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25-640: Overpass was shot in September 2014. The film was presented by Telefilm Canada at the Cannes Marché du Film in May 2015. Overpass had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival , where it won the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film . The film was included in the list of Canada's Top Ten short films for 2015, chosen by a panel of five filmmakers and industry professionals. It

50-555: A "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada , a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada's audio-visual heritage. The Toronto International Film Festival ranked it in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time four times, in 1984, 1993, 2004 and 2015. In 2002, readers of Playback voted it the 5th greatest Canadian film of all-time. In 2010, Shebib announced that

75-577: A central role in the development and growth of Canadian cinema around the world. Now under the executive direction of François Macerola , the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund is created. The Fund is a private-public partnership between the federal government of Canada and the cable and satellite television industry, with Telefilm administering the Equity Investment component of the Fund. By

100-425: A small apartment, which they decorate with centrefolds from men's magazines and movie posters. Both men start romances; Joey decides to get married when his girlfriend, Betty (Jayne Eastwood), becomes pregnant. With his new wife he pursues a credit-driven lifestyle undreamt of back home, buying a new colour television, stereo, and furniture all on an installment plan. Disaster strikes when Pete and Joey get laid off at

125-597: Is a Canadian Crown corporation that supports Canada's audiovisual industry. Headquartered in Montreal , Telefilm Canada provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in Vancouver , British Columbia; Toronto , Ontario; Montreal , Quebec; and Halifax, Nova Scotia . The primary mandate of the corporation is to finance and promote Canadian productions through its various funds and programs. As one of

150-682: Is imported from other countries—namely the US. Under the direction of André Lamy, in 1984 the CFDC is renamed "Telefilm Canada" to better reflect the organization's full range of activities in both the film and television industries. With the creation of the Feature Film Fund aimed at supporting feature films by Canadian filmmakers and the Feature Film Distribution Fund that makes credit lines available to Canadian distributors, Telefilm Canada takes

175-611: The Canada Media Fund . The organization is also responsible for choosing Canada's annual submission to the Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film award. Telefilm Canada administers the Canadian government's coproductions, while supporting Canadian filmmakers and their international counterparts to coproduce films and television programs that enjoy the status of national productions in each of

200-532: The CTF programs. The 2012 Canadian federal budget cut funding for the National Film Board of Canada and Telefilm Canada by 10%. Today, following a new four-year plan, Telefilm has made stimulating demand for Canadian screen-based content one of its top priorities. In April 2022, Christa Dickenson announced that she would step down as executive director and CEO effective September 9, 2022. Goin%27 Down

225-783: The Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) to be managed by Telefilm Canada. Beginning April 1, 2001, with an annual budget of $ 100-million, the CFF's primary objective is to build larger audiences in Canada and abroad for Canadian feature films with improved distribution and marketing. Also that year, Telefilm Canada announces guidelines for the Canada New Media Fund, replacing the Multimedia Fund. Budgets grow from $ 6 million, to $ 9 million, and now sit at $ 14 million annually. The latter half of

250-555: The Road Goin' Down the Road is a 1970 Canadian drama film directed by Donald Shebib , co-written by William Fruet and Donald Shebib. It tells the story of two young men who decide to leave the Maritimes , where jobs and fulfilling lives are hard to find, for the excitement and perceived riches of Toronto . It stars Doug McGrath , Paul Bradley , Jayne Eastwood and Cayle Chernin . Despite

275-723: The Road was initially pitched to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as The Maritimers , a television drama. Donald Shebib received a $ 19,000 grant from the Canadian Film Development Corporation . The film was made on a budget of $ 85,000 (equivalent to $ 657,808 in 2023). The film opened at the New Yorker theater in Toronto and played for 22 weeks, a record for a Canadian film. The film earned $ 150,000 (equivalent to $ 1,160,837 in 2023) at

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300-596: The agency's support included Goin' Down the Road (1970), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Shivers (1975), Why Shoot the Teacher (1977), In Praise of Older Women (1978). The early 1980s sees the CFDC's budget increased yet again and the creation of the Canadian Broadcast Program Development Fund to revitalize Canadian television programming. At the time, approximately 85% of all prime time programming on Canadian television

325-412: The box office in its first two months. After 5 months of release in Canada, it had grossed $ 300,000. The New York Times stated that the film was "the most impressive new work of realist cinema in years." The film won the award for Best Feature Film at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards ; McGrath and Bradley also jointly won the award for Best Actor . This film has been designated and preserved as

350-415: The costs, and Betty resents Pete for making the accusation. Unable to find steady work and with bills to pay and Joey and Betty's baby on the way, Pete and Joey resort to stealing food from a local supermarket. The caper results in a grocery clerk being assaulted by the pair when he tries to prevent the robbery. Pete and Joey return to their apartment in the morning to find Betty gone and their possessions on

375-483: The country's feature film industry. Michael Spencer was named the first executive director of the CFDC, which by then included offices in Montreal and Toronto. By 1976, the Canadian government had increased the CFDC's budget to $ 25 million annually, at which point it decided to finance the corporation with an annual parliamentary appropriation. Spencer was replaced by Michael McCabe in May 1978. Notable films produced with

400-597: The decade brings about other changes for Telefilm. In 2005, the minister of Canadian Heritage announced a new collaboration between the organization and the Canadian Television Fund and, with it, renewed funding of CA$ 100 million for Canadian television programming. While the Board of the Canadian Television is responsible for the governance of all programs, Telefilm heads up the administration and delivery of

425-425: The end of the 1990s, in 1998, Telefilm Canada creates a five-year, $ 30-million multimedia fund, aptly-named The Multimedia Fund, with which to support Canadian work in the digital age. The Fund helps Canadians in multimedia to compete effectively in the new technologies arena. With the new millennium, the Canadian government implemented a new Canadian Feature Film Policy, From Script to Screen, that effectively created

450-516: The end of the summer and the trio are forced to move to a smaller, less-comfortable apartment. Pete and Joey find new jobs washing cars and resetting pins in a bowling alley but at much smaller wages than what they received at the bottling factory. Tensions mount at the crowded living situation and the lack of money begins to wear on them, and Betty tells Joey she will soon need to stop working at her waitressing job because of her pregnancy. Pete accuses Joey of not making enough money to support his share of

475-409: The pair's uncouth behaviour and the two are set adrift in the city. The men find jobs at a local ginger-ale bottler for $ 80 per week, a job with tough working conditions that doesn't pay much better than what they could have had back home. They fill their days smoking, drinking beer, and hitting on young women along Toronto's busy Yonge Street strip. They soon turn their good fortune into residency in

500-411: The principal instruments for supporting Canada's audiovisual industry, Telefilm Canada's primary mandate is to provide support and promote all stages of screen-based content through its various funds and programs. It also fosters the commercial, cultural, and industrial success of Canadian productions and to stimulate demand for those productions both at home and abroad. It also administers the programs of

525-711: The province of Quebec . The Ontario Regional office, in operation since 1968 from Toronto, serves both Ontario and Nunavut . The Western Regional office, in operation since 1984 from Vancouver, serves the Western provinces of British Columbia , Alberta , Manitoba , Saskatchewan , the Northwest Territories and the Yukon . In 1967, the Canadian government founded the Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), allocating $ 10 million in support of

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550-475: The respective countries. Headquartered in Montreal , Telefilm Canada provides bilingual services to its clients through four offices located in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. The Atlantic Regional office, in operation since 1984 from Halifax, services New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . The Quebec Regional office is located in the Montreal head office and serves

575-531: The small production budget, the movie is generally regarded as one of the best and most influential Canadian films of all time and has received considerable critical acclaim for its writing, directing and acting. Pete and Joey drive their 1960 Chevrolet Impala from their home on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia to Toronto with the hope of meeting up with their relatives in the city who might be able to help them find jobs; but their relatives hide from what they see as

600-589: The street, after the police came in search of them and their landlord evicted them as troublemakers. Broke, homeless, wanted by the police for theft and assault, and with Betty staying with her aunt and uncle, the pair decide to pawn the rented colour TV set for money in order to make it out to Western Canada . Pete convinces Joey that husbands leave their wives "all the time" and Joey agrees to leave Betty and her unborn child in Toronto, as she will slow them down. The film concludes much as it began, with Pete and Joey driving west in search of greener pastures. Goin' Down

625-427: Was also selected for inclusion in "The Shortest Day", a program of free screenings of short films, in several Canadian cities, in conjunction with the winter solstice . This article related to a Canadian film of the 2010s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Quebec -related film article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada

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