The Film Industry in Canada: A Report (1977)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Film Industry in Canada: A Report
Date:
1977
Volume:
The Film Industry in Canada: A Report (1977)
Leaf #:
000114
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry",Canad
Collection:
Canada, Global Cinema, and Hollywood Studio System
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Media Magazines Project, Conorr Norquay, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
April 11, 2024
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lil It may be noted that the foregoing provision is restricted to films, and does not apply to other forms of audio-visual material. However, the Department of Supply and Services (DSS), presumably with some sort of authorization from either the Governor in Council or the National Film Board, placed 5 contracts in 1974-1975 for completed film products worth $200,000; contracts worth an (estimated) $150,000 were placed between April 1975 and August 1975. Despite this incursion by DSS into the procurement of completed film products, the Sponsored Program Division of the National Film Board is still the principal general broker for film production on behalf of federal departments. Some of the production is done by the Board itself and the rest is let out to the private sector. The private sector producers contend that the National Film Act gives the Board an unreasonable stranglehold on film production for the federal government, and that they should be allowed to bid for all its business, not just that part of it that the Board cannot or is not willing to undertake. The Canadian Film and Television Association (CFTA), which represents about 70% of the English-Language producers, wants the Government to amend the National Film Act in such a way as to direct the Board to compete with the private sector for the production of departmental and other sponsored films, of which the annual value is estimated at $4 million. Actually, in the past (33) six years the proportion of expenditure on film production chan nelled by the Board to the private sector has been steadily increasing. ———————— (33) For figures of actual expenditures, see 6.3 below.