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MONTREAL, Dec. 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada is delighted to announce that 17 new English-language feature films across the country will move forward through several of Telefilm Canada's feature film production programs under the Canada Feature Film Fund, including the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program.
"I am very pleased to see an increasingly diverse portfolio of national feature films," stated Michel Pradier, Director of Project Financing, Telefilm Canada. "We are excited to be supporting such promising emerging talent from all across Canada through our regional funding stream."
"Telefilm is extremely proud of the quality of our newly announced projects," stated Stephanie Azam, National Feature Film Executive - English language, Telefilm. "These films reflect a diversity of genres from both new and established filmmakers from across the country. We are confident that an impressive number of Canadians and worldwide audiences will see and enjoy these films."
The selected feature films are:
Canada Feature Film Fund - National projects
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Beat the World (Ontario & Nunavut Region; BTW Productions Inc.; Executive Producers: Alfons Adetuyi, Amos Adetuyi and Robert Adetuyi; Writer/Director: Robert Adetuyi; Distributor: E1 Films Canada Inc.; Telefilm investment: $3.2 million) takes a look at three dance crews - one Latin American, one European and one from Windsor, Ontario - as they prepare to do battle at the international Beat the World competition in Detroit. Along the way, they struggle with personal issues ranging from gambling debt, bad break-ups and their own egos. In the final showdown to become world champions lifelong hopes, dreams and even lives, are at stake.
Fubar II (Western Region; FU2 Productions Ltd. & Cardinal Film 11 Inc.; Producers: Shirley Vercruysse, George Baptist, Jennifer Wilson, Michael Dowse, Dave Lawrence & Paul Spence; Director: Michael Dowse; Writers: Dave Lawrence, Paul Spence, & Michael Dowse; Distributor: Alliance Films Inc.; Telefilm Investment: $1.9 million). In this sequel to Fubar, headbangers Terry and Dean are tired of scraping by so they head north to make sweet cash working on the pipelines. Their buddy Tron hooks them up with jobs and soon they're rolling in good times. Terry falls for Trish, a waitress at Peelrz. When Terry and Trish plan to move in, Dean can't watch his best buddy swap the banger life for domestic...