Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1979)

» Worlds First in TV The first multilingual Station in the world ever to be granted a government licence to operate in the public sector was given last month to Multilingual Television (Toronto) Ltd. by the Canadian Radio and Television Telecommunications Commissions (CRTC). _ The decision comes at a time when the CRTC conSiders multilingual groups and their needs of prime importance to the national unity push. Applicant Dan lannuzzi, President of Mulilingual Television (MTV) Says the granting of the licence supports the government’s multicultural policy and will help those ethnic groups, now represented by their own Station, to work closer to the mainstream. Iannuzzi, founder of Canada’s Italian daily Corriere Canadese, has been Cont'd page 13 Canada’s Newsmagazine for The Motion Picture and Television Industry Vol: 2\No: 4 International EditionJanuary 1979 Stamp of approval Securities Commissio) legitimize fil By LEAH PAULE HEYDEY advent of Securities be Canadia haso and av and has tability, ‘egitimacy o vestment in films. Since November feature films wi duction vg million Canada. David Perl ducer, investor, Pre Quadrant Films an only registered bro} Canada for film a securities, estimate: siderable value to th try’s economy in pr¢ flow of funds into business from expo, that will be gener Zom foreign markets, Sa from the association with foreign co-producers. In late 1977, most Securities Commissions announced that any tax shelter was considered a security, and the issue of those securities had to be done in accordance with the Securities Acts. This has placed the Commission in the position of watchdog and rip-off preventative. One of the benefits, says Perlmutter, is the elimination of marginal operators who are not working for the benefit of the film industry. Zeles S ifies ¢t g fawakening to th ional film indust ccompanied by CFD director Michael McCabe and chairman Michael Vennat, Roberts decided to take advantage of a quiet period in Ottawa to arrange the meetings, following up an open invitation from Motion Picture Canadian Academy Awards proposed by CAMPP Plans for an Academy Award style voting system in the Canadian movie industry will be discussed at a general meeting Jan. 22 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto. Initiated during last year’s Canadian Film Awards by the Canadian Association of Motion Picture Producers, the new system would be Paul lannuzzi Publisher built on peer group selection of nominees rather than the pre-election procedure used in the past by the CFA. Editors would nominate editing finalists, cameramen would nominate cinematographers, and so on. This preliminary voting stage would probably have a wider base, too, with entered films being shown at various centres across the country, not just in Toronto. Response to the Academy idea has been enthusiastic, says Andra Sheffer, who is helping co-ordinate the planning stage from her office at the Festival of Festivals. The F of F hosted Cont'd puge 6 Margo Raport Editor action butors within the ncaa S or four weeks,’” he says. is was the first time I poke personally with the studio heads (past negotia Cont'd page 4 te News Late News La berts returned from optimistic some conresults would be forthcuming. “I expect to see FACT: Filmworld is the one newspaper top film and television people do read. FACT: Filmworld is now Canada's largest paid circulation industry newspaper. FACT: Filmworld is Canada’s only film and television monthly newspaper that gives you selective worldwide circulation at very cost-efficient advertising rates. For more facts please write, wire or call collect Earl D. Weiner Marketing 4000 Lawrence Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 5P2 — (416) 789-1171 Telex: 06-969537