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Just looking at the recent Academy Awards ceremony, Canadians seem to dominate film, from Brendan Fraser's best actor win for The Whale, to Sarah Polley's best original screenplay trophy for Women ...
Jul 19, 2021 · In 2019, French-Canadian films gained the most box-office success. ET Canada reports that Quebecois films were seven of Canada’s top ten grossing films. Émile Gaudreault’s “Menteur” made $6.3 million, Louise Archambault’s “Il pleuvait ds oiseaux” (“And the Birds Rained Down”) made $1.8 million, “La Course de Tuques ...
Dec 28, 2023 · With one small change to how we define Canadian film, we can reverse the brain drain of actors, writers and creators of all kinds to Hollywood. We need to take financial ownership out of the equation.
Jun 24, 2016 · “A Canadian movie doesn’t have to be blatantly, in-your-face Canadian,” Rissi says. ... And when Operation Avalanche comes to Canadian screens later this year, it’s unlikely to dominate ...
- Early History – Government Film Bureaus
- Vertical Integration of The Film Industry
- Why Is Canada Part of The Us Domestic Market?
- Investigation of The American Monopoly
- Establishment of The MPEAA
- National Film Board
- Canadian Cooperation Project, 1948–58
- The Bassett report, 1973
- Quebec Cinema Act, 1983
- Film Products Importation Bill, 1988
In the early years of the film industry, the regulation of the film sector in Canada was left to the provinces. They set parameters for film content, exhibition and distribution. At the turn of the 20th century, several provinces went beyond this and established cinema offices. These organizations produced films to boost tourism and attract immigra...
Distribution was the last of the three branches of the film industry to develop. But it quickly came to dominate the industry’s economic structure. By the early 1920s, the largest American distributors had acquired production companies and theatre chains. These acquisitions created vertically integratedcombines. This enabled the majors to dominate ...
The federal government did little to boost, or even safeguard, Canada’s feature film industry. In fact, Canadian companies began to structure themselves after the successful, vertically integratedAmerican model. For example, in the early 1900s, the Allen Amusement Corporation obtained exclusive rights to films from Pathé, Independent Motion Picture...
An investigation of the American monopoly in Canada’s film sector began in September 1930 under the Federal Combines Investigation Act. Prime Minister R.B. Bennettappointed Peter White to investigate more than 100 complaints against American film interests in Canada. White’s report concluded that the Famous Players combine was “detrimental to the P...
In 1946, the Motion Picture Export Association of America (MPEAA, now MPAA) was founded to promote Hollywood productions. The original vertical combines of the majors were broken up in 1948 under US antitrust legislation. But the basic operating principle continued. Most of Hollywood’s production is still controlled, and generally financed, by the ...
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was established on 2 May 1939 under the National Film Act. Its mandate was to produce and distribute Canadian-made films that help Canadians better understanding their country. The NFB was originally created as an advisory board to the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau. But the NFB transitioned into f...
The NFB quickly drew the ire of the American film industry, which worked hard to protect its control over Canadian distribution. In 1948, the Canadian government announced the Canadian Cooperation Project (CCP). This was an agreement with the major American film studios. They promised to increase the “Canadian” presence in their films and distribut...
Canadian filmmakers have fought since the post-war years for government protection of the film industry. The Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) — created in 1967 and reorganized as Telefilm Canadain 1984 — saw the film industry as a cultural imperative. Other government agencies took the same approach. They worked to challenge American co...
In the 1980s, governments tried using legislation to combat American control. The goal was also to try and keep Canadian distribution and exhibition profits in Canada. In 1983, the province of Quebec passed the Quebec Cinema Act. It required distributors not already operating in Quebec before December 1982 to be located in the province in order to ...
Following Quebec’s initiative, the federal government took steps to address the problems faced by Canadian distribution companies. The new proposal came in 1987 from Minister of Communications Flora MacDonald. The Hollywood majors would be allowed to distribute any films in Canada for which they owned world rights. They could also distribute films ...
The study was conducted in both French and English among an online sample of 2,200 feature film consumers in Canada aged 18 and older, qualified as attending one movie in theatres in the past 12 months or watching at least one movie at home in a typical week. It was fielded from September 17 through October 2, 2023.
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