Corus and CFTPA fund young filmmakers

BANFF - Corus Entertainment and the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) today announced the successful applicants for their 2005 Young Filmmaker’s Initiative. Now in its fourth year, the $1-million program provides aspiring Canadian filmmakers between the ages of 16 and 24 with the financial resources, professional guidance, and hands-on experience needed to produce their first short film. Completed films are given an exclusive, national broadcast premiere on one of Corus Entertainment’s television services – YTV, W Network, Movie Central, CMT, Treehouse TV, Discovery Kids, The Documentary Channel or SCREAM. A jury consisting of CFTPA and Corus Entertainment executives...