kyle McCachen ONTARIO/BRITISH COLUMBIA TVO, CPAC
PROGRAMMING HOURS
Al Purdy Was Here Purdy Pictures Inc. Ron Mann, Brian D. Johnson ONTARIO Documentary Channel
25 DOWN: Why Young People Don’t Vote
PRODUCTIONS 45.1
Baby Cold War Interfilm Productions Inc. Boris Ivanov, Julia Ivanova BRITISH COLUMBIA Super Channel, iChannel, Out TV
10 $2.1 MILLION 35 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Beauty and Ruin Biblical Conspiracies Bigfoot Commandos / Subject Chaser Films & Films AP Mysteries Productions Ltd. Killing Bigfoot à Cinq Moses Znaimer, Felix Golubev, Simcha Monster Hunters Productions Inc. Jeannette Loakman, Sally Blake, Marc Jacobovici Peter von Puttkamer, Sheera von de Guerre ONTARIO Puttkamer ONTARIO Vision TV BRITISH COLUMBIA Super Channel, ARTE France, AVRO Netherlands OLN, Discovery Communications US
Bollywood Star 2 Constantine 2015 Fractured Land Makan 1 Inc. Macumba Films II Inc. Two Island Films Ltd. Shaam Makan, Vanessa Hill, Tom Shinn Raymonde Provencher Daniel Conrad, Charlotte Engel, Mark ONTARIO QUÉBEC Achbar, Damien Gillis, Fiona Rayher Rogers Broadcasting Radio-Canada, RDI BRITISH COLUMBIA Documentary Channel, Explora, Knowledge Network
From Topps to Bottom How to Prepare for Prison Iron Mike: The Mike Keenan Top to Bottom Productions Inc. Border City Pictures Story Patrick Cameron, Adam Rodness, Cornelia Principe, Matt Gallagher Makela Productions Inc. Harvey Glazer, Stuart Stone ONTARIO David Smith, Orla Lawrie, Kelly Carney, ONTARIO TVO, iChannel Aaron Lam Super Channel ONTARIO Sportsnet
ROGERS DOCUMENTARY FUND 11 The Antibiotic Hunters
Kaplan L’héritier La ligne rouge Toxa Productions Inc. Datsit Studios ONZE Inc. 9223-3287 Québec Inc. Philippe Lamarre, Annie Bourdeau Sylvie Tremblay, Bruno Dubé, Robert Michèle Rouleau, Geneviève Simard- QUÉBEC Montour, Daniel Cormier Lévesque Canal D QUÉBEC QUÉBEC Télé-Québec, Radio-Canada, RDI Canal D, APTN
12 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 La politique n’est pas un jeu Last of the Blues-Devils Le Paradoxe de la faim d’enfants EyeSteel (Blues) Productions Inc. Lowik Media 2008 Inc. PVP Doc II Inc. Mila Aung-Thwin, Bob Moore, Daniel Lucie Tremblay Vincent Leroux, Vic Pelletier Cross QUÉBEC QUÉBEC QUÉBEC Radio-Canada Télé-Québec Documentary Channel, Canal D
Let There Be Light Maple Mayhem Migrant Dreams Eye Steel Film Inc. Laurus Productions Inc. 2398117 Ontario Inc. Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, Mila Aung- Lori Braun, Hugh John Murray Min Sook Lee, Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Thwin QUÉBEC Rose Gutierrez QUÉBEC CBC, Canal D ONTARIO Documentary Channel TVO, OMNI Photo by Andrew Moir Andrew by Photo My Millennial Life Myth or Science 4: In the No Limits MML Productions Inc. Eye of the Storm R2RKB Inc./Real to Reel Maureen Judge, Charlotte Engel Infield Fly Productions Productions Inc. ONTARIO Dugald Maudsley Bill Spahic, Anne Pick TVO, iChannel ONTARIO ONTARIO CBC Documentary Channel, Radio-Canada, RDI, Explora
ROGERS DOCUMENTARY FUND 13 Photo by Jean Rey by Photo Nous Autres, Les Autres Oh! Canada Corporation de développement Les Films Outsiders inc. et de production ACPAV inc. Nathalie Bissonnette, Ginette Petit Bernadette Payeur, Nicole Hubert QUÉBEC QUÉBEC Radio-Canada, RDI Le Paradoxe de la faim ARTV
Parents inc. Puffin Patrol The Antibiotic Hunters Zone 3 VI Inc. Two Rock Productions Inc. Dreamfilm Productions Ltd. Vincent Gourd, Michel Bissonnette, Charlotte Engel, Rosemary House Sue Ridout Brigitte Lemonde, André Larin, Vincent NEWFOUNDLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA Leduc CBC CBC, News Network, Documentary Channel QUÉBEC Canal D
The Truth About Female Trapped in a Human Zoo Urban Eagles: Our Wild Desire PIX3 Films (6732500 Canada Neighbours Bountiful Films Inc. Inc.) Parallax Film Productions Inc. Maureen Palmer, Helen Slinger Roch Brunette Ian Herring, Maija Leivo BRITISH COLUMBIA QUÉBEC BRITISH COLUMBIA CBC, News Network, Documentary Channel CBC, News Network, Documentary Channel, CBC, Documentary Channel TV5
14 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War Merit Motion Pictures Inc. (Vietnam Remembered Films Inc.) Merit Jensen Carr, Andy Blicq MANITOBA CBC News Network, Documentary Channel
Vitamins and Me Merit Motion Pictures Inc. (Vitamin Films Inc.) Merit Jensen Carr, Erna Buffie MANITOBA CBC
Last of the Blues-Devils
VolteFace (1-5) Blimp Télé Inc. Marc St-Onge, Isabelle Vaillancourt, Mathieu Paiement QUÉBEC Explora
ROGERS DOCUMENTARY FUND 15 In today’s multichannel world, cable producers understand the power of niche programming. Whatever your tastes, get ready to enjoy fresh, original shows that really hit the target.
When it comes to diversity, Canadian producers have you covered. Looking for drama with bite? Werewolf fans made Bitten Space’s most-watched original series in the channel’s history. Sunnyside If your passions run to vintage cars, you’ll want to get under the hood of Bugattis, De Dions and a parade of other head- turning vehicles in Restoration Garage, an oil-soaked reality show now entering its second season.
Mohawk Girls brings a Sex in the City sensibility — and a dash of First Nation politics — in this comedy about the hazards of dating on the rez. Meanwhile, Sunnyside serves up a sarcastic mix of sitcom, sketch comedy and magical weirdness, all set in an “up and coming” urban neighbourhood where yoga moms rub elbows with meth addicts.
Want even more magic? Illusions of Grandeur follows street Wperformer Zack Mirza in his quest to rival greats like Harry Houdini and David Copperfield. You’ll discover a very different kind of quest in March to the Pole, a film that documents 12 injured Canadian veterans as they trek across the Arctic and confront their emotional demons in the process.
And in Tempest Storm, award-winning producer/director Nimisha Mukerji offers an intimate portrait of the troubled burlesque dancer whose shimmies and shakes seduced a nation.
In 2014 the Rogers Cable Network Fund contributed $9.6 million for 32 productions, funding 163 hours of programming. DYNAMIC
Illusions of Grandeur 16 DYNAMIC Tempest Storm (Photo by Bob Crone)
17 7 Days in Hell 7D Productions Inc. Guy O’Sullivan, Allison Grace, Kip Spidell, Brett Rogers ONTARIO History Channel
A Quiet Revolution AQR Film Inc. (John Walker Productions Ltd.) John Walker, Ann Bernier NOVA SCOTIA Documentary Channel
Bitten
PRODUCTIONS 163 PROGRAMMING HOURS
Against All Odds: The 1948 RCAF Flyers IF: Flyers Productions Inc. Dugald Maudsley ONTARIO Rogers Sportsnet
MILLION 32
18 $9.6 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Al Purdy Was Here Bitten, Season II Blackstone Cycle V Purdy Pictures Inc. She-Wolf Season 2 Productions Inc. Blackstone Cycle V Ltd. Ron Mann, Brian D. Johnson J.B. Sugar, Margaret O’Brien, John Ron E. Scott, Jesse Szymanski ONTARIO Barbisan, Patrick Banister, John Morayniss, ALBERTA Documentary Channel Tecca Crosby, Daegan Fryklind APTN ONTARIO/BRITISH COLUMBIA Bell Media Inc.
Cold Water Cowboys, Dan & Margot Escape or Die! Season 2 Silence & Space Productions Inc. Escape or Die Season 1 Inc. Cold Water (2) Productions Inc. Chloe Sosa-Sims Kyle Bornais, Les Tomlin, Scott R. Leary, David Paperny, Cal Shumiatcher, ONTARIO Julie Chang, Chris Charney, Vallery Audrey Mehler, Susan McGrath Super Channel Hyduk BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA Discovery Channel Canada OLN
March to the Pole
ROGERS CABLE NETWORK FUND 19 Gambling on Extinction Ice Pilots NWT, Season 6 Illusions of Grandeur Reel Extinction Inc. c/o Real to Propheads VI Productions Ltd. Peacock Alley Entertainment Reel Productions Inc. Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik, Carrie Mudd, Andy King Anne Pick, Robert Tasso Putz, Tristan David Gullason ONTARIO Chytroschek BRITISH COLUMBIA Rogers Broadcasting ONTARIO History Television Animal Planet, CTV, Radio Canada
Into the Inferno Jade City, Season 1 March to the Pole Matter of Fact Media Inc. Jade Productions Ltd. MTTP (Muse) Inc. and MTTP Vanessa Dylyn, Andre Singer, Lucki Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik, (Caps) Inc. Stipetic David Gullason Michael Prupas, Betty Palik, Ben ONTARIO BRITISH COLUMBIA Webster, Ann Harbron, Jesse Prupas Documentary Channel, BBC Discovery Canada QUÉBEC History Television
20 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Mohawk Girls, Season 2 Mohawk Ironworkers Mom’s A Medium, Season II Rezolution Pictures (Mohawk Mushkeg Productions Inc. Medium Mom Productions II Inc. Girls) Inc. George Hargrave, Paul Rickard, Louise Clark, Erin Haskett, Grant Catherine Bainbridge, Ernest Webb, Margaret Horn Greshuk, Krista Kelloway, Andrew Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Tracey QUÉBEC Williamson Deer, Cynthia Knight APTN BRITISH COLUMBIA QUÉBEC CMT APTN, OMNI
National Park Secrets and Orphan Black III Polar Bear Alley, Season 1 Legends Orphan Black III Productions Merit Motion Pictures Inc. Galafilm Productions Inc. Limited (Polar Bear Films Inc.) Arnie Gelbart Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, John Merit Jensen Carr, Phil Farclough, Ed Fawcett, Graeme Manson, Claire Hatton, Barry Lank QUÉBEC Travel & Escape Welland, Kerry Appleyard MANITOBA ONTARIO OLN, Smithsonian Channel USA Space, BBC America
Mohawk Girls
ROGERS CABLE NETWORK FUND 21 Restoration Garage 2 Sensitive Skin, Season 2 SOS 2: Escape from Earth Pixcom Productions Inc. Rhombus Media Inc. Smiley Guy Studios, Farmhouse Jacquelin Bouchard, Sylvie Desrochers, Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar, Bob Martin, Productions & Duopoly Canada Carole Dufour, Nicola Merola, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland, Kevin Catherine Tait, Kent Sobey, Jonas Emmanuelle Wiecha Krikst, Fraser Ash Diamond, Henry Normal QUÉBEC ONTARIO ONTARIO History Channel Movie Central, The Movie Network Hollywood Suite
Storage Wars Canada, Sunnyside, Season 1 Season II (eps. 37-72) 2406664 Ontario Inc. & 6950249 SWC 2 Canada Inc. Manitoba Inc. Guy O’Sullivan, Allison Grace, Geoff Dan Redican, Gary Pearson, Anton Leo, Siskind, Blair Ricard Shane Corkery, Dan Bennett, Phyllis Laing, Rhonda Baker ONTARIO OLN ONTARIO FX Canada
Mohawk Ironworkers
Restoration Garage
22 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Photo by Jessica Earnshaw Jessica by Photo Tempest Storm The Gordon Pinsent Treasures Decoded II Burlesque Queen Productions Documentary Pier 21 Films Inc. 2445881 Ontario Inc. Laszlo Barna, Janice Tufford Nimisha Mukerji, Danielle Colby, Kaitlyn Brigitte Berman, Daniel Pellerin, Victor ONTARIO Regehr, Chuck Braverman Solnicki History Television, Historia BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO Superchannel Super Channel, Hollywood Suite
War Story, Season III War Story: Afghanistan Yukon Gold, Season 3 War Story III Productions Inc. War Story IV Productions Inc. Klondike (3) Productions Inc. David York, Barry Stevens, Bryn Hughes David York, Barry Stevens, Bryn Hughes David Paperny, Cal Shumiatcher, ONTARIO ONTARIO Audrey Mehler, Trevor Hodgson, History Television History Television Megan Cameron, Larry Raskin BRITISH COLUMBIA History Television
ROGERS CABLE NETWORK FUND 23 Canadian documentary filmmakers are thinking big. They’re going head to head with the world’s best, tackling real-life issues in audacious productions destined for cinema screens across the country.
Roger’s Theatrical Documentary Program partnered with Telefilm Canada to provide$437,500 to five productions in 2014.
Some explore pressing environmental questions. Let There Be Light examines the future of energy. We’re not talking oil, gas, or even wind or solar. Instead, this documentary reveals truly visionary ideas for powering the planet, from hydrogen fusion to zero point energy.
Meanwhile, Faultlines asks how we can extract the Earth’s buried resources without destroying its other riches. Director Nettie Wild blends art film and documentary in this cinematic meditation on nature, development and the future of Canada’s North.
ROther productions get more personal. Recently, Russia imposed a ban that prevents Canadians — and citizens of any other country that allows same-sex marriage — from adopting Russian orphans. Baby Cold War looks at the collision of international politics, homophobia and the quest for parenthood.
In The Skyjacker’s Tale, filmmaker Jamie Kastner tracks down Ishmael Ali LaBeet, an American convicted of murdering eight people in a golf course shootout, who hijacked a plane to Cuba in 1984 and has been hiding out there ever since.
Finally, Le goût d’un pays interviews venerated Québecois songwriters Gilles Vigneault and Fred Pellerin about the province’s culture, politics and the iconic product that binds all Quebeckers together: maple syrup.
Theatrical Documentary Program AMBITIOUS
Faultlines
24 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Baby Cold War Faultlines Le goût d’un pays Interfilm Productions Inc. 0991015 BC Ltd. Zone3 inc. Boris Ivanov, Julia Ivanova Betsy Carson Michel Bissonnette, André Larin, BRITISH COLUMBIA BRITISH COLUMBIA Vincent Leduc, Brigitte Lemonde, Jean- Super Channel, iChannel, Out TV Super Channel, Canal D, Knowledge Network Pierre Paiement QUÉBEC Radio-Canada
Let There Be Light The Skyjacker’s Tale Eye Steel Film Inc. Cave 7 Productions Inc. Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, Mila Aung- Jamie Kastner, Diana Warmé Thwin ONTARIO QUÉBEC Super Channel, Canal D Documentary Channel
Let There Be Light
ROGERS THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 25 PHILIP B. LIND (CHAIR) is one of the founders of Rogers Communications Inc. and currently serves as its Vice Chairman. Mr. Lind was the founding Chairman of the Canada Media Fund, the central funding agency for television programming in Canada.
Mr. Lind has an interest in contemporary art and serves on the board of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Mr. Lind is also the Chair of CPAC — the only Canadian media network focused exclusively on politics, Parliament and public affairs.
ALISON CLAYTON is a senior broadcasting executive with more than 25 years of experience in the production, distribution, programming and financing of Canadian television.
As an award-winning producer with Crawley Films, Ms. Clayton oversaw the production of more than 100 children’s television programs, including two Gemini Award winners. During this time, Ms. Clayton was President of the Canadian Film and Television Association (now the Canadian Media Production Association).
Her broadcasting experience includes the launch and management of The Biography Channel, G4 Tech TV and MSNBC Canada, as well as senior programming positions with The Family Channel, The Movie Network and MOVIEPIX.
Ms. Clayton is a director of the Canada Media Fund and a BOARD OF former member of the board of Outdoor Life Network and the Canadian Television Fund.
26 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Left to right: Philip B. Lind (Chair) Alison Clayton Sally R. Warren Mary Powers Wayne Clarkson
SALLY R. WARREN is a communications consultant Over the course of his career, WAYNE CLARKSON and writer with a broad-based background in magazine has headed up some of Canada’s most respected film and editing, press relations and government regulation. From television institutions, including the National Film Theatre, 1986 to 1997 she was a commissioner on the Canadian the Ontario Film Development Corporation (now the Ontario Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. Media Development Corporation), Toronto’s Festival of She edited a Vancouver city magazine for 11 years and has Festivals (now the Toronto International Film Festival) and written freelance for several U.S. and Canadian publications. the Canadian Film Centre. Most recently, he served a five- Additionally, she wrote a non-fiction book that was year term as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada. published in 1998 by HarperCollins and has been printed in 11 languages. Mr. Clarkson has received numerous industry awards, including the Clyde Gilmour Lifetime Achievement Ms. Warren is currently Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Library Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association and the Foundation and Chair of the B.C. and Yukon unit of the Toronto Arts Award for contribution to Canadian Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. cinema. He also has served on numerous boards and advisory groups, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Federal Task Force for Feature MARY POWERS is President of MPowers Communications, Film Policy. specializing in communications and brand management for producers and distributors in the international marketplace. Ms. Powers spent most of her media career with CHUM Limited, where she directed all communications, corporate branding and investor relations for the publicly traded company. She then became SVP Corporate Communications for CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media), prior to launching her own company. Active in numerous industry associations, she is a past board member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and Past Chair of both the Banff Media Festival and the international television marketing association Promax.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 27 ROGERS is a leading diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are Canada’s largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services and one of Canada’s leading providers of cable television, high- speed Internet and telephony services to consumers and businesses. Through our Media segment we are engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade publications, and sports entertainment. Our shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI).
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Puffin Patrol
Photo Portrait Credits Alison Clayton by Valerie Keeler, Valberg Imaging (p. 27) Sally R. Warren by Phil Hersee (p. 27)
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