CINE M A"g IN THE CAN ATLANTIC ECHOES Roger Heroux d. Jean-Claude Lord ed. wrapped Dec. 18/81. Budget: $750,000. by Mike Riggio AMULET PRODUCTIONS Jean-Claude Lord ass't ed. Jean-Pol exec p Michael Donovan p John Walsch Passet unit pub. Pierre Brousseau (514) p man W. James Bruce p asst Douglas "In Atlantic Canada there are commercial animation stand, a (416) 596-1411 849-6051 press agent Suzanne Daning­ Meggison d Paul Donovan, Maura CCon- no independent filmmakers ; 16mm Oxberry, in Atlantic burg (514) 849-6051 Ass't press agent nell dop Les Drizsan 1st a d Cordell SNEAKERS all filmmakers are dependent. Canada. Memorial University Feature film on a junior tennis tourna­ Oksana Dykyj (514) 849-6051. Wynn asst cam Roberio Elizabetsky -And one's measure of indepen­ operates a 16-35 mm Oxberry in ment began shooting on November 9, unit man Cordell Wynn scr Paul in Saratosa, Florida, with a budget of Donovan sd Pierre Dostie boom Alan dence is measured by one's St. John's, Newfoundland. $4.3M. exec. p. John Basse! and Larry Scarf elec Ian Henderson gaffer Mi­ ability/success at becoming chael Ruggles clapperN.O. Goose chef Ne&sis p. John Basset d. Joe Scanlon sc. FREELOADING dependent on the various Stuart Gillard Jim Sharpe sp efx make-up Carolyn PRODUCTION van Gurp sp efx J. WilHam Walsh, T.J, Government funding agencies (416) 977-5311 Cove ed Keith Brewer sd ed Martella - primarily the Canada Council Neil Livingston, a native of Tower cast Iris Essex 1 p Doug Lennox. and the National Film Board." - ATIAMTIS ^ILM^ LTD. FREELOADING Keith Knight, Jack Bloom, JefT Pustil, Ontario, has been living and (416) 960-1503 Shooting began Nov. 6 for 3 weeks in Branda Bazinet, Daryl Haeny, Tom Nar- Neil Livingston, making films in Nova Scotia Toronto. Budget : combination of de­ dini. Dug Rotstein, Alan MacGillivray, since 1974, His film work is CHAMBERS, TRACKS & ferred salary and good faith, assocp. In Nova Scotia, for example, Barbara Jones, Gary Dempster, Dennis principally social documen­ GESTURES (1931-1978) Fraser McAninch &, Joe Sutherland d. O'Connor, Fred Wadden, Rick Collins, outside of Surfacing Produc­ One hour TV special about the life of Chris Terry &. Sutherland Lp. Richard Terry-David Despres lab Quinn Sound tions (Paul and Michael Dono­ taries and experimental films. Canadian artist Jack Chambers. Princi­ Comar, Shelby Gregory, Peter Kaye, Tom (Toronto) 869-1781. van) and Doomsday Studios He has had showings of his pal photography in Spain and Ontario, McDonald. Wrapped Dec. 28,1981. p. Michael Mac (Ramuna Macdonald) every­ experimental films in various Millan, Seaton McLean, Janice Piatt co- body's success as an indepen­ Art Galleries across Canada. iL John Walker, Christopher Lowry sc MANO FILMS LTD. SPHINX PRODUCTIONS dent is due largely to his ability Social documentaries ? "I Lowry. at being in favour with the make them about things people (416) 869-1718 (416) 445-7492 CANADA IN funding agencies. need to know about. Budworks TODAYS WORLD COMMUNITY STANDARDS POETRY IN MOTION From January 1 to July 31 of is about aerial spraying, and 1/2 hour documentary on Canada forthe Shot in Toronto in December 81. exec p Shooting from Oc, 24/81 to Dec. 25,1981 this year, Doomsday Studios water power was something NFB. p. Michael Mac Millan, Seaton Paul Lynch, Tony Kramreither p Ray in Toronto, San Francisco and New- has grossed over $8,000 from people were simply ignoring - McLean, Janice Piatt d. Seaton McLean. York. Feature lenght documentary on Sager p man Bob Wertheimer asst p distributing six films. The it seemed practical to make a contemporary North American poetry. man Fran Solomon d Don McBrearty film about it. Water Power is VINCENT PRICE'S a d David Pamplin, Lindsae Paterson, p. Ron Mann d. Mann ed. Peter Winto- money has come in primarily DRACULA Derrett Lee dop Dan Hainy cont Tannis nick poets: John Cage, William Bur­ from rentals and print sales. about the history of water Independani co-production between Baker art d Andy Deskin aest art d Ken roughs, Allan Ginsberg Irving Layton, "Six measly shorts. I'd like to power, its resurgence, exam­ Atlantis Films Ltd. and M &, M Film John Giomo, Michael McClure, Phillip Clark asst cam Scott Barrie ward Ariad- see anybody else pull it off. I ples of it now in Canada, and Production. One hour T.V. special about na Ochrymovych, Martha Snetsinger Walen, Ann Waldman, John Cooper how to..." ihe true story of Dracula starring Vin­ halr/make-up Miriam Freifeld grip Clarke, Bob Woodward, Diane Prima. suspect I have the record," says cent Price, Wrapped Dec. 4,1981. exec Bill Heintz2nd grip Craig Heintz gaffer Ramuna Macdonald, owner Both Budworks and Water p. John Muller, Michael MacMillan John Herzog mixer Dan Latour boom TAURUS 7 INC. and head of Doomsday. Power have been purchased by assoc. p. Henia Muller, Janice Pratt, Reynald Trudel labour Ian Bresolin (514) 288-1888 For two of the films Dooms­ the National Film Board for dis­ Seaton McLean d. John Muller script driver/p a Richard Quinlan, John Gill, Kate &. Ted Lonsdale ed. Seaton McLean Robin Rosenberg ed Ian McBride asst DEAD RINGER day distributes (God's Island tribution. As a result, Livingston Lp. Vincent Price. ed Karen Hall p asst Paul Fox sc John (formerly titled Bloodroot) and The Chicken that Time feels strongly that both films Sheppard I p Lawrence S. Day, Lora Feature shot in Montreal during De­ Forgot) Macdonald is in the are going to be the most widely Staley, Lenore Zann, Claudia Udy, Page cember 1981 with a $1.2M budget, exec, process of negotiating 3Smm seen private sector films in the mim mmm Fletcher, Mike Ironside, Larry Aubrey, p. Earl A. Agulnick p./d. Claude Castra­ Neil Daynard, Tom Harvey, velli p. man./lst a.d. Michel Wachniuc distribution ; both films were region. CORP. unit man./2nd a.d. Frangois Leclerc originally shot in 16mm. But success at distribution MOTHER LODE FILMS LTD. cont Brigitte Germain sd. Normand God's Island is a simple and sales does not necessarily (416) 863-6878 Mercier boom Jim Thompson d.o.p. enough made film: Al Mor­ translate into funding for future (604) 984-4121 Mario Bomanini asst cam. Vincent di JULIE DARLING Clemenle 2nd unit d.o.p. Allen Smith rison's paintings photographed projects. His success with Bud­ A canadian-WesI Germany co-produc­ MOTHER LODE gaffer AureleDion grip Marcel Durand on the animation stand and his works did not) for example, tion. Shot between November 16 to De­ make-up Camille Belanger ward. Karen Shooting began September 28 for? weeks voice narrating the story of yield equivalent funding for cember 11 in Berlin. Following with one Langshaw p. asst Michel Veillette p. week in Toronto, p. John Pozhke, Mau­ in Vancouver with a $6M budget, exec, Prince Edward Island. That Water Power. In fact, he feels p. Peter Snell p. Fraser Heston p. man. sec. Francine Langlois cast Arden rice Smith co-p. (Germany) Ernst Von film arose out of a book My strongly that success within Les Kimber p. co-ord. Cathy Howard Ryshpan Lp. Nanette Workman, Walter Theumer d. Lutz Schaawaechter p. sc. Fraser Heston d. Charlton Heston Massey, Pamela Collyer, Jack Langedik, Island Pictures by Morrison. the private sector translates man. (Canada) Jason Paikowsky lab. film ed. Eric Boyd-Perkins prod, con­ Roland Nicheri. into lack of funding from the Medalion (Toronto) Contrast Films Le Poulailler du temps perdu troller Jim Westwell unit pub. Marilyn government agencies. (Germany) l.p. Sybil Dannynt, Tony Heston pub.reL Bozell Jacobs & Part­ LES TRANSISTORS is a student film out of Concor­ Franciosa. Isabelle Mejias. ners/Holly Levine Toronto (416) 962-8330, 'Shooting began July 6 and end on No­ dia University. Macdonald EXTRA MODERN vember 15,1981, Shot in Montreal with a picked up the film after it had NATIONAL FILM BOARD budget of $880,000, A six hour TV drama had its normal success in in-^ PRODUCTIONS forteenagers, p.c Les Films Transistors (416) 967-6551 OF CANADA Inc, with the participation of la Societe dependent distribution, and John Brett attended Acadia (514) 333-3298 Radio-Canada and TF-1 (France) p. within a short span of time she RUMOURS OF GLORY - University in Nova Scotia and Claude Castravelli, Yves Hubert execp. BRUCE COCKBURN LIVE negotiated SSmm distribution spent two years studying film LA QUARANTAINE Earl A. .'\gulnik p.man. Mario Nadeau in both the US markets and in Shooting began Nov. 19/81 in Denver, Shooting began September and ended sc. Michel Collet d. Yves Heberi film at Sheridan College. He left Colorado and wrapped Dec. 1st. Budget November 12, 1981. In St-Hyacinlhe ed. Claude Jobin assted. Jean-Marc England, Sheridan and moved to Halifax 5350,000. A rock music documentary (Quebec), p. Jacques Vallee p.man. Magnan lab. Bellevue Pathe sd.studio Curiously enough, all of where it seemed he could and concert him, p. Bill House and Peter Laurence Pare sc. Marthe Blackburn, Cinelume date of release: First epi­ Doomsday's distribution suc­ Walsh asBoc. p. Bernie Finkelstein d. Anne Claire Poirier d. A, C, Poirier unit sode on TV in January 1982. make films, " Martin Lavut ed. Les Brown lab. Film pub. Mireille Kermoyan/NFB (514) 333- cess has come out of the United "It didn't seem that there House (Toronto). 3298 States and Europe. It has had was much purpose to it," he TIDAL WAVE PROD. WC very little success in Central says of Sheridan and film LES PRODUCTIONS and Western Canada, "Mont­ FILMPLAN (416) 365-1103 school.