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What is Starlight: The ALA_Pdale_1sheet_M01.qxd:One_Sheet_Mech_Template 7/18/08 4:03 PM Page 1 Canadian Movie Channel?

Starlight is a new specialty television channel that will be entirely devoted to Canadian movies, particularly feature films intended for theatrical release. The program schedule for the channel will be 100% Canadian, consisting of Canadian feature films, Canadian feature documentaries, Canadian made-for-TV movies, and programs with or about Canadian filmmakers. All feature films intended for theatrical distribution will be presented On June 1, 2012, an application was filed with the without commercial interruption. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a new Canadian specialty channel

to be called Starlight: The Canadian Movie Channel. How will Starlight Passchendaele be distributed? This brochure describes the channel and why it is so critically needed for the Canadian broadcasting system. The channel will be provided to every subscriber to digital television in English . Cable companies like Rogers or Shaw would distribute the service to all digital subscribers outside as part of the digital basic service. The direct-to-home satellite providers – Bell TV and Shaw Direct – would distribute the service to all subscribers who subscribe to an English-language or bilingual basic service package. And the retail rate for the service for all subscribers will be no more than three cents a day.

Incendies Academy Award Nominee Best Picture Genie support for Canadian feature films from our broadcasting system

Why should our broadcasting system Is the situation any different in Canada? support Canadian feature films? No. A 2012 study by the Department of Canadian The Broadcasting Act states that the broadcasting system Heritage showed that 89% of Canadians watch films on should provide a wide range of programming that reflects regular television channels and this was the most common Canadian artistic creativity. The CRTC has singled out way they watch films. The same study showed that 90% “programs of national interest” (defined to mean drama, of respondents agree that it is important for Canadians comedy, documentaries and selected award shows) as to have access to Canadian films. The study also requiring special emphasis and support by broadcasters revealed that 73% of Canadians outside Quebec think in order to achieve the objects of the Act. And of these that Canadian broadcasters should show more Canadian types of programs, Canadian feature films have the movies on television. (The number is even higher in highest cost, are the most difficult to finance and are the Quebec). Given this reality, it is clear that we need our riskiest to produce. They also represent the high water broadcasting system to support Canadian films. mark in Canadian creative expression and make us proud internationally, winning awards at festivals around the The Sweet Hereafter world. How are feature films supported Cannes, Official Selection - Grand Prix, Barney’s Version Ecumenical Prize and Critics Prize Golden Globe Winner in Europe? Two time Academy Award Nominee Academy Award Nominee Best Picture Genie But if these films are intended for European countries require their national broadcasters theatrical release, why do they need to be to support domestic films. In Europe, the broadcasting supported by the broadcasting system? system is seen as an important mechanism for supporting the financing and exhibition of local feature films. All the Virtually no film anywhere in the world nowadays recovers its major countries in Europe, including Germany, , costs in . Films require distribution in other media to Britain, Italy and Spain, as well as many other smaller recover their costs. And the audience for films on television countries, require their broadcasters to support European dwarfs the cinema audience. A few years ago, the UK Film films, through expenditure and/or scheduling conditions. Council noted that the average person in the UK watched It is clear that those countries consider feature films to 78 films a year. Three of them were seen in the cinema. 18 be the supreme expression of their cultural heritage and were seen on DVD or video. One was seen on video on diversity. And they also recognize that their broadcasting demand. And 56 films (out of 78) were seen on television. systems need to support feature films. But that support So television is the dominant form of exhibition for does not occur in Canada. feature films.

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CANADIAN FEATURE FILMS: BROADCAST ORPHANS

FROM ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR Can we rely on our over-the-air TV stations to What is the result? IN A WORLD FULL OF DENIAL, support Canadian feature films? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO’S TELLING THE TRUTH? The unfortunate result is that Canadian feature films Neither CTV nor Global has ever provided a platform end up being orphans in the broadcasting system. But for Canadian feature films. CITY-TV used to run the purpose of this application is not to criticize existing one Canadian film every week, but the licence condition broadcasters for largely abandoning Canadian feature requiring this was removed in 2011 and CITY-TV no films. Rather, it is to fill that void with a new service that longer supports Canadian films to any significant extent. restores the balance and gives Canadians a chance to As for the CBC, its support has been sporadic at best. see the thousands of Canadian feature films that were EVERY SIN LEAVES A MARK. financed in part with their tax dollars.

What about the specialty and pay TV services? ® “ ” FROM , THE ACADEMY AWARD -NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF THE SWEET HEREAFTER Don’t they support Canadian feature films? Are there enough Canadian movies to support a channel?

ALLIANCE ATLANTISAND SERENDIPITY POINT FILMSIN ASSOCIATION WITH EGO FILM ARTSAND ARPPRESENT A ROBERT LANTOSPRODUCTION A FILM BY ATOM EGOYAN “ARARAT” DAVID ALPAY COSTUME PRODUCTION Over the past seven years, the percentage of the pay BRENT CARVER MARIE-JOSÉE CROZE ARSINÉE KHANJIAN ELIAS KOTEASAND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMERDESIGNER BETH PASTERNAKDESIGNER PHILLIP BARKER MUSIC DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATE CO- PRODUCED WRITTEN AND EDITORSUSAN SHIPTONBY MYCHAEL DANNAPHOTOGRAPHY , C.S.C.,B.S.C. PRODUCERS SIMONE URDLAND JULIA ROSENBERGPRODUCER SANDRA CUNNINGHAMBY ROBERT LANTOSAND ATOM EGOYANDIRECTED BY ATOM EGOYAN PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MOVIE NETWORK AND SUPER ÉCRAN - CORUS ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH MOVIE CENTRAL - TELEFILM CANADA TV services’ schedule devoted to Canadian feature films PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF TELEFILM CANADA,THE MOVIE NETWORK AND SUPER ECRAN,ASTRAL MEDIA THE HAROLD GREENBURG FUND Definitely! Research carried out for the channel OFFICIAL SELECTION • has been steadily declining. In the case of TMN, Movie demonstrates that there is a significant library of Canadian Eastern Promises Central and Super Channel, their use of Canadian feature Ararat Academy Award and Golden long-form films. That library includes over 3,000 feature Cannes, Official Selection Globe Nominee films was less than 6% of the schedule in 2011. The mini- Best Picture Genie films made for theatrical release, 24 animated features, pay services (MPix and Encore Avenue) have a slightly 340 documentary features and 1,231 made-for-television better track record but in 2011, they only devoted 12.2% films. And this number is increasing by 150 titles or more of their schedules to Canadian feature films. Nor are the each year. Given the depth of this inventory, there is no film-oriented specialty services doing any better. Services question that a channel entirely devoted to Canadian like Showcase, Bravo! and History have all cut back on movies can readily be programmed. their use of Canadian films.

Why have the Canadian television services What sort of variety is found in the library?

largely abandoned Canadian feature film? The library of Canadian titles has enormous diversity Canadian television services have followed the lead of and variety. For example, the channel could include the US networks in this regard. In order to encourage programming blocks devoted to Canadian films on repeat viewing, it makes abundant good sense for these particular themes or genres, increasing their accessibility. television services to focus on exclusive TV series like In the next few pages, an illustrative weekly schedule for Flashpoint on CTV or Rookie Blue on Global, rather than the channel shows the incredible range of titles that can on one-off Canadian feature films, which are more difficult be programmed. to schedule and promote. Similarly, the pay services, The Saddest Music in the World although expected to run Canadian feature films, relegate Maurice Richard them to a minor part of the schedule and focus their promotions on exclusive signature television series, just like HBO has done with series like and Boardwalk Empire. EXAMPLE OF A WEEKLY PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR THE MOVIE DESCRIPTIONS STARLIGHT: THE CANADIAN MOVIE CHANNEL

Monday McKellar, Mia Kershner and Bruce Greenwood) Set mass media today. Won the Peoples’ Choice in and around an exotic strip club called Exotica, awards at both the Toronto and the Film DOCUMENTARY TV MOVIE SUBTITLED TV SUBTITLED SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE Les Plouffe : (The Plouffe Family) (1981, directed this won a Best Picture Genie, as well the AVN Festivals. by , with Emile Genest, Denise (Adult Video News) Award for Best Alternative Filiatrault, ) A resonant look at Adult Motion Picture. The Corporation (2003, directed by Mark Achbar Quebec society circa WWII, based on Roger and Jennifer Abbott) Applying psychological Lemelin’s extremely popular radio series and Felicia’s Journey (1999, directed by Atom Egoyan evaluation criteria to the behaviour of large MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY subsequent teleroman. from the novel by William Trevor, with public corprations, this documentary concludes and Elaine Cassidy) A pregnant Irish girl gets that multinational corporations are essentially 6:00am The The Jacob Two-Two Le crime d’Ovide Plouffe (aka Les Plouffe II) (1984, entangled in a serial killer’s web as she searches psychopathic by nature in their single-minded 6:30am Kidnapping Dog Who Meets The directed by , with Gabriel Arcand, for the British soldier who impregnated her. In pursuit of growth and profit above all other values. The Falls Sam and Me Tectonic Pierre Curzi, ) Set in Quebec competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Genie for Best Doc. 7:00am Plates of the Stopped Hooded Fang City during the 1950s, the «film is consistently ______President the War (1978) 7:30am Les entertaining, affectionate and funny» (Gerald (2011, directed by ) 8:00am Jacob Two-Two Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema). Tuesday from based Eyesteel Films, the producers Plouffe The Peanut of , comes this devastating portrait 8:30am Possible The Last Meets The Waterlife Camilla Butter of Montreal (1989, directed by Denys The Falls (1991, directed by Kevin McMahon) of a young Montreal porn starlet who immediately Worlds Chase Hooded Fang 9:00am Solution Arcand, with , Remy Girard, Robert Genie nominated look at the wonder of Niagara contacts AIDS during her first LA movie shoot, and 9:30am (1999) Lepage) A pointed satire about an actor hired Falls and the polluted fallout present in the so- her difficult attempts at rehabilitation. to put on a under the cross during called Love Canal housing development on the ______10:00am Le Crime Montreal’s summer tourist season, this won a American side. 10:30am Bollywood Running The Hounds special Jury award at Cannes. Wednesday d’Ovide Wiebo’s War Alegria Highpoint 11:00am Hollywood Brave of Notre Dame Waterlife (2009, directed by Kevin McMahon) Plouffe Joyeux Calvaire (Poverty and Other Delights) Follow-up to The Falls looks at the great beauty Sam and Me (1991, directed by , 11:30am (1997, directed by Denys Arcand, with Gaston and environmental challenges surrounding the with Ranjit Chowdry and Heath Lamberts) Cultures Noon Lepage, André Melançon) Made for TV in Quebec, Great Lakes. Won the Best Cinematography Award collide as an East Indian doctor comes to Toronto Eco-Pirate: La face 12:30pm Jesus of but released theatrically in English Canada, this for a Documentary from the Canadian Society of and ends up taking care of an elderly Jewish man. The Story of Water cachée de High-Ballin’ Fish Hawk Saint Ralph 1:00pm Montreal Canada-France co-production is a funny but Cinematographers. Won a Golden Camera Special Mention at the Paul Watson la lune trenchant study of street people. Cannes Film Festival. 1:30pm Wiebo’s War (2011, directed by David York) A 2:00pm Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006, directed by Erik Canuel, study of Wiebo Ludwig, a fundamentalist Christian Camilla (1994, directed by Deepa Mehta, with Joyeux Nature Gross My Babysitter’s Luna: Spirit with and Patrick Huard). Highest sect leader accused of waging war against the , Hume Cronyn, Bridget Fonda) 2:30pm The Calvaire Unleashed: Misconduct Long Day’s a Vampire of the Whale grossing Canadian film of all time, literally places oil and gas companies that infringe on his land. Severely re-edited by US distributor Harvey 3:00pm Story Earthquake Journey Into two mismatched cops in the middle of the chasm Nominated for a Genie Award. Weinstein, this is essentially a US to Toronto road 3:30pm Night separating the ‘’ as they squabble movie featuring a beautiful final film performance 4:00pm Meatballs over how to solve a case involving a body found Eco-Pirate : The Story of Paul Watson (2011, by actress Jessica Tandy. «A warm, funny road Bon Cop, Grey Owl draped over the sign separating and directed by Trish Dolman), Fascinating study of Paul movie» Variety. «Tandy is delightful» LA Times. 4:30pm The The Bad Cop China Québec. Genie winner for Best Picture. Watson, a controversial co-founder of Greenpeace, Written by . 5:00pm Rowdyman Grey Fox Heavyweight I, Claudia who broke off from that group to pursue more 5:30pm Speed Zone Starbuck (2011, directed by Ken Scott, with violent forms of resistance to international whaling Bollywood Hollywood (directed by Deepa Mehta, Patrick Huard) a huge hit in Quebec, Huard plays treaty violators. with and Jessica Pare) A Bollywood style 6:00pm an average shmoe who has fathered over three romance/musical transplanted to Toronto is great 6:30pm hundred children by regularly donating to a sperm Nature Unleashed : Earthquake (2005, directed fun and won the Genie for Best Screenplay. The Billy Bishop Atanarjuat: bank when he was younger. Has inspired both a by Tibor Takacs) One of five tv movies produced in 7:00pm Up the Away Fast Apprenticeship Starbuck Goes to The Fast Hollywood and a Bollywood remake. 2004-2005 dealing with natural disasters unleashed Water (2005, directed by Deepa Mehta, with Lisa 7:30pm Yangtze From Her Company of Duddy Kravitz War Runner by the ferocity of the forces of nature run amok. Ray, and ) A very 8:00pm Movie Intro : interviews with directors and stars, Avalanche, fire, tornado and volcano make up the critical drama focusing on the social ostracism of Movie Intro Movie Intro Movie Intro Movie Intro Movie Intro Movie Intro Movie Intro news from Canadian movie sets and film festivals, other four eco-thrillers. widows in , this film was short-listed for the 8:30pm Director Showcase Great Docs From Quebec Stage to Screen Genre Movies Award Winners Page to Screen and a contextualization of the evening’s thematic Oscars and won Best Actress at the . double-bill. China Heavyweight (2112, directed by Yung 9:00pm The Decline Chang) From the director of the hit Up the Yangtze, Gross Misconduct (1992, directed by Atom Manufactured Monsieur Shivers The Sweet Hereafter (1996, directed by Atom 9:30pm The Sweet of the Passchendaele Barney’s comes this interesting study of youths from a town Egoyan from a screenplay by , with Landscapes Lazhar Egoyan, based on the novel by Russell Banks, with in Southwestern China hoping to make it big in Daniel Kash and Peter McNeil) TV movie biography 10:00pm Hereafter American Version Empire , Bruce Greenwood and ) A boxing, a sport outlawed in China for over 35 years of Brian Spencer, an NHL star with a tragic personal 10:30pm town is devastated when a school-bus accident kills under Mao Tse Tung. life. Nominated for four . 11:00pm Rabid most of the local children. Oscar nominated for The 11:30pm Manufacturing Bethune: Screenplay and Direction. Up the Yangtze (2007, directed by ) a The Rowdyman (1972, directed by Peter Carter, Ararat Barbarian look at the massive Three Gorges Dam project in with and Linda Goranson). Pinsent Consent: The Making 12:00am Invasions Two Ararat (2002, directed by Atom Egoyan, with China, and how the changing face of China affects wrote this penultimate portrayal of a Newfie rascal N. Chomsky of a 12:30am Solitudes Charles Aznavour and Brent Carver) Best Picture the lives of a some tour boat workers on the river. who refuses to grow up and pays the price. Pinsent 1:00am and the Media Hero Genie winner is an epic study of the Armenian Genie winner for Best Documentary. won an Etrog for Best Actor. Produced by Budge genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Turks. The Crawley. A true Canadian classic. 1:30am The Gina film was withdrawn from competition at Cannes (2006, directed by 2:00am Adjuster following protests by the Turkish government, who Jennifer Baichwal) A look at artist Edward Burtynsky (2006, directed by Sarah Polley, Lilies I’ve Heard 2:30am In Praise of continue to deny the genocide. and his focus on the abstract beauty of industrial with and Gordon Pinsent) A sensitive The the Mermaids 3:00am Older Women blight. The opening tracking shot of a football portrait of an aging couple coping with Alzheimer’s. Corporation Singing (1991, directed by Atom Egoyan, field-sized Chinese assembly plant with hundreds Christie won an Oscar nomination, and both leads 3:30am Exotica Fantastica with , Arsinée Khanjian and Maury of workers is unforgettable. Genie winner for Best won Genies. Polley’s first feature, based on a short 4:00am Chaykin) A reflection on what makes everyone’s life Doc. story by , also won the Best Picture Love and 4:30am unique. Told through the story of Noah, a kinky Genie. L’ange Human When Night insurance adjuster, and his family. Won a Special Manufacturing Consent : Noam Chomsky and 5:00am Felicia’s Inside Crash Suzanne et la Remains is Falling Jury Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival. the Media (1992, directed by Mark Achbar and The Decline of the American Empire (1986, Journey Lara Roxx 5:30am femme Peter Wintonick) In-depth conversation and analysis directed by Denys Arcand, with Pierre Curzi, Remy 6:00am Exotica (1994, directed by Atom Egoyan, with Don of media-critic Noam Chomsky’s thoughts about Girard, ) International acclaim MOVIE DESCRIPTIONS MOVIE DESCRIPTIONS and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film production. Nominated for Best Picture Genie, Richard Harris and ) . An with a satellite channel he discovers that features Ungalaaq) The world’s first Inuit directed feature inspiring story of cancer-amputee Terry Fox’s cross- followed this funny, pointed study of disillusioned and various acting awards, produced for TV’s Great accountant gets enmeshed in CIA intrigue in this brutal snuff films. TV station name was switched film, this won a major award at Cannes, the first Canada trek to raise money for cancer research. bourgeois university professors. Genie winner for Performances series, but released theatrically first. thriller that features some major stunt work off from CITY TV to Civic TV when Moses Znaimer got time the Inuktituk language was heard spoken Winner of six Genies including Best Picture, and Best Picture and Best Director. the top of the CN Tower. Tax shelter movies took wind of the offensive subject matter. Anticipates inside the Grand Palais. The story deals with nominated for an ACE Award in the US where it ran I, Claudia (2004, directed by Chris Abraham, based director Carter a long way from The Rowdyman. the Internet of today. Won the Genie award for shaman legends and confronting fears. A naked first on cable. (2003, directed by Denys on a one-woman play by ) A tour Best Direction. run across the frozen Arctic landscape is an image Arcand, with Remy Girard, Marie-Josée Croze, de force performance by Kristen Thomson anchors High-Ballin’ (1978, directed by Peter Carter, of fear not soon forgotten. Winner of six Genie (1982, directed by Philip Borsos, Dorothée Berryman) Disillusionment turns to regret this one woman play, using masks and performance with Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed and ) Crash (1996, directed by David Cronenberg, based awards including Best Picture. with Richard Farnsworth and ) as the gang from Decline of the American Empire to create a variety of female characters at various Producer Jon Slan’s first feature, this was released on the novel by J.G. Ballard, with James Spader, An aging stagecoach robber moves to Canada must confront their own mortality. This time, Arcand stages in their lives. Winner of the ACTRA Award at the peak of the CB/car chase movie craze Holly Hunter and Elias Koteas) Bored urbanites Passchendaele (2008, directed by Paul Gross, to rob trains in this Canadian classic that received won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. and the Gemini Award for Best Actress. popularized by Smokey and the Bandit. Released get their sexual jollies by staging dangerous car with Paul Gross and Caroline Dhavernas) An epic thirteen Genie nominations and won six including by American-International on the US drive-in circuit, crashes. Winner of the Genie for Best Direction and retelling of one man’s courageous acts during the Best Picture. Also nominated for two Golden Globe Gina (1975, directed by Denys Arcand, with Céline Billy Bishop Goes to War (2010, directed by this was immensely profitable, as it featured the Screenplay and winner of the Golden Reel Award battle of Passchendaele in WWI. A rare Canadian Awards. Lomez, Gabriel Arcand) Arcand transitioned from Barbara Willis Sweete, with Eric Peterson and John star of Easy Rider. for highest Canadian boxoffice, this is not to be attempt at epic filmmaking, winner of five Genie documentary to fictional filmmaker with this study Gray). Previously shot in 1982, this classic mix of confused with ’ Oscar winning movie of awards including Best Picture and the Golden Reel of a who hires striking thugs to violently music and spoken word, an homage to the feted My Babysitter’s a Vampire (2011, directed by the same name. Award. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974, avenge her rape in a motel room. «Strangely Canadian flying ace, takes on more poignancy with Bruce McDonald, with Matthew Knight, Atticus ______directed by , with Richard Dreyfuss moving, disturbing and critical» (Gerald Pratley, the advancing age of its performers. Directed by Dean Mitchell and Vanessa Morgan) A campy teen Bethune : The Making of a Hero (1990, directed and Micheline Lanctot) Remarkably successful ibid). Emmy Award winning Sweete. action comedy. The name says it all. Saturday by Philip Borsos, with and Helen adaptation of ’s seminal story Shaver) Beset by production problems, shot on about a 1940s Montreal Jewish kid trying to make Fantastica (1980, directed by Gilles Carle, with (2011, directed by Philippe Meatballs (1979, directed by , with Bill The Dog Who Stopped the War (La guerre des location in China, at $30 million dollars, this was the it big in the world. Oscar nominated for Best and ) Critically lambasted Falardeau, based on a play by Evelynne de la Murray, Harvey Atkin and ) Wacky hijinks tuques) (directed by André Melançon, with Julien most expensive epic biography in Canadian film Screenplay, and winner of the Etrog for Best Film eco-musical was the opening film at the 1980 Chenelière, with Mohamed and Sophie of counselors and campers at a less-than-average Elie and Cédric Jourde) The first of producer history up to that time. Nominated for five Geminis of the Year. Cannes Film Festival. Carle would go on to triumph Nélisse) Heartwarming story of an refugee immigrant summer camp. Winner of a Golden Reel Award and Rock Demers’ family themed Tales for All, this is a and four Genies, as this was a double-shoot with with Les Plouffe the following year. who takes over a traumatized classroom following two Genies. heartwarming story about kids who build snow forts both a feature and a TV mini-series in mind. Winner Barney’s Version (2010, directed by Richard J. the suicide of a teacher. Oscar short-listed for Best and learn the futility of conflict. Nominated for six for Best Costume Design. Lewis with , Rosamund Pike and L’ange et la femme (1977, directed by Gilles Carle, Foreign-language film, and winner of the Genie Speed Zone (1989, directed by Jim Drake, with Genies and winner of the Golden Reel Award. ) Great performances highlight with Carole Laure and Lewis Furey) An angel takes award for Best Picture and Best Director, also Best John Candy, and Joe Flaherty) Stunt I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987, directed this sprawling look at the life of a narcissistic tv possession of the body of a murdered woman, in Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best work and slapstick comedy are the highlights of The Peanut Butter Solution (directed by Michael by , with Sheila McCarthy and Paule producer, based on Mordecai Richler’s novel. this dark and erotic parable. Winner of the Critics’ Supporting Actress. this look at an illegal US cross-country road race. Rubbo, with Helen Hughes and Matthew MacKay) Baillargeon) A mousy art gallery assistant develops Nominated for 11 Genies, winner of seven. Also, Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. Winner of three Razzie Awards, including one for The second entry in the Tales for All series, this a crush on the gallery owner. Winner of the Youth a Best Actor Award at the Golden Globes and an ______Incendies (2010, directed by , Supporting Actress Brooke Shields. one concerns a bald-headed boy who learns that Award at the Cannes Film Festival, nominated for Oscar nomination. based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, with Lubna applying peanut butter to his scalp results in follicle nine Genie Awards and winner of two for acting. Thursday Azabal and Remy Girard) Following the death of Fast Company (1979, directed by David growth. Nominated for two Genies for songs by A low-budget hit that marked the arrival of a new Two Solitudes (1978, directed by Lionel Chetwynd, their mother, two children investigate her tortuous Cronenberg, with William Smith, Claudia Jennings Celine Dion written by Lewis Furey. generation of Ontario-based filmmaking talent. based on a bestselling novel by Hugh MacLennan, Tectonic Plates (1992, directed by , past and the tragic legacies that conflict in the and Nicholas Campbell) In the midst of establishing with Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Gloria based on a play by , with Robert Middle East have left behind. Short-listed for a Best his growing reputation as a master of internalized Running Brave (directed by D.S. Everett (Don When Night Is Falling (1995, directed by Patricia Carlin) The explosive story of the 1917 Canadian Lepage and Céline Bonnier) An art historian visits Foreign-language Oscar, winner of eight Genie horror, Cronenberg subverted expectations and Shebib), with Robby Benson, Graham Greene and Rozema, with Pascale Bussières. Henry Czerny and conscription crisis that divided Canadians across Venice to find a path through a frustrating romance. awards and nine Jutras. knocked off this barely released thriller about car ) Financed with Canadian Cree Rachael Crawford) A romantic attraction between cultural lines and almost tore the country apart. Genie winner for Art Direction. racing in . money, this Walt Disney release tells the true story a free-spirited carnival artist and an uptight woman Lilies (1996, directed by John Greyson, based of American Indian Billy Mills, the only American to results in uncontrollable passion between the two. In Praise of Older Women (1978, directed by Possible Worlds (2000, directed by Robert on a play by Michel Marc Bouchard, with Brent Shivers (They Came From Within, The Parasite ever win the Olympic 100 yard dash event. Shebib, Nominated for a Golden award at Berlin and George Kaczender, based on a novel by Stephen Lepage, based on a play by John Mighton, with Carver and ) Set in 1952, a bishop Murders) (1975, David Cronenberg, with Susan the director of the classic Goin’ Down the Road, three Genies. Vizinczey,with , Karen Black and and Tom McCamus) Nominated is called to hear a prisoner’s confession, triggering Petrie and Joy Coghill) This low-budget horror had his name removed from the credits when the ______Helen Shaver) A Hungarian man lands in Montreal, for Best Picture and Best Direction Genies. The flashbacks and repressed homosexual yearnings. A tale about apartment building residents attacked film was re-edited over his objections. where he pursues a number of erotic relationships. boundaries of consciousness are explored as a surprise Genie winner for Best Picture. by slimy parasites coming from the pipes in the sunday Notorious as the film that almost caused a riot man slips in and out of other peoples’ lives. Surreal building started it all for director Cronenberg. The Fish Hawk (1979, directed by Don Shebib, with at the Toronto Film Festival when the provincial existentialism, overlaid with a police investigation (1993, directed by major themes of his subsequent work are all here, Will Sampson and Don Francks) An unlikely Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1977, censors tried to cut the film. Nominated for ten into a murder. Denys Arcand, based on the play by Brad Fraser, however. friendship with a young farm boy inspires an directed by Theodore J. Flicker, with Alex Karras Etrogs, and winner of four. with Thomas Gibson and ) Adrift, a alcoholic First Nations member to mend his ways. and Guy L’Ecuyer) Based on Mordecai Richler’s Alegria (1998, directed by Franco Dragone, with group of young people in their 20s try to find their Rabid (Rage) (1977, directed by David Cronenberg, Nominated for five Genie awards. story about a boy who gets sent to children’s prison Suzanne (1980, directed by Robin Spry, based Frank Langella, René Bazinet) Loosely based on place in life during the turbulent 1990s. Genie with Marilyn Chambers and Frank Moore) If you where he is confronted by the dreaded Hooded on a novel by Ronald Sutherland, with Jennifer the 1994 Cirque du Soleil stage presentation, this winner for Best Adapted Screenplay. liked Shivers, you’ll love Rabid. The Ivory Snow Luna : Spirit of the Whale (2007, directed by Don Fang. Dale, Winston Rekert and Gabriel Arcand) Set in concerns a suicidal street mime who is inspired ______porn queen from Behind the Green Door does McBrearty, with Adam Beach, Graham Greene and 1950s Montreal, a young girl marries a man she to go on living by a street person and a beautiful credible work as a blood-sucking vixen who Jason Priestley) A true story of a baby orca whale Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999, does not love in order to provide a home for her singer. Dragone has directed most of Cirque’s stage Friday victimizes various willing would-be seducers around trapped in Puget Sound (see the documentary directed by George Bloomfield, with Gary Busey, out-of-wedlock child. «A memorable Canadian shows over the years. Four Genie nominations and the Toronto area. CFDC (Telefilm’s predecessor) The Whale), this TV movie tells the story from the Mark McKinney and Miranda Richardson) Superior film in every way» Gerald Pratley, ibid. Six Genie a Jutra win for Best Music Score. The Kidnapping of the President (1980, directed investment policies were criticized in Parliament perspective of a native Canadian returning to his remake of Mordecai Richler’s classic children’s tale nominations. by George Mendeluk, with William Shatner, Hal as a direct result of government investment in this hometown as the events unfold. Nominated for was nominated for four Genies. La face cachée de la lune (The Far Side of the Holbrook and Ava Gardner) Terrorists brazenly profitable but disturbing horror film. two Geminis and three Leo Awards. Moon) (2003, directed by Robert Lepage, based on kidnap the US President in a film clearly shot The Hounds of Notre Dame (1981, directed by his play, with Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux in front of Toronto’s distinctive City Hall. Genie Scanners (1981, directed by David Cronenberg, Grey Owl (1999, directed by Sir Richard Zale Dalen, with Thomas Peacock and Frances and Céline Bonnier) Following the death of his nominations for Editing and Sound, this is typical with Michael Ironside and Jennifer O’Neill) Attenborough, with Pierce Brosnan and Annie Hyland) Set in post-depression Regina, this is mother, a man tries to reconcile with his estranged tax shelter era filmmaking. Cronenberg’s cancer metaphors reach the brain, as Galipeau) True story of an Englishman named the true story of legendary Father Athol Murray, brother. scientists track down renegade experiment victims Archibald Belaney, who assumed the persona of who founded Notre Dame College. Nine Genie Winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the Berlin Film The Last Chase (1980, directed by Martyn Burke, and blow up their heads in grisly fashion. Followed an environmentally friendly North American Indian, nominations, and one win for Best Actor. Festival and a Genie for Best Direction. with Lee Majors, Chris Makepeace and Moses by two sequels directed by Christian Duguay and and toured Europe as an exotic spokesperson for Znaimer) Futuristic tale of a cross country highway numerous spinoff movies such as the Scanner Cop the beauty of Canadian nature. His true identity Saint Ralph (2004, directed by Michael McGowan, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1996, directed trek during a time of oil paucity. Played numerous series. A rare tax shelter era hit. was kept a secret by the North Bay newspaper with Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent and Jennifer by David Wellington, based on a play by Eugene drive-in double-bills, along with Kidnapping of that uncovered his ruse until after his death. Genie Tilly) Remarkable story of Ralph Walker, a ninth- O’Neill, with , , the President, through US distributor Crown- Videodrome (1983, directed by David winner for Best Costume Design. «A very human grader who outran everybody in the 1954 Boston Tom McCamus and ) The Tyrone International. Cronenberg, with Deborah Harry, James Woods and perceptive work» Gerald Pratley, ibid. marathon. Five Genie nominations. family’s many secrets are revealed in this film and Sonja Smits) Prophetic futuristic tale about an version of the acclaimed Stratford Ontario stage Highpoint (1980, directed by Peter Carter, with indie local tv station owner who becomes obsessed Atanarjuat : The Fast Runner (2000, directed (1983, directed by Ralph by , with Sylvia Ivalu and Natar Thomas, with Robert Duvall and ) True Canadian Films: SUPPORTING THE CHANNEL An Incredible Success Story Who will own the channel? The channel will be owned and controlled by a roster of Canada’s most distinguished The Canadian film industry has reached a high level of filmmakers, and members of the film industry, who have come together to invest in and production capability and its films have been recognized support this application. They include Hussain Amarshi, Denys Arcand, David Cronenberg, globally through awards won and international sales Atom Egoyan, Niv Fichman, Paul Gross, David Kassie, , , achieved. In 2012, Telefilm Canada released a report Victor Loewy, , Deepa Mehta, Mark Musselman, Denise Robert, Patricia showing that in the last five years: Rozema and Denis Villeneuve.

• Over 1,700 Canadian films were selected to screen at The largest shareholders will be Robert Lantos, David Kassie and Victor Loewy. international festivals and events But no single shareholder will control the company. • Over 230 international prizes and mentions were The President and CEO of the channel will be received by Telefilm-funded productions Norm Bolen, the former President and CEO of the Canadian • 9 Canadian films have received 13 nominations at Media Production Association, and the former Executive Vice the Oscars President, Content, for Alliance Atlantis Communications, where he had overall programming responsibility for thirteen Canadian • Canadian films have been nominated 7 times at the specialty networks. Golden Globe awards and 2 awards were won Golden Globe Nominee Norm Bolen The lists above only focus on awards issued in the last five years. But the library of great Canadian films goes back much earlier. In fact, Canadian feature films have had 24 Academy Award Nominations.

Hussain Amarshi Denys Arcand David Cronenberg Atom Egoyan Robert Lantos Victor Loewy

Niv Fichman Paul Gross David Kassie Lyse Lafontaine Mark Musselman Denise Robert

Away From Her Golden Globe Winner Academy Award Nominee

Guy Maddin Deepa Mehta Patricia Rozema Denis Villeneuve THE STARLIGHT FEATURE FILM FUND

What will the channel do to support new How will projects be chosen? movies? The Starlight Fund will operate with an expectation A central feature of the new channel will be the Starlight that at least 50% of its funding will go to projects in Feature Film Fund. This Fund will provide full financing Western Canada, Atlantic Canada, or the North, and for 8-12 new Canadian feature films a year, all of which that a majority of the funding will go to newly emerging will have their first broadcast window on the service. , including Aboriginal filmmakers. channel’s business plan calls for upwards of $22 million a year to be allocated to The Starlight Fund. How will The Starlight Fund relate to other funds? How will The Starlight Fund be different from other funds? The Starlight Fund will not in any way jeopardize or displace the important support provided by Telefilm The Starlight Feature Film Fund will be quite different Canada, the National Film Board, or other public or from any other private or public fund and will fulfill a private funds, to film projects. But it will provide a welcome new source of funding from the private sector Monsieur Lazhar Academy Award Winner distinct role. In particular, The Starlight Fund will provide Academy Award Nominee Golden Globe Nominee or arrange for full funding for the feature films it supports. that can operate independently of these agencies and Best Picture Genie Best Picture Genie In a typical scenario, The Starlight Fund will provide all it can relieve some of the pressure on these agencies the funding required to make the film except for federal caused by increasing demand and government cutbacks. and provincial tax credits. In exchange for this funding, The Starlight Fund will take a majority equity position in the film and will organize the exploitation of the film What will happen to any return on the through the normal theatrical, home video, and broadcast channel’s investment in the new films? windows. The Starlight Fund will have the infrastructure and personnel to ensure that its films are delivered in Any return from Starlight’s investment in the films will be high quality and that they will be suitable for prime-time subject to a condition of licence that 70% of that return showing on the channel. Thus, The Starlight Fund will must be spent on Canadian programming. not compete with other funds, or be dependent on their scarce resources to supplement its own support. Instead, a filmmaker can approach The Starlight Fund and seek full funding except for tax credits, which will be treated as the filmmaker’s equity in the project.

Léolo Water Cannes, Official Selection Academy Award Nominee PROPOSED CRTC CONDITIONS How Starlight will be available and affordable to consumers

MOLLY PARKER PAUL GROSS LESLIE NIELSEN What licence conditions will apply Will the Starlight service be available in There’s more than one way to sweep a woman off her feet. to the new channel? other forms?

The service proposes to have a Canadian content Yes. Starlight: The Canadian Movie Channel will be exhibition level of 100%, and at least 70% of its revenue a multi-platform service. While the Starlight movie will be spent on Canadian programming. These levels channel would be provided to every subscriber to digital will far exceed those of any other service licensed by television in English Canada, the movies on its service the Commission. The service also proposes to show will also be able to be streamed onto computer screens, all its feature films made for theatrical release without iPads and mobile devices, on demand, at no extra commercial interruption. charge to subscribers. The movies on the service will also be available in closed-captioned form for the hearing By virtue of these conditions, fully 100% of Starlight`s impaired. Subject to rights clearance, it is Starlight’s programming budget will be spent on Canadian intention to make its service available in all digital media

ALLIANCE ATLANTIS AND SERENDIPITY POINT FILMS PRESENT A ROBERT LANTOS PRODUCTION “” PAUL GROSS PETER OUTERBRIDGE JED REES JAMES ALLODI POLLY SHANNON MICHELLE NOLDEN COSTUME ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF CO- programming. None of the budget will be spent on for the same inclusive rate. KARI MATCHETT JANE SPIDELL AND LESLIE NIELSEN CASTING DEIRDRE BOWEN DESIGNER NOREEN LANDRY MUSIC AND PAUL GROSS EDITOR SUSAN MAGGI DESIGNER PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY PHOTOGRAPHY THOM BEST, CSC PRODUCER JULIA ROSENBERG LINE STORY SCREENPLAY PRODUCED DIRECTED PRODUCER FRANK SIRACUSA BYPAUL GROSS JOHN KRIZANC AND PAUL QUARRINGTON BYPAUL GROSS AND JOHN KRIZANC BYROBERT LANTOS BYPAUL GROSS PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF AND AND SOUNDTRACK TELEFILM CANADA, THE MOVIE NETWORK SUPER ÉCRAN, ASTRAL MEDIA THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND THE CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE ON www.allianceatlantisfilms.com © 2001 MWB PRODUCTIONS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ARTWORK © 2001 ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED READ THE MCARTHUR & COMPANY BOOK SOUNDTRACK FEATURES NEW SONGS BY SARAH HARMER, AND HOLLY MCNARLAND, PLUS MUSIC FROM MATTHEW GOOD BAND, BIG SUGAR AND OUR LADY PEACE. AVAILABLE ON UNIVERSAL MUSIC READ THE NOVEL “MEN WITH BROOMS” PUBLISHED BY MCARTHUR & COMPANY foreign content.

Men With Brooms Black Robe The service will also comply with the standard conditions Will the Starlight service be affordable? Best Picture Genie of licence for specialty Category A services. These cover adherence to the programming and advertising codes, Definitely! At only 3 cents a day, the retail rate for the closed captioning, and described video requirements. all-movie channel will be only one-tenth the retail rate currently charged by Netflix in Canada. And it will be less than 1/20th of the typical retail rate charged by cable Will the channel compete with or affect and satellite companies for the premium movie channel other channels? packages.

No. With 100% Canadian content, Starlight will be completely distinctive and will not compete with other Can’t Canadians already obtain Canadian channels. Only the new feature films commissioned films through iTunes or other sources? by the service will be licensed exclusively. All other Canadian films will be licensed on a non-exclusive basis Yes, some films may be available, but at a cost far so that they could also be shown on any other specialty exceeding that of Starlight. Moreover, Starlight provides or pay service. Thus no service that wanted to include a weekly schedule that is curated to show films to viewers Canadian feature films in its schedule will be hampered in that they would not otherwise be aware of, along with doing so. interviews with filmmakers and stars. That will make the films accessible and appealing to a wide range of viewing Bollywood Hollywood audiences, from neophytes to connoisseurs. Sunshine Golden Globe Nominee Best Picture Genie WHY CANADIANS SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL

How do Canadians respond to the idea How would Starlight benefit of this channel? young Canadians?

As part of its application, the Canadian Movie Channel In 2008, REEL Canada carried out a benchmark survey commissioned a survey measuring the attitudes of of high school students across Canada looking at their who subscribe to digital television attitude towards Canadian films. Three years later, these towards the proposed new service. The survey took place attitudes were re-measured after students had been given on May 7-11, 2012 and it measured the attitudes of a an opportunity to see selected Canadian films in their representative sample of 1,007 Canadians recruited from school. The change in attitude was significant. 69% now the Angus Reid proprietary panel. When provided with a considered that “Canadian movies were as good as any description of the service, more than 90% of respondents other country’s movies” compared with only 41% before. said they would support the CRTC licensing such a The number agreeing that “there needs to be more service. When informed that the service would be added Canadian movies” rose from 44% to 75%. The number to the digital basic package at a retail cost of 3 cents a saying “I wish I knew more about Canadian movies” rose day, fully 70% of respondents continued to support the from 41% to 68%. To address this need, Starlight will licensing of the channel on this basis. bring the great library of Canadian films to millions of Jesus of Montréal Cannes, Official Selection - Jury Prize and Canadians who have never had access to them, including Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Ecumenical Prize, Academy Award and young Canadians from coast to coast. Golden Globe Nominee, Best Picture Genie Why do Canadians support the channel?

As indicated in the survey report, it is clear that the How can I receive additional information appeal of the proposed channel is broad, and this is about the application? largely based on three factors. First, the idea of a new service that offers full-length Canadian movies without More information on Starlight: The Canadian Movie commercial interruption is strong. Second, the idea of Channel, along with a trailer for the channel, and a copy helping the economic opportunities for Canada in filmed of the CRTC application, can be found at the following entertainment is widely appreciated. Finally, the notion website, once the Commission has made the of a channel that would make a special effort to help application public: promote opportunities for young people is timely, given the general anxiety about prospects for young www.StarlightTV.com people today.

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