Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1982)

a i eee i and feature film financing. The transcripts of the feature film financing seminar, held in 1979, have been published by the Institute and are generating orders from Canadian and international producers, filmmakers and financiers. A screenwriting competition is being organized to acknowledge the critical importance of quality screenwriting to the motion picture industry and to encourage and honour talented Canadian scriptwriters and on-the-job apprenticeship training programs will be launched in the near future to provide young Canadians with the opportunity of working with industry professionals on major independent and studio productions. MOTION PICTURE THEATRE ASSOCIATIONS OF CANADA 175 Bloor St. E. Toronto, Ont. M4W 1C8 (416) 929-0865/368-1139 President: Chris Salmon (416) 491-1660 East Vice-President: Barry Allen (416) 598-3801 West Vice-President: Jim Fusty (204) 943-2546 Executive Secretary: Curly S. Posen (416) 368-1139 Treasurer: Frank Lawson (416) 491-1660 Provincial theatre associations are listed under Exhibition. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST EMPLOYEES & TECHNICIANS (NABET) International Office: 6845 Saint-Denis Montreal, Que. H2S 2S3 (514) 276-8591 _ International Officers: President: Armand Bergeron Secretary-Treasurer: Jean Benoit Region 6 (Quebec): 6845 Saint-Denis Montreal, Que. H2S 2S3 (514) 276-8591 Regional Vice-President: Jean-Marie Gilbert Region 7 (Ontario): 245 Fairview Mall, Ste. 314 Willowdale, Ont. M2Jd 4T1 (416) 494-4450 Regional Vice-President: Terry Roger Hayes Region 8 (Western): 7031 Westminster Highway, Ste. 206 Richmond, B.C. V6X 1A3 (604) 270-1371 Regional Vice-President: Edward C. Jeffrey Region 9 (Eastern): 6080 Young St., Ste. 313 Halifax, N.S. B3K 5L2 (902) 455-5415 Regional Vice-President: Joseph Jollimore NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONCESSIONAIRES 35 East Wacker Dr. Chicago, Ill. 60601, U.S.A. (312) 236-3858 President: Vernon B. Ryles, dr. Executive Director: Charles A. Winans Region No. 9: (Eastern Canada including New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec) Regional Vice-President: John Paul (Coca-Cola, Ltd., Toronto, Ont.) Region No. 10: (Western Canada including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) Regional Vice-President: J.F. Senior (Harlan Fairbanks Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.) ONTARIO FILM ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 366, Station Q Toronto, Ont. M4T 2M5 President: Liz Avison Since 1970 the OFA has run an annual Film Showcase in March/April, providing a major marketplace for 16mm non-theatrical films. It is an opportunity for 16mm film producers/ distributors to screen new films for public, regional and special collection film librarians, AV co-ordinators, media consultants, educators, film society representatives and personnel from government, business and industrial film agencies — all of whom purchase or recommend the purchase, rental or lease of films. OFA also sponsors the Grierson Film Seminar as a forum for filmmakers and film users to discuss trends and techniques in documentary films and periodic workshops and screening sessions to promote film awareness. PERFORMING RIGHTS ORGANIZATION OF CANADA LIMITED 41 Valleybrook Dr. Don Mills, Ont. M3B 2S6 (416) 445-8700 President: Gordon F. Henderson, Q.C. Vice-President & Managing Director: Jan Matejcek Manager/General Licensing: Jack Buckley Directors: Wm. Harold Moon, Gordon F. Henderson, Q.C., Jan Matejcek, Charles C. de Léry, Robert Aitken, Paul Horn, Wm. B. Kearns, Carole Risch, Tony M. Tobias Regional Offices: 842 Thurlow St., Ste. 200 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 1W2 (604) 688-7851 625 President Kennedy Ave., Ste. 1601 Montreal, Que. H3A 1K2 (514) 849-3294 UNIONS, GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS Each motion picture theatre in Canada, whether individual or a chain, is obligated to pay to Performing Rights Organization of Canada Limited an annual licence fee for the right to perform music in its repertoire, or the repertoires of foreign performing right Organizations represented in Canada by P.R.O. Canada. The licence fees have been collected from theatres on behalf of writers, composers and music publishers since 1966. The fees collected must be approved annually by the Copyright Appeal Board in Ottawa. The courts uphold the fact that it is unlawful to operate a motion picture theatre in Canada without a P.R.O licence for the performance in Canada of its dramaticomusical works. Tariffs are printed in “The Canada Gazette”. The following licence fees, effective January 1, 1981, represent a six-fold increase over the previous year, replacing a fee in effect since 1966. Cinemas and Other Motion Picture Theatres For a theatre licence covering operations at any time during the year, the annual fee is charged on seating capacity as follows: Rates per seat Seats per annum 499 seats and under .............. 12.5¢ 500:to:'799 ‘Seatsinse ere nna ae eae bees 15¢ 800 to 1,599 seats .............-. 18.75¢ 1,600 seats and over..............0. 25¢ The seating capacity of Drive-In Theatres shall be three times the maximum number of automobiles which may be accommodated at any one time. Theatres operating three days or less per week shall pay one-half of the above rates. For theatres operating for less than 12 months in each year, the fee payable shall be reduced by 1/12th for each full month during the year in which no operations occur. Minimum fee, $12.50. A licence obtained under this item of the tariff shall not be deemed to authorize any concert, recital of classical music or live performances when the exhibition of one or more films is not an integral part of the program. These performances shall be licensed under Item Number 5 of the tariff. SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS (SMPTE) Head Office: 862 Scarsdale Ave. Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583 (914) 472-6606 Executive Director: Conrad L. Scheetz President: Charles E. Anderson Toronto Section: Chairman: Howard E. Wilkinson Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 149