CFTPA Producer's Award
Held on opening day of the Festival, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) Producer's Award acknowledges the vision and entrepreneurship of an independent Canadian producer with a Canadian feature at the Festival. The award comes with a cash prize of $10,000.
The Award furthers the interests of producers by celebrating their outstanding accomplishments as well as promotes and recognizes Canadian industry.
Congratulations to the 2009 CFTPA Producer’s Award winner Kevin Tierney for his work on The Trotsky.
2009 CFTPA Feature Film Producer's Award Nominees:
Peter Raymont – Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Production Company: White Pine Pictures
Filmography: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman, Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma.
Robin Cass – High Life
Production Company: Triptych Media Incorporated. Producing partner, Gary Yates, co-producers Liz Jarvis (Buffalo Gal Pictures) and Avi Federgreen.
Filmography: Zero Patience, Lilies, The Hanging Garden, The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Falling Angels, The Republic of Love, Emotional Arithmetic, As Slow as Possible, Amal.
Jennifer Jonas – Leslie My Name is Evil
Production Company: New Real Films. Producing partner, Leonard Farlinger (New Real Films), co-producer Avi Federgreen.
Filmography: Hungry Hills, Otto; or, Up With Dead People, Toronto Stories, All Hat, Monkey Warfare, Cake, Childstar, Sugar, Elizabeth Rex, The Perfect Son.
Kevin Tierney – The Trotsky
Production Company: Park Ex Pictures
Filmography: Love and Savagery, Serveuses Demandées, Bon Cop/Bad Cop, One Dead Indian, CHOICE : The Henry Morgantaler Story, Twist (EP), Varian’s War, The Life of P.T. Barnam, More Tales of The City, The Song Spinner, Memoirs: Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
David Hamilton – Cooking with Stella
Production Company: Hamilton-Mehta Productions Incorporated
Filmography: Heaven on Earth, Fire, Earth, Lunch with Charles, Bollywood Hollywood, Water, The Forgotten Woman.
2009 CFTPA Producer’s Award Jury:
Robert Merilees (Chair), Producer/President, Foundation Features
Erica Benson, VP Programming, Movie Central and SCREAM, Corus Entertainment
Don Carmody, President, Don Carmody Productions Inc.
Suzanne Girard, CEO and Producer, Filmarto Inc.
Mike Volpe, President, Topsail Productions Ltd.