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Levy is new CFPTA chair

OTTAWA – Breakthrough Films and Television executive producer Ira Levy will be the new chair of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association. He was elected by the new board of the association, and his appointment will be approved at the CFTPA’s annual general meeting in Banff on June 11th. Levy replaces veteran producer Laszlo Barna of Barna-Alper Productions. "It is a privilege to represent the views of producers on a national scale. I hope to hammer home the reality that producers are truly the people who take the risk to make content for the TV shows, films and interactive...