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1/ I do not believe the @Telefilm_Canada consultations to be a "cynical exercise" as described, cynically, by a Canadian producer in this perplexing article; it's a necessary conversation to make Telefilm stronger and more inclusive... https://nationalpost.com/news/success-not-a-factor-in-funding-canadian-movies-as-focus-put-on-gender-and-racial-equality-producers
2/ We are confident @Christa_D_ & her team are up for this challenge & support their determination to meet it head on, involving the industry as a whole as they do it, and were happy to present them the DGC Directors Manifesto: https://www.dgc.ca/assets/PDF/Telefilm-Consultations-DGC-Manifesto-Nov-18-2020.pdf
3/ We strongly believe @Telefilm_Canada is an instrument for Artistic Excellence and Cultural Representation, not just investment; it's not a bank, but a Cultural cornerstone. They shouldn't be servicing "clients' but working with Creative Collaborators.
4/ The only way for @Telefilm_Canada to reach its full potential is to support the specificity and uniqueness of Canadian Voice and Storytellers from all regions. Diversity will not "hamper" our films the way this article inaccurately suggests, it will strengthen and enhance it.
5/ Some telling quotes from the NP article: “There’s this notion that we’re in this very exclusive club and we want to protect our interests, but that’s not the case at all,” said Niv Fichman, producer of The Red Violin... “It was a hard-earned privilege.”
6/ Mr. Fichman goes on to say: “Telefilm is an investment agency; they’re not an arts council.”
Checked @Telefilm_Canada website. It's not "just" an investment agency. Telefilm's mandate: "To foster and promote the development of the audiovisual industry in Canada"
Checked @Telefilm_Canada website. It's not "just" an investment agency. Telefilm's mandate: "To foster and promote the development of the audiovisual industry in Canada"
7/ @Telefilm_Canada 's Goal: "Bringing Canadian creativity to the world." Although the specific POWERS in the Telefilm Act outlines investment as a TOOL, the MANDATE - the SPIRIT of what Telefilm should be, is...
8/... an instrument to foster and promote the development of the audio-visual industry in Canada and "...carry out its mandate in the broader context of the policies of the Government of Canada with respect to culture" More at the @Telefilm_Canada Act: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-16/page-1.html
9/ For more context on this, visit @JustSayRad excellent @nowtoronto article: https://nowtoronto.com/movies/telefilm-fast-track-success-index
Barry Hertz’s Globe & Mail Article:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadian-filmmakers-launch-directors-manifesto-as-telefilm-revamps/
Amar Wala’s (REMC) Twitter Thread:
https://twitter.com/amarwala/status/1334278085370376193
In solidarity & creativity,
WPS
Barry Hertz’s Globe & Mail Article:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadian-filmmakers-launch-directors-manifesto-as-telefilm-revamps/
Amar Wala’s (REMC) Twitter Thread:
https://twitter.com/amarwala/status/1334278085370376193
In solidarity & creativity,
WPS
