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White Room Counter a 30- Second Television O'keeffe, William De Kooning, He Worked for 15 Years at the Advertisement for B CINEMA CAN A D A devices of plot and character, is "This wouldn't be services) is slightly down in seeking landed immigrant happening if there was not a 1989, with 171 permits after six status and a teaching position culture and people who ha ve months compared to 396 in Toronto. risen to represen t that permits in 1988, Lafond says "When immigration asked culture. " Los Angeles is also experienc­ me why I want to live here I Brakhage is well known in ing a downturn in production. offered to wri te them a book, " the United States for his ardent "This is not a Montreal says Brakhage. "I told them enthusiasm for the work of The problem exclusively," sa ys that we want to raise our child Group of Sevell and his efforts Lafond. in Canada. " over the last 25 years to raise He says there are encourag­ Brakhage and Maril yn Jull of the profile of these Canadian ing signs that the city Victoria B. C. are expecting painters in the United States. administration is renewing its their first child in September. He is also outspoken, south of support of the film commis­ They have a residential the border, in support of sioner's mandate wit h a recent address in Toronto and Canadian experimental promotional trip to Los "We're going ahead as if this Brakhage is currently teaching filmmakers. "feed" the labs and service Angeles by Mayor Jean Dore thing will fl y. " at the University of Colorado. Canadian filmmakers must industries with work as it is to and a special two for one Lasn and Schmalz: bring foreign productions to Adbusters has an initial Aworld traveler who is not imitate the " mad invitation to \~s it the Cite Cine coming on like distribution of 7,000 aimed at known as one of the most commercialism" that has the streets of Montreal. exhibition on Aug. 28. concerned individuals, infected filmmaking in the "Streets and labs, " says Lafond replaces Guy gangbusters environmental groups, U. S., warns Brakhage, who Lafond, "in Montreal there is a Trinque who resigned in June educators and advertising will be presented the Edward willingness to work hard and after five years to work in the VANCOUVER - Kalle Lasn agencies across North MacDowell Medal by Martin create a dynamic film and private sector. television industry but we and Bill Schmalz, two America. Scorsese. Vancouver filmmakers, have One IS-second spot that Other Edward MacDowell have to be agressive to get that jumped headfirst into the Lasn would like to see Medal winners over the past 30 work. Lafond, age 45, is the former magazine business with the broadcast across the country years are John Updike, premiere issue of Adbusters, a shows a person wearing a Thorton Wilder, Eudora contract manager for Rock quarterly that aims to change television head and struggling Welty, Lillian Hellman, Demer's Productions la Fete Alexandra Raffe the way consumers think to take it off. Failing this, the William Styron, Leonard and the former head of about corporate advertising. television head flicks off the Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Cinenov in charge of the 1987 produces Earlier this year, both offlon switch. Avoiceover William Schuman, Walter Cannes Film Festival filmmakers attempted to asks: Can you switch off? Piston, Elliot Carter, Georgia launching of Ull Zoo La Nuit. White Room counter a 30- second television O'Keeffe, William de Kooning, He worked for 15 years at the advertisement for B. C. forest influential filmmakers of the Lee Friedlander, Robert NFB where he was the TORONTO - Alexandra Raffe industries - Forests Forever­ American avant-garde cinema, Motherwell. assistant director of distribu­ had just quit her job after 10 with an alternative 30-second Brakhage says that Toronto is tion. years with Xerox when she spot on CBC-TV. The CBC "at this moment, the most "My mandate is to push took in a roommate to offset rejected the spot that pointed Brakhage: vibrant and interesting centre hard at development and the salary loss. Her timing out the gap between logged building a nest for independent film in the promotion and to coordinate proved to be fortuitous. Her and properly forested land as entire world . all of the services in the city, " roommate turned out to be "too controversial. " Public in Toronto " All across Canada thereare Lafond: "Streets says Lafond, whose offi ce "~ th none other than Patricia outcry forced the CBC to people who are making films and labs" two full-time staff is part of the Rozema. "At the time Patricia discontinue Forests Forever. TORONTO - Stan Brakhage, much like we would expect a Commission d'initiative et de was working at The JDllmal , Four more scripts were the recipient of the 1989 painter to make a painting, a developpement culturel which I thought was included in the first issue of the Edward MacDowell Medal, for composer; music or a poet; MONTREAL - Andre Lafond, . (ClDEC ) of the City of incredible, exotic and very magazine and have already his lifelong commitment to poems. This is what Montreal's film commissioner Montreal. flaky," Raffe told Cillema been deemed too controversial producing inventive films that independent filmmaking is all since the beginning of August, Although the number of film Callada. "She happened to get by the CBC. However, both go beyond conventional about. says it's equally important to permits (to use public a grant to make her first film filmmakers hope to rally funds and laskedifl could help . She through the non-profit Media said yes you can, come into the Foundation and produce these e . office and answer tele-. spots for CTV. Also featured in \SS'V phones. " This was January of the premiere issue are feature t\ei-\ 1985. articles on media strategies, Raffe had no previous environmental issues and • Kass Banning on Canadian women's cinema experience in filmmaking but ethics. ~• Kathleen Shannon remembers Gloria Demers got promoted on the spot. "The first issue cost $20,000 "We had no money toeditit (a but we've already raised • A Salute to the documentary 28-minute short called $10,000 for the second issue and Pass ioll ), so I learnt to svnc through subscriptions and rushes. Then we did a few donations which makes us feel music videos and some short like we are on to something, " • Garth Drabinsky's Cineplex empire: A case study films. After that I was working says Lasn, a documentary as a part-time administrator at filmmaker for the last 20 years. LIFT (Liaison of Independent SI"".IR 19.9 ClNIMA CANADA PAGI7 CINEMA CAN • A D A Filmmakers of Toronto) and We went into Mermaids very could ha ve possibly made in development, instead we put difference in attitude this time, the fall. "It's going incredibly Patricia was writirig the script confident. We treated it like a our lives. " back what money we got from but Mermaids could only open well," she said. "The shoot is for I've Heard the Mermaids much bigger arts council type Now Rozema and Raffe Mermaids. We took it as far as the door for us. It's quite scary on time and on budget and the Singing. So we tried to figure of project with no expectation (co-owners of the Toronto­ we could on our own, which going out with a new script. It crew is marvelous. We're out how to get it made. " of any huge complexities. We based VOS Productions) are gave us that much more shows genuine growth and having the time of our lives. " Born in Singapore, Raffe said this is a lot bigger so will working on their second creative control from maturity on Patricia's part. " Raffe, however, does describes herself as a have to work a lot harder. We feature. "Patricia started everybody and everything. White Room stars Kate acknowledge that there is a lot "boarding school brat" whose did eight months of prep, 18 working on the script ior Wh ite We knew exactly what we Nelligan, Margot Kidder and of pressure on them to come family moved around a lot, hours a day. Had we known Roomw hen she was editing wanted to keep and what we Sheila McCarthy, with up with a good film. With the arriving in Canada in 1978. howdifficult it was going to be Mermaids. The script we are wanted to do. Then after Maurice Godin. Shootirig outstanding success of I've Her business experience with we would never have tried. shooting bears no resemblance getting the distribution deal wraped the 24th of August and Heard the Mermaids Singing, Xerox proved useful in putting However, we had every to what she was writirig then from Alliance, we went into Raffe is hopeful of a Cannes these two former roommates together the deal for Mermaids. possible piece of luck you ; but the genesis was there. It's Telefilm and OFDe. We also 1990 release . They then plan have come to symbolize a hope "I think, in some ways, our could imagine. It was the most quite different from Mermaids. got a presale from Channel 4in on hitting the festival circuit, of a brighter future for very ignorance was helpful. wonderful first feature film we We didn't get any money for Britain. There was a big with a commercial release in Canadian cinema. ~------------------__ Appointrnents ____________________ ~ SPICER CALLED TO HEAD CRTC COHEN JOINS LAW FIRM programs, including fA boUea surprises, a children's program OTTAWA - Keith Spicer, former official languages MONTREAL- Ronald I. Cohen, entertainment lawyer, which originated in 1951 and writer of a film entitled Riopel/eau commissioner (1970-1977 ), has been appointed chairman of former chairman of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and present.
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