Film Canada Yearbook (1986)

Page scan 000161 from Film Canada Yearbook

Record Details:

Title:
Film Canada Yearbook
Date:
1986
Volume:
Film Canada Yearbook (1986)
Leaf #:
000161
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",Canad
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Canada, and Global Cinema
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Picture Pioneers, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Film Canada Yearbook

Editors: Patricia Thompson (1986-99), Deborah Tiffin (2000-07)

Film Canada Yearbook (1986-2007) was a continuation of Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1971-86), which had been edited by Patricia Thompson since 1977. She purchased the business from Nat Taylor’s Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., and reincorporated as Cine-Communications, Inc. with the new moniker. Thompson died in 1999, but in the new millennium, her director of advertising, Deborah Tiffin, took charge of the business, reincorporating as Moving Pictures Media but keeping the Film Canada Yearbook name. Tiffin’s final edition was published in 2007. She has partnered with the Canadian Picture Pioneers to preserve the archive of publications and make it accessible to researchers and the wider public. The Yearbook is the final descendant of a lineage that includes Canadian Moving Picture Digest (1917-57) and Canadian Film Weekly (1942-70), and can trace its origins to 1915’s Canadian Universal Bulletin, a single thread of ownership publishing the primary periodicals and annuals of English Canada’s film industry trade press.

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Date Added:
July 17, 2025
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The Institute collects, preserves, organizes and makes available documentation on Canadian and international motion pictures mostly feature films. There is a comprehensive book library, several hundred screenplays, a large collection of soundtrack recordings and tape-recorded interviews with film makers, and a periodicals section made up largely of leading English-language film journals. The Ontario Film Theatre presents film showings covering a wide range of material and has become an established part of Toronto’s cultural life with its seasons of films from abroad, directors’ series, historical surveys and current cinema programs. The auditorium of the Science Centre functions as the Ontario Film Theatre in the evenings. It has 482 seats, translation booths, an ideal stage area for discussions, a projection booth equipped with 16, 35 and 70mm projectors and the Dolby sound system as well as 3-D equipment. The OFT also has the use of three 16mm viewing theatres at the Science Centre when required. There is also a Cinema Bar open on those evenings when directors or other speakers attend the showings of their films. The Institute is prepared to assist all communities which desire to start film theatre programs, providing facilities are available and local organising committees are formed. Quarterly publication: Film News; occasional publications of monographs on cinematic subjects (in English). Collections of films produced by the Ontario government; other copies on deposit with the National Film Archive, Ottawa. Other films on video cassettes available for study on the premises. PACIFIC CINEMATHEQUE PACIFIQUE 1131 Howe St., Ste.200 Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2L7 (604) 688-8202 President: Justine Bizzochi Operations Co-ordinator: Reva Clavier Program Co-ordinators: Russell Wodell/ Mark Harris Extension Services: Lester Browns Distribution: Reva Clavier Founded in 1972, the Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique (PCP) was established as a film study centre for the West Coast. It maintains an archive of some 250 British Columbia independent film productions; a film study collection of world classics and West Coast filmmakers for circulation to universities and educational institutions; and a reference library of over 1,500 books and magazines on film for use by members and researchers. The PCP runs a regular 5-day exhibition program at the Pacific Cine 160 Centre of series of world cinema, directors’ retrospectives, independent productions, non-narrative films and special events of talks by filmmakers, forums and minifestivals, as well as an extension program of packages of films to small communities in the province. CO-OPS ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE DE PRODUCTIONS AUDIO-VISUELLES (ACPAV) 1050 boul. Dorchester est, Ste. 200 Montréal, Qué. H2L 2L6 (514) 849-2281 THE ATLANTIC FILMMAKERS’ COOP 1588 Barrington St. Halifax, N.S. B3J 1Z6 (902) 423-8833 Acting Co-ordinator & President: Lulu Keating CINEWORKS INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS’ SOCIETY 1131 Howe St., Ste.300 Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2L7 (604) 685-3841 Co-ordinator: Meg Thornton Cineworks is a film co-op with a membership of independent filmmakers and artists working in film. It provides production, post-production and screening facilities to members as well as providing a focal point for local and visiting filmmakers. Cineworks Workshop and Screening Program promotes exchange of technical and aesthetic information among filmmakers, and the society actively lobbies on behalf of independent filmmakers provincially and nationally. Cineworks is a member of the Independent Film and Video Alliance. FILM & VIDEO ARTISTS SOCIETY OF ALBERTA (FAVA) 9722 102 St. Edmonton, Alta. T5K 0X4 (403) 429-1671 President: Christine Holyk A group of film and video artists, with a network through the production industry, ensuring that non-commercial projects have a chance to be realized. Own 16mm and video equipment. FILMMAKERS FOR TORONTO HERITAGE P.O.Box 142, Adelaide St.Stn. Toronto, Ont. M5C 2J1 (416) 360-7813 Colin Strayer A co-op of professional filmmakers who make one film a year on a topic related to Toronto’s history. There are no membership fees. Filmmakers work on a volunteer basis and each partly owns the finished film, which is intended to be of professional quality. This year’s project is a half-hour TV documentary, The Tracks We Left Behind, about a former TTC tracklayer who returns to the site of a section of track he laid in 1932. THE FUNNEL 507 King St.E. Toronto, Ont. M5A 1M3 (416) 364-7003 Fundraising Director: David McIntosh Production Director: Midi Onodera Publicity Director: George Groshaw Intern: Cyndra McDowell The Funnel is a centre for the production, distribution and exhibition of experimental and avant-garde film and related material. LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) 345 Adelaide St.W., Ste.505 Toronto, Ont. M5V 1R5 (416) 596-8233 Co-ordinator: Alexandra Raffé President: Camelia Frieberg MAIN FILM 4060 St.Laurent, Ste.303 Montreal, Que. H2W 1Y9 (514) 845-7442 President: Marie Potvin Co-ordinator: Marilyn Burgess A co-operative film production house peopled by independent filmmakers. NEWFOUNDLAND INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE 40 Kings Rd. St.John’s, Nfld. A1C 3P5 (709) 753-6121 Co-ordinator: Marcia Woodford SASKATCHEWAN FILMPOOL COOPERATIVE 2108 Rae St. Regina, Sask. S4T 2E7 (306) 757-8818 Acting Co-ordinator: Brenda Owens TORONTO FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION CLUB 4653 Dundas St.W. Etobicoke, Ont. M9A 1A4 (416) 231-8903 Contact: Betty Peterson WINNIPEG FILM GROUP 88 Adelaide St. Winnipeg, Man. R3A 0W2 (204) 942-6795 Contact person: Grant Guy