Nearly 60 international and Canadian producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s (Omdc) annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
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The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
Scroll down for more projects
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
- 9/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The first part of Nfdc’s (National Film Development Corporation) Screenwriters’ Lab 2010 will be held at the Locarno International Film Festival from August 7-9. The three day session will provide the participants an opportunity to experience first-hand the workings of the international film community and to train with their screenplay mentors.
As the six screenwriters whose scripts have made it to the lab set out for Locarno tomorrow, DearCinema gets in touch with them to find out more about them and their scripts:
'Into The World' by Ben Rekhi
An award-winning writer, producer and director, Ben Rekhi (31) has worked both in Hollywood and Bollywood. He has made several short films as well as worked with New Line Cinema, MGM, and Sony. He has directed several music videos in India and the U.S. Rekhi’s directorial debut, Waterborne, starring Shabana Azmi won an audience award at SXSW, Texas and is...
As the six screenwriters whose scripts have made it to the lab set out for Locarno tomorrow, DearCinema gets in touch with them to find out more about them and their scripts:
'Into The World' by Ben Rekhi
An award-winning writer, producer and director, Ben Rekhi (31) has worked both in Hollywood and Bollywood. He has made several short films as well as worked with New Line Cinema, MGM, and Sony. He has directed several music videos in India and the U.S. Rekhi’s directorial debut, Waterborne, starring Shabana Azmi won an audience award at SXSW, Texas and is...
- 8/5/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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