Canadian Film Digest (Jun 1973)

Page 2 June 1973 Women’s Film Fest Starts 18 City Tour c . . = i : B Sits = a. —— © 3 J < y , eno i i woes ff “ “ Three of the many workers on the Women’s film festival: (left) Jill Frayne and Marni Jackson. Sitting is Helen Anthony. Toronto is the site of the first leg in a series of Festivals of Women Filmmakers that will travel across Canada this summer. The tour will include eighteen cities from Whitehorse to St. John’s. : The festival will feature the work and contributions of women in_ film, video, photography, books. Day care will be provided in each centre. Seminars will be held with topics such as Women’s Image in Film, Political Cinema, Women in Canadian Film and Is there a female Film Aesthetic? Features to be shown are from many countries, and include Lion’s Love, La Vie Revee, Sambizanga, A Very Curious Girl, and Wanda. Many of the filmmakers will be present Sec State announces Ottawa — Secretary of State J. Hugh Faulkner announced grants totalling $130,000 to seven Canadian film festivals from the Department’s Film Festivals Bureau. _ Purpose of the grants is to assist the Canadian film industry by providing opportunities in this country for Canadian film makers to exhibit their films in national and international competitons. The following festivals will be receiving grants: Third International 16 MM Film Festival A grant of $15,000 to this festival which began in 1971. All the films at last year’s festival were shown in Canada for the first time, with total. attendance of 5,000 people. 4th Canadian International Amateur Film Festival A grant of $4,000 to this festival to be held in the context of Festival Canada this summer in Ottawa. This year the festival will gather an international jury, five Canadians, one British and one American. The festival also plans to initiate a tour of winning films throughout the Canadian membership locals and to start a Canadian archive of amateur films. 12th Yorkton International Film Festival A grant of $6,000 to this Short Film Festival which is recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. Out of 200 festivals which take place yearly in the world, the IFFPA _ recognizes only 10 such manifestations. The Yorkton event is the oldest international film festival in North America, occurring every second year since 1950. Canadian Film Awards A grant of $40,000 to the Canadian Film Awards, an organization grouping 12 associations and unions which represent the Canadian cinematography industry. For the past 24 years the Canadian for the ten day Toronto fest, but only a couple will travel to other centres. Montreal will hold its own fest, and those in smaller centres will be shorter than Toronto’s ten day gathering. The festival is financed by the Canada Council and other grant institutions. It is free for all. Full-time staff number only two who are paid, although others in great numbers have contributed time and effort. A small idea last fall, it grew to international proportions. What pleased and surprised the workers was the vast amount of good material submitted. So much was sent in that much cannot be used. But-they feel the quality and the enthusiasm is high, and if the public participates, the festival will be a success. See the next issue of the Digest for a full report. srants for Film fests Film Awards have organized this annual contest for all Canadian-produced films to stimulate creativity and encourage ‘better quality in Canadian cinematography. It endeavours to gather the total annual Canadian film production to promote exchanges between film makers, and to offer to interested Canadians a chance to view and compare the year’s output. This year the event plans to move to Montreal. First International Film Festival on the Human Environment A grant of $40,000 for this thematic festival to be held in Montreal June 1 to 10. The festival involves film competitions, talks and seminars by renowned _ environmentalists such as Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan and Margaret Mead. The festival is organized by the University of Montreal ‘‘Ecole polytechnique’’ and the University of Toronto taculty ot “engineering, _ With an international Administration Council. Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, is Chairman of the Honorary Committee, and Pierre Dansereau is President of the Board of Directors. Apart from the film competition and seminars, the festival plans to put out a computerized listing of all available material on the environment. FILMEXPO 1973 (Canadian and International Film Exposition) A grant of $20,000 for FILMEXPO which will be held in Ottawa this autumn. The festival plans to exhibit the better films shown around the world this year in international festivals. Fifth Canadian Student Film Festival A grant of $5,000 to this festival, organized by the Conservatory of Cinematrographic Arts of Sir George Williams University in Montreal. Competition in this festival is open to Canadian students only. Neptune Factor to have three Canadian openings The Canadian-made feature The Neptune Factor: An Undersea Odyssey, will have a triple premiere at the end of June. To be distributed by Twentieth-CenturyFox, the film stars Ernest Borgnine, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Yvette Mimieux, and Canadian actors Chris Wiggins and Donnely Rhodes. Executive Producers were David Perlmutter of Quadrant Films, and Harold Greenberg of Bellevue-Pathe. The film was budgeted at $1.5 million with Fox picking up $700,000 of that and other investors the rest. Producer Sandy Howard made the film at Toronto’s International Film Studios last fall. Daniel Petrie directed. Location shooting included Halifax and the Bahamas. Jack Macadam designed the sets. Film Opticals and other local firms provided technical services. The first premiereis set for an Ottawa opening on June 27. Present will be Ben Gazzara and members of the production companies. Government officials are to attend also. Montreal follows on the 28th, with a benefit performance, And Toronto seés the film on the 29th. A benefit for the Variety Club, the film will also inaugurate the new six-theatre redesigned Imperial Theatre. Gazzara and Walter Pidgeon will attend. The Canadian Film Digest Market Report "NTERTAINMENT STOCKS CLOSE CLOSE APR. 27 MAY 30 NET CHG.” HIGH LOW FOR73 FOR73 TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE 11% Baton Bushnell Canadian Cable Systems CFCN CHUM B IWC Industries Ltd. Maclean-Hunter Cable Premier Cable Q Broadcasting Rank Organization Selkirk A Standard Broadcasting 121; 11 ny 15 10 Western Broadcasting 141% 153, — 254 MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE Astral 1.25 1.50 +.25 2.25 ~ VANCOUVER STOCK: EXCHANGE All Can A 2.75 2.25 Eo 3.50 All Can B 2.75" pi 5} —.50 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Columbia Pictures Walt Disney Gulf & Western Loews MCA Metromedia MGM National General Transamerica 20th-Fox Warner Communications —5iz AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE —Yy; Allied Artists —Y, Cinerama Filmways General Cinema Faithful Readers Take There will be only one issue of The Canadian Film Digest during July and August. It will be published July 17. Then the Yearbook on September 9. The Digest is published on the Sth of each month from October to June inclusive. A July-August Summer issue appears in the third week of July. The Yearbook is published the day after Labour Day. ‘a 2 2 4