The average percentage of Telefilm's contribution remained stable for productions in French. Selected for the Official Competition at the 1997 Montr al World Film Festival, Michel Poulette's work received the Best Canadian Film Award. The Corporation covers the same percentage, on average, of budgets of projects originating in Montr al and Toronto and in other parts of Canada. Telefilm encourages feature film scriptwriting and development projects in all of the country's regions, so that our cinema can reflect the multiplicity of Canadian sources of inspiration. In the coming years, the Corporation intends to provide more assistance than ever for the creation of scripts that are strong, innovative and bold.
Canadian filmmakers continue to surpass expectations and defy conventions.
Compared with previous years, this represents a significant recovery in resources dedicated to English-language feature films. The Corporation is delighted with this growth in production in English and will continue, under the Fund and all other production-related funds and programs, to provide equitable support for production in both of the country's official languages. In 1996-97, Telefilm assisted 10 feature film productions from Montr al, eight from Toronto, four from Western Canada and two from the Atlantic provinces, for a total of 24. In 1995-96, Telefilm financed one project from the West and one from Atlantic Canada. Two thoroughly remarkable productions came out of Halifax.