Canadian Film Digest (Dec 1972)

wy BSR BS ORK PAN PSK BOK BK BA BR SN ES BK BK BES NLS PE PR PEE BE BES YI BES BI BEL PEE PEN PEK WE BLE EN BEL BEL PEL BEE PEE PES PEK BES PEK PE VEL [Ras The Canadian Film Digest Domestic Notes George Kaczender Productions of Montreal have completed filming U-Turn, and are now editing. Pie will be distributed by Cinepix. Kaczender saw four projects collapse at the last minute before this one became a reality. Best known for the NFB feature Don’t Let the Angels Fall, Kaczender plans release for UTurn is planned for March ... When star Sondra Locke was in Toronto recently promoting Columbia’s Reflection of Fear, she had dinner with a member of the press. When the interview was over, Don Owen walked over, asked who she was, and invited her to audition for his forthcoming Rosedale Lady. Sondra, nominated for an Academy Award for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, was taken aback. Martin Bockner, President of Astral Communications Limited, has announced ‘the appointment of Brian Bingham as National Sales Manager of Astral Films Limited, the company’s theatrical distribution branch. Bingham previously divided his duties between Astral 35 mm Distribution and Deerfield Investments, the company’s Exhibition arm. International Film Distributors reports another management change. General Manager Len Herberman left the company two weeks ago. Reg Wilson, formerly of Prima Film, was appointed to replace him. Herberman has formed his own distribution company, to be called Ambassador Film Distributors. Company will headquarter in Toronto . United Artists officially opened their new Toronto offices last month. Located in the Transamerica Building, part of the Canada Square Development at_Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto, all of Transamerica’s Canadian subsidiaries are now housed under one roof. Joining the U.A. staff and George Heiber, Joe Brown and Nick Langston, were Julie Chapman, Director of Branch Operations, and Jim Velde, Vice-President in Charge of Sales. Both flew in from New York head of- fice. The Canadian Film Institute is not only busy presenting briefs to the government, it also is involved in preliminary planning for a repeat of its highly successful Filmexpo for next summer. Format will be similar to 1972 version: one week of Canadian film followed by one week of International film. Concurrently a poster exhibition will be held, as well as showings of classic films. Forty-six aaa I ENE KS NEE AE NENT NS HE PRE pre ewe eke eres ke ? “y? MRSS ES SE programs were presented in 1972 ... Gilles Carles and Star Micheline Lanctot represented La Vrai Nature de Bernadette at the recent Chicago International Film Festival ... The Canadian Film Development Corporation is closing its New York office. Rep. Wolfe Cohen has declined to comment on the reason for the closing, but inability to penetrate the U.S. market is probable. Of course the office is really no longer necessary because more American productions are being made here every day. Exhibition and distribution are still thorny, however; perhaps the Commerce departments and Secretary of State could help? Rod Bergen was named manager of the Paramount Theatre in Saskatoon. He succeeds Bob Goddard ... Canada supplies twenty-five to thirty million dollars in film rentals yearly to U.S. Distribs. This amount accounts for just under eight per cent of the North American market . . . Famous Players is opening theatres as quickly as they can. Recently the Londonderry, a dual in The Londonderry Shopping Centre opened in Edmonton. Seating is 594 and 500. A dual, the Fiesta, opened in Nanaimo B.C. The Four ' Seasons Sheraton will house a dual opening in the Toronto hotel in March, and a theatre complex is planned for a project at Bloor and Yonge Streets in Toronto Famous recently closed Toronto’s Downtown, which will be converted to offices and stores, and demolished the Capitol, Edmonton. An F-PTower, housing a 700 and 450 seat dual, will be constructed on the site .. The annual general meeting for the Director’s Guild will be held in early January . The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers elected two Cnaadians to its Board of Governors for 1973. Chosen were Harold J. Eady of Bonded Film Services, Toronto, and Stan Quinn, the CBC’s chief Development Engineer in Montreal. The CFDC has announced winners of nonrepayable grants in Vancouver. These grants assist low budget live action dramas, and the total fund is $50,000. Winners were Peter Bryant, Zale R. Dalen, Richard Patton, and Ed Milanich. A further $23,000 remains to be awarded .... program of the Canada Council has made possible production of a feature film surveying the development of film in Canada g f g f f f f K f f f f iN if f f f | 4 A 4 f i f x i f | 4 4 4 K ih i A real SAMS E SLES AS SSIS CER esr Fe The Canadian Horizons . DECEMBER 1972 from 1895 to 1940, reports the Canadian Film Institute. Depicted will be the early attempts to establish a feature Film industry, ‘the production of short films, and the involvement of government in film-making. Heading the project is Kirwan Cox, chairman of the Canadian film Makers distribution Centre. Research is now under way all over North America for graphics documents, etc. Interviews with pioneers will also be included. Final goal is to use the film, to be completed in 1973, for educational purposes. Any information could be sent to Cox af 466a Danforth Ave. Apt. 1, Toronto . The Canadian Federation of Film Societies has announced the 1973 Index of Feature Length Films, to be published in May. The volume lists features in 16 mm and 35 mm available for rental across Canada. 5,000 titles are listed alphabetically and crossreferenced in the appendix by director. Information is included about each film, from year made to running time. Item sells for $35.00 and is available from Box 484, Terminal A, Torontol... Moreland-Latchford announces the new Canadian Film Preview form, and Sterling Films now has a series of shorts on each country in Latin America Southam Videotel Limited, a subsidiary of Southam Business publications, has concluded an agreement with COR-COM Incorporated of Chicago to market the Wee and Go Travel Network in’ Canada. Full-color video cassettes are used to show the traveller what his vacation will be like. G. W. Funston, V-P of Southam Business Publications, calls move a logical step: From business magazine’ publishing to video publishing. Now you know where the travelogues went... NFB News: One hundred_and twenty-five educators met with the NFB in Montreal in November to conduct workshops and see demonstrations of audio visual techniques. called Medea Mosaic, three day session was organised by the Ontario Film Association Inc .. . Art Director Rene Petit has created a Forest and lake on the NFB sound stage in Montreal. Project is for a feature being shot, a musical comedy starring Jackie Burroughs and directed by Mort Ransen. The set is constructed of real trees, plants and water, to simulate a Canadian summer setting . .. The first USA-International Animation Film Festival, held last month in New York, honored the NFB. Norman McLaren received a special showing and the next day a selection by other NFB animators was presented. McLaren was there, as was Sidney Newman, André Lamy, Rene Jodoin, Andre Leduc, Sydney Goldsmith, and Bob Browning .. The left-wing film magazine Cineaste, published in New York, has devoted most of its latest issue to Quebec cinema, as seen Harvey Harnick presents Hector Ross’ award Page 3 through the filter of nonin Production, Distribution and Exhibition are covered, complete with charts and quotes. Read it yourself before passing judgment, but this corner found all the good points mired in a morass of rhetoric ...._ Nabet reports that a revised constitution is to be prepared for presentation to the membership one year in advance of the 1974 convention. A 13 member committee, including five Canadians, is to draft the constitution. Canadians are Luc Grenier, Ed Scott, Tessa Edward, John Thurston, Bernard Bruce .... Also from Nabet: Regional V-P nominations are in for candidates to take office for two years starting in January 1973. Canadian regions were contested by E. W. Scott and Robert Gooch (Region 7) and Bernard Bruce, Cyril Ryan, and Paul Gagne (Region 9) . The Motion Picture Pioneers Award Dinner was held at the Regency Hyatt Hotel in Toronto on November 29. Honors were given to Hector Ross, Bert Brown, Florence Long and Sam Swartz. Each received framed citations for their dedication and work. But the main event was a triumphal tribute to long-time worker Zeke Sheine. Sheine was presented with a plaque and a standing ovation. Among the well-wishers was Ernest Borgnine, in town to Film a movie. The Odeon delegation was led by President Chris Sty who presented the plaque to HERE | ; ee “a 2a ‘Len Bishop presents an award to Florence Long at the Pioneer Dinner MGM's a Cunningham and Sentuty Theatres’ Don Watts enjoy dinner. 2oneeiyy meso esuG'y MIE , 27! Ge nrcwewracee en es eoueceorsaarsoeaseoee de