 telefilm canada is a crown corporation reporting to canada's federal government through the minister of canadian heritage. headquartered in montrÃ©al, telefilm provides services to the canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in vancouver, toronto, montrÃ©al and halifax. ==purpose== as one of the canadian government's principal instruments for supporting canada's audiovisual industry, telefilm canada's primary mandate is to finance and promote through its various funds and programs. telefilm's role is to foster the commercial, cultural and industrial success of canadian productions and to stimulate demand for those productions both at home and abroad. telefilm also administers the programs of the canada media fund. ==coproductions== telefilm canada administers the canadian governmentâs coproductions, enabling canadian filmmakers and their international counterparts to coproduce films and television programs that enjoy the status of national productions in each of the respective countries. ==operations== headquartered in montrÃ©al, telefilm provides bilingual services to its clients through four offices located in vancouver, toronto, montreal and halifax. the atlantic regional office, in operation since 1984 from halifax, services new brunswick, newfoundland, nova scotia and prince edward island. the quebec regional office is located in the montreal head office and serves the province of quebec. the ontario regional office, in operation since 1968 from toronto, serves both ontario and nunavut. the western regional office, in operation since 1984 from vancouver, serves the western provinces of british columbia, alberta, manitoba, saskatchewan, the northwest territories and the yukon.  ==history== ===creation=== in 1967, founding the canadian film development corporation (cfdc), the canadian government allocates $10 million in support of the feature film industry. michael spencer is named the first executive director of the cfdc, which by then includes offices in montreal and toronto. ===1970s=== by 1976, the canadian government has increased the cfdcâs budget to $25 million annually, at which point the decision is ma
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