Astral Media Inc. is pleased to announce that 19 films supported by its pay-television networks – The Movie Network and Super Écran, and production fund, Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund/Le Fonds Harold Greenberg d’Astral – have been selected for the 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival®, running from September 9 to 19, 2010. Astral’s slate of supported films for 2010 includes the Opening Night Gala Presentation of Score: A Hockey Musical; gala presentations Barney’s Version, A Beginners Guide to Endings, and The Bang Bang Club; and the special presentation, Trigger.
Astral continues to be the country’s largest private investor in Canadian feature film with significant contributions towards the development and production of homegrown film and television projects through The Movie Network, Super Écran and The Fund/Le Fonds.
The following films selected for the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival have been supported by Astral through story optioning, script development, pre-licencing, equity investment, acquisition, exhibition and promotion:
Feature Films
* A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ENDINGS – jonathan sobol
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Script development and equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* À l’origine d’un cri – robin aubert
Ø Pre-buy by Super Écran
* AMAZON FALLS – KATRIN BOWEN
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
* the bang bang club – steven silver
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Script development and equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* barney ‘s version – richard j. lewis
Ø pre-buy and equity investment by The Movie Network
Ø Pre-buy by Super Écran
Ø Equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* curling – denis cÔtÉ
Ø Pre-buy by Super Écran
* DAYDREAM NATION – MIKE GOLDBACH
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Script development by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* fubar ii– michael dowse
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* HIGH COST OF LIVING – DEBORAH CHOW
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
* incendies – denis villeneuve
Ø Pre-buy and equity investment by Super Écran
Ø Story optioning, script development & equity investment by Le Fonds Harold Greenberg d’Astral
* jaloux – patrick demers
Ø Pre-buy by Super Écran
* OLIVER SHERMAN – RYAN REDFORD
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Script development and equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* ROUTE 132 – Louis bÉlanger
Ø Script development by Le Fonds Harold Greenberg d’Astral
* SCORE : A HOCKEY MUSICAL – MIKE Mcgowan
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
Ø Equity investment by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* small town murder songs – ed gass-donnelly
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
* TRIGGER – bruce mcdonald
Ø pre-buy by The Movie Network
* trois temps aprÈs la mort d’anna – catherine martin
Ø Pre-buy by Super Écran
Ø Script development & equity investment by Le Fonds Harold Greenberg d’Astral
Short Films
* CHAMpagne – hans olson
Ø Participant of the CFC Short Dramatic Film Program sponsored by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
* how to rid your lover of a negative emotion caused by you! – nadia litz
Ø Participant of the CFC Short Dramatic Film Program sponsored by Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
The Festival’s Canadian films were announced earlier today at the Toronto International Film Festival’s press conference in Toronto. For further information on these and other Festival films, please visit www.tiff.net.
