Cinema Canada (Aug-Sep 1973)

Words from Part of the West Edmonton Alberta is rapidly coming alive with the sounds of grinding Cameras and Busy Cameramen. We’re all part of what is becoming a busy industry. It seems that all the Cameramen in Edmonton are extremely busy. Part of the reason is a steadily increasing need for Television material, and an unquestionable fact that finally major producers elsewhere are realizing that there are a few of us out here. CBC television is the biggest “‘busy centre’’. Some nice work is coming from members like Dick Grant, Vic Wintoniak, and other CBC staffers, Andy Oppen, etc. CBC has produced several Award winners in The Hutterites, Father Lacombe and a new Wild Horses: All network shows done out of here. Speaking of Awards, CENTURY II MOTION PICTURES of Edmonton has just picked up a nice piece of paper: The top category Award for A Choice of Futures. The film produced for the Alberta Department of Education, won the Award in the U.S. Industrial Film Festival. Produced by Century IIs Ron Brown, most of the film was shot by new member, Jim Tustian. Another Film No Hoof, No Horse produced for the Department of Agriculture (Alberta) has already stacked up three Awards: First of all was the Canadian Farmwriters Federation, The U.S. Industrial Film Festival, and lastly the Canadian Educational Communications Award. The Film received the Farmwriters Award at the Royal Winter Fair. Member Jim Tustian stepped out of his usual Cinematographers situation for the No Hoof occasion, to cut the opening sequence, and all the music for the picture. The rest and most of the work was done by Gerry Wilson cfe., who did all the legwork to make sure all the right people saw it. Quebec films shown during Toronto’s “Caravan” Toronto’s annual “‘Caravan” — a one week festival involving scores of ethnic groups’ cultural exhibits around the city — had a Festival of Québécois films in its French-Canadian Pavilion. The fiims were L’Infonie Inachevée by Roger Frappier (see interview in this issue), Tiens-toi Bien Aprés Les Oreilles 4 Papa by Gilles Richer; La Richesse des Autres by Maurice Bulbulian and Michel Gauthier (see news from NFB); a series NFB’s booth at Caravan of National Film Board shorts: La Tendresse Ordinaire by Jacques Leduc; Tu Briles...Tu Brailes... by JeanGuy Noél; Le Mepris N’Aura Qu’un Temps by Arthur Lamothe; La Mort d’Un Bicheron by Gilles Carle and Les Voitures d’Eau by Pierre Perrault. The French-Canadian pavilion was organized by La Chasse-Galérie; and the festival was run in cooperation with the Conseil Québécois pour la Diffusion du Cinéma. Radio-Canada, The National Film Board and OECA also had simultaneous exhibits. Awards, awards, awards... Besides all the awards the National Film Board receives (see this issue) Canadian films in general are doing quite well internationally. La Vie Revée was awarded a special Jury Prize in the ‘“‘Cinema of Today” category at the 9th Toulon International Encounter of Young Cinema. (Mireille Dansereau also won the Wendy Michener Award at last year’s Canadian Film Awards for high artistic achievement.) This film — Ms. Dansereau’s first feature — was produced in 1972 by L’ Association Coopérative de Productions Audio-Visuelles. Mon Oncle Antoine has just received another award — this one at the 18th Week of Catholic Cinema which took place in Valladolid, Spain. Jutra’s film won the Prix de St-Grégoire. Mon Oncle Antoine, walked away with eight Canadian Film Awards three years ago and has also received the Rosenthal Foundation Prize from the National Society of Film Critics in New York. This prize included a bursary of $2,000. Festivals, festivals, festivals... The three most important festivals in the near future are Canadian Film Awards, Filmexpo and the Third International Festival of Cinema in 16mm in Montréal. The 25th Canadian Film Awards will be held in Montréal from October 8 — 12th. The public screenings will be held in the Chevalier and Pierrot Theatres — the presentations at the St. Denis Theatre. For information contact: Claude Godbout, 1594 St. Denis Street, Montréal — (514) 845-9109); or Vi Crone, 22 Front Street West, Toronto — (416) 367-9774; or Ralph Umberger, 1195 Richards Street, Vancouver, (607) 688-7757. Marcia Gouélle is the Director at the Montréal main office. Filmexpo will be held at the National Arts Centre Theatre from October 16-26th in Ottawa. The Canadian part of the program will have the best features from last year screened over a six-day period. There will also be a restrospective of 60 years’ production at Paramount and eleven programs marking the 20th aniversary of the CBC and Radio-Canada. For information contact: Gordon Noble, Canadian Film Institute, 1762 Carling Avenue, Ottawa K2A 2H7. The Third International Festival of Cinema in 16mm will be held in Montréal from October 23-28th. The theme this year is “The Cinema of Tomorrow”’ and Dmitri Eipides is the Director. For further information write to: Independent Filmmakers’ Cooperative, Festival’s Office, 2026 Ontario East, Montréal 133 — (514) 523-2816. Other film events around the world include festivals of science fiction films, amateur films, technical films, student films, documentaries and shorts. For information and entry forms to any or all of these, write: Festival Office of Canada, Department of the Secretary of State, Lord Elgin Plaza, 66 Slater Street, Bureau 1816, Ottawa K1A OMS. Cinema Canada 11