CANADA Production Listings - June 20 2003

Copyright: Screen International

CAMPING SAUVAGE
(Lyla Film, Cine-Roman) Budget: $3.7m. Int'l sales/dist: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (Can). Backers: Telefilm, Sodec, Radio Canada. Comedy. Prods: Lyse Lafontaine, Tony Roman. Dir: Guy A Lepage. Scr: Luc Dery, Andre Ducharme, Luc Lapierre. Main cast: Sylvie Moreau, Lepage. Shooting from July 3 to Aug 19 in the Montreal area.
Contact: Ixion Communications, (1) 514 495 6286

THE REMAINS OF THE PIANO
(Prospero Pictures, Grosvenor Park Prods [UK]) Backer: Stratus Film Co. Int'l sales: Capitol Films. Period comedy. Exec prods: Bob Yari, Mark Gill. Prods: Joel B Michaels, Garth Drabinsky, Jim Crabbe, Peter Crabbe. Dir/scr: Eric Idle. Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Neve Campbell, Anjelica Huston, Billy Connolly, Idle. Shooting from Aug 18 in Canada and the UK.
Contact: Capitol Films,(44) 20 7471 6000

BEING JULIA
(Serendipity Point Films) Co-prod: Myriad Int'l (UK). Backers: First Choice Films, Astral Media, Corus Ent, Harold Greenberg Fund, Telefilm Canada. Int'l sales: Myriad Int'l. Int'l dist: Sony Pictures Classics (US, UK, Aus, NZ, SA), ThinkFilm (Can). Period comedy. Exec prods: Julia Rosenberg, Kevan Van Thompson. Prod: Robert Lantos. Dir: Istvan Szabo. Main cast: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Shaun Evans, Michael Gambon, Juliet Stevenson. Shooting from June 16 to Aug 22 in Budapest and London.
Contact: Ceris Price, (36) 1 422 3600

NIGHTLIGHT
(JB Media) Dist: Heart Ent (int'l), Incendo Media (US, Can, Fr-lang Eur, Africa). Thriller. Exec prods: Stephen Greenberg, Jean Bureau, Jodi Ticknor. Prods: Jean Bureau, Josee Mauffette, Serge Denis. Dir: Louis Belanger. Main cast: Shannen Doherty, Michel Francouer, Jayne Heitmeyer. Shooting from May 27 to June 21 in Montreal.
Contact: Anna-Sue Greenberg, Incendo Media, (1) 514 937 3333

LE TUNNEL
(Bloom Films, Christal Films) Budget: $3.5m. Backers: Telefilm Canada, Sodec, Radio Canada. Int'l sales/dist: Christal Films (Can). Crime drama. Prods: Pierre Gendron, Christian Larouche Dir: Eric Canuel. Scr: Mario Bolduc. DoP: Bernard Couture. Main cast: Michel Cote, Jean Lapointe, Chris Heyerdahl. Shooting from May 26 to July 7 in Montreal.
Contact: Bloom Films, (1) 514 938 2305

LE GOUT DES JEUNES FILLES
(Jeux D'Ombres) Backers: Telefilm Canada, Sodec, Radio Canada. Int'l sales/dist: Christal Films (Can).
Contact: Jeux D'Ombres (1) 514 523 9933

THE STATEMENT
(Serendipity Point Films) Backers: Telefilm Canada, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment. Dist: Sony Pictures Classics (US), ThinkFilm (Can).
Contact: Serendipity Point Films, (1) 416 960 0300