Canadian Heritage committee  Investing in young filmmakers is really the key to our future and Canadian filmmaking, especially in English-speaking Canada. I don't think that investing more capital will be a bad thing. It will only increase the quality of those films and those filmmakers. They need resource

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's really important that Telefilm supports emerging Canadian filmmakers, especially in English Canada. If you look at the climate right now internationally, Canadians make films. Québécois filmmakers are the ones making films, making waves internationally with their f

Canadian Heritage committee  I have had a successful career as a product of co-productions, and the variety of co-productions that exist within Canada and abroad. A Dangerous Method was the first film that I did with David Cronenberg. That was a co-production between Canada and Germany. Cosmopolis, after

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, sure. This summer I will be starting production on 11/22/63, which is a limited series for Hulu. It is going to be the first production that I have been able to do that will be a part of a new digital media phenomenon. I see more and more of it happening. It is very attract

Canadian Heritage committee  Canadian feature films need to be Canadian. lt is crucial that the government maintains the current Canadian content requirements governing a production's access to public funding for the creation of Canadian feature films, such as the Canadian film or video production tax credit

Canadian Heritage committee  As professional performers we know this danger all too well. We've seen and felt firsthand the dramatic changes our sector has undergone. We know that standing still only means falling further behind. Amidst the reality of shifting audience habits, revolutionary technological up