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After Dresden

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and advertising activities relating to this project. This potential dramatic feature film was developed with writer David Vainola. It was about a young man searching for his family and his home, taking up residence in a family estate in rural England without revealing his identity. This series contains correspondence, development agreement working files, development schedule, notes, reports, scripts, synopses, and one-sheets.

And I Loved them Madly

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, and financial activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film to be based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Parkhill. This series contains biographies, correspondence, a script, notes, a draft budget, and location images.

Bailey

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Also known as Puppy Love, this potential feature film co-production with Devine Entertainment in England was eventually made by another co-producer in Ontario. It was released as Bailey’s Billions, about a dog that inherits a fortune. This series contains applications, biographies, budget matters, cast and crew lists, legal matters, schedules, and marketing plans.

The Beastery

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential co-production with Lion Share Pictures of an action film developed by Pinewood Studios, written by Frank Graves in 1995. The series includes one script.

Big Top Under a Northern Sky

Series consists of records documenting the creative, financial, and production activities of this project. The project was a potential documentary on the history of circuses in Canada that was pitched to the CBC as a one-hour documentary or a documentary series. This series contains background information, interviews, video recordings, a proposal, the CBC pitch and feedback.

The Bird Artist

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film set in early 20th-century Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and delves into a family's dark secrets. This series includes one script.

Buddy and Hoss

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. Developed by David Abitson, this animation project was centred on two auto mechanics and the world of car racing. It remained in pre-development and was never brought to production. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budget development, correspondence, character and set sketches, a storyboard, one-sheets, a synopsis, and treatments.

Cadillac Girls

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film, set in Cape Breton and filmed in various Nova Scotia locations, tells the story of a Maritime woman and her daughter coming home from British Columbia and offers the 1990's response to what happens after Maritimers “go down the road". The 96-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Nicholas Kendall, and written by Peter Behrens. The cast starred Jennifer Dale, Mia Kirshner, and Gregory Harrison. The film also featured Adam Beach early in his career. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, copyright documents, correspondence, a cost summary, film posters, licenses, negatives, a press kit, production stills, publicity stills, a release copy, schedules, screening copies, scripts and transcripts, the trailer, and video recordings.

The Can

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television sitcom that was pitched to the CBC and was to focus on accountants and auditors working for Revenue Canada. This series contains agreements, budget development working papers, a cast list, correspondence, funding applications, scripts, and storylines.

Cashfire

Series consists of records documenting the creative and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about the story of a Russian immigrant in the United States who finds herself caught up in a financial scandal. It was intended to be co-produced with a Russian production company. This series contains an agreement, a script, and a synopsis.

Cassandra's Wedding

Series consists of records documenting the administrative and creative activities of the project. The project was a potential feature film about one twin sister trying to undo the wedding of the other. This series contains correspondence, a script, and a proposed treatment.

Celtic Mass for the Sea

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential Canada/Scotland co-production that was to be an hour-long television program based on the Scottish premier of Celtic Mass for the Sea, written by Scott MacMillan and Jennyfer Brickenden. This series contains agreements, applications, correspondence, proposals, a production schedule and budget, research, press releases, and press clippings. Also included is an audio recording of Celtic Mass for the Sea.

Christmas Story

Series consists of records documenting the preliminary legal activities of this potential project. This series includes a co-production agreement.

Clothesline Patch

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This half-hour television program, written by Donna Morrisey and directed by Mary Lewis, was a coming-of-age tale of a girl in 1960s Newfoundland. It received the 2002 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Short Program. This series contains agreements, correspondence, a credit list, a production schedule, screening copies, video recordings, a script, a one-sheet, and a press kit.

Crafty Cow

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential children's animated series starring a bovine detective, introduced in Imagex's The Real Howard Spitz. It was a major initiative for imX. This series contains agreements, an assignment of copyright, biographies, consent documents, correspondence, financial development applications, notes, a one-sheet, research, scripts, schedules, sample images, video and audio recordings, and a website proposal.

The Divine Ryans

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. A feature film set in 1960s St. John's, Newfoundland, The Divine Ryans was based on the Wayne Johnston novel of the same name and was the first of Johnston's novels to be made into a feature film. The 90-minute drama tells the story of how young Draper Doyle tries to solve the mystery of his father's death with the help of an eccentric uncle. Johnston also wrote the screenplay. The Divine Ryans was directed by Stephen Reynolds and starred Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Joy, Wendel Meldrum, Mary Walsh, and Jordan Harvey. It was nominated for three Genies and won the Best Actor Award for Jordan Harvey and Best Atlantic Canadian Screenwriting at the Atlantic Film Festival. It was shown at film festivals in Dublin, Vancouver, and Sedona, among others. Files for this production have been fully retained. This series contains agreements, applications, call sheets, ACTRA contracts, continuity notes, correspondence, credits, crew lists, daily production reports, film posters, financial accounting and budget records, incorporation documents, interviews, location-related administrative materials, licenses, negative footage, payroll, photographs, picture and sound reports, press releases, press kits, release prints, sound tracks, screening copies, a synopsis, trailers, trims and other film, and video and audio recordings.

The Divine Ryans : The Series

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential 13-episode dramatic series for television based on the book and feature film The Divine Ryans written by Wayne Johnston. This series contains agreements, development applications, biographies, a development budget, a development schedule, a synopsis, and a one-sheet.

Doc McLelland

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential television series about a doctor in rural Cape Breton. This series contains a series outline and input.

Dr. Rock and Roll

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a doctor that plays in a band and lives in the seedy part of the city who comes to learn the stories of the people who live on the streets. This series contains applications, budgets, correspondence, development agreements, proposals, scripts, and a series treatment.

East of the Moon

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film set in Second World War Iceland in a place where the villagers' belief in the "hidden people" of Icelandic mythology foil military attempts to build a look-out. This series contains agreements, a budget, a cast list, correspondence, a pitch, a one-sheet, reports, a synopsis, and scripts.

Elephant Winter

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Based on the novel by Kim Echlin of the same title, this potential feature film is the story of the elephants and elephant keeper on a wildlife farm allowing a woman to deal with her life. This series contains agreements, applications, a budget, correspondence, contracts, scripts, a synopsis, and a one-sheet.

Eliot Rocket

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film in which a workaholic with serious commitment issues returns home after his father suffers a stroke. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and a script.

The Event

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project is a feature film that went on to be produced by Emotion Pictures, the company of director and co-writer Thom Fitzgerald. This series contains agreements, biographies, correspondence, director's notes, incorporation documents, investment applications, marketing notes, a script, and a synopsis.

Evil Dwarf

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. This series contains a comic book published by ImageX.

Flight : Searching for Scotland

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This 50-minute documentary for television follows and documents traces of Scottish identity which survive in Canada and includes extensive visual evidence of Scottish influences across Canada. The film was a co-production between Imagex Films and Antonine Films in Glasgow and was filmed mainly in Cape Breton and Ontario. This series contains applications, agreements, correspondence, cue sheets, a project synopsis, proposals, scripts, and video recordings.

Folle Embellie

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film is set in 1942 war-time France and follows inmates released from an institution by the chaos of the war. The 100-minute drama was written and directed by Dominique Cabrera and starred Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Yoland Moreau, Gabriel Arcand, and Pascale Montpetit. A France/Belgium/Canada co-production, the film was completed in French with English sub-titles. This series contains agreements, applications, a cast list, a chain of title, correspondence, cost reports, credits, dialogue translations, director's notes, incorporation documents, press releases, publicity-related materials, schedules, scripts, a synopsis, and video recordings.

For Better or For Worse

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This animated series for television presents a humourous, incisive, and endearing portrayal of a modern suburban family. It was based on Lyn Johnston's popular Canadian cartoon strip. The television series was co-produced by imX, broadcast by Teletoon, and consisted of sixteen episodes, each of which were eleven minutes in length. This series contains agreements, applications, cast and crew lists, correspondence, incorporation documents, press releases, production stills, scripts, schedules, a series outline, syndication histories, and video recordings.

Formerly, Gus McPhee

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. This potential dramatic feature film was a romantic comedy based on a script by Hans Boggild. It tells the story of a Nova Scotian fisherman who reinvents himself as a successful singer in Toronto under a new persona. This series contains agreements, budgets, correspondence, casting audition sheets, resumes, an editor's report, a distribution/marketing plan, music notes, a synopsis, scripts, notes on the screenplay, and a production schedule.

Great Butterfly Hunt

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. Also known as Brendan's Dream and The Dream Warrior, this potential children's feature film was written by T.H. Hatte and centres on the Monarch butterfly migration that occurs in Mexico every year. This series contains agreements, applications, a biography, correspondence, research, script notes and a script, and a synopsis and treatment.

Hank and Jimmie

Series consists of records documenting the legal activities of this project. The project is a documentary film about country singer Hank Snow and his son, the Rev. Jimmie Rogers Snow. This series contains distribution and production agreements.

Helix Animation

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this group. This is the branch of imX Communications that operated an animation studio in Halifax and in Sydney. The series contains accounting records, agreements, auditor's reports and financial statements, a company outline, a company publicity profile, correspondence, employment records, management reports, and project materials.

House of Mirth

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature in co-production with the South African Film Finance Corporation based on the Edith Wharton novel of the same name. This series contains the slate package.

Human Amusements

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. This potential television series followed the Pendergast family from St. John's to Toronto and was based on Wayne Johnston's first novel of the same title. The program was based on characters created by Wayne Johnston and was about a young man who spent his childhood as a child star and now has to find his own identity. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, cast lists, correspondence, director's notes, a marketing and distribution plan, one-sheets, outlines, schedules, set detail lists, a series treatment, script notes and scripts, a show bible, a slate package, and a synopsis.

I Am the Walrus

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a group of friends who fight their way out of their lower-class beginnings. This series contains the script.

ImageX

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. ImageX was a subsidiary company of imX Communications. The two names, ImageX and imX, are sometimes found within the same file. All corporate records relating to ImageX have been retained.

imX

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this company. All corporate files relating to imX have been retained, including the electronic records of corporate administration and operations of imX copied from hard drives. Electronic materials include textual, graphic, and audio-visual materials in various digital formats. Some of these materials are digital copies of materials in project series that were maintained on drives. Some materials in this series exist in project files printed on paper or copied to disc or tape. This series contains accounting and budget information, agreements, annual financial statements, biographies, business plans, business and legal arrangements and agreements, corporate logos, conference records, correspondence, demos, distribution arrangements and agreements, educational mentorship information, film development information, playback questionnaires, pre-development scripts, promotional materials for various film festivals, press releases, promotional stills, and documentation on web site development and design.

In Service

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This short drama is based on a story written by Maxine Tynes, with the screenplay written by Maxine Tynes and Lulu Keating. It is set in Halifax's black community in the 1990s and tells the story of a young girl working for an affluent family. The program was broadcast as part of the CBC series Inside Stories. This series contains agreements, budgets, call sheets, contact lists, correspondence, crew lists, incorporation documents, schedules, scripts, tape records, and video recordings.

Julie Walking Home

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was a Canada/Poland/Germany co-production under the direction of Agniezska Holland. It stars Miranda Otto and Lothaire Bluteau. The film is a 118-minute drama that tells the story of a woman finding a cure for the inoperable cancer of her son and, simultaneously, a new love and meaning for her life. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, a cast list, a credit list, crew lists, correspondence, electronic press kits, day files, music cue sheets, press releases and other materials, production stills, schedules, scripts, and video recordings.

Keep Away from Me

Series consists of records documenting the administrative and creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a young man who believes he is bad luck and vows to stay away from women until he meets the woman of his dreams. This series contains correspondence, a script, and a synopsis.

The Last Dwarf

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential series of thirty-minute animated programs with computer generated backgrounds. It was in pre-development but was never completed. The project was set in the near future and proposed to create the character of a strange but lovable outsider looking for clues about his origins. A companion comic book series was also developed. This series contains agreements, applications, a budget, character sketches, comic books, contract lists, research, a script, a series proposal, a press kit and posters, and trademark and treatment documents.

Latitudes

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This documentary series about competitive boat racing and extreme sailing was developed by imX. A pilot episode was completed but a sponsor could not be organized, so the project was ultimately dropped. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, marketing strategies and a distribution plan, one-sheets, photographs, a pitch package, reports, research, a schedule, a storyboard, a synopsis, documentation on website development, and a video recording.

Laughabout

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This potential thirty-minute comedy series of thirteen planned episodes intended to follow three stand-up comedians on the road in Canada, Italy, and Japan. The project was conceived by David Vainola and Ron Thompson and was developed by imX with CTV. It was eventually dropped by the broadcaster. This series contains agreements, biographies, correspondence, budgets, series guides, a schedule, and a one-sheet promotional publication.

Lawyers in Love

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. This potential feature film was to tell the story of a contemporary married couple, both lawyers, wanting to escape from their marriage. As they finalize the details of their separation at their Cape Cod summer home, murder becomes the simpler solution. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, cast lists, correspondence, scripts, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Les Deux Charles

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential two-part television movie based on Alfred Silver's novel Acadia that was to tell the story of Charles de la Tour and Charles d'Aulnay and their historical battles to gain control of Acadie in the 17th century. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, a distribution plan, one-sheets, outlines, schedules, and scripts.

Love and Death on Long Island

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film tells the story of a venerated English novelist obsessed with a young American B-movie actor. The 93-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, directed and written by first-time director Richard Kwietniowski, and starred John Hurt and Jason Priestley. Kwietniowski was awarded prizes for the best new director at BAFTA in London, at Cannes, and at the New York Film Festival. This series contains agreements and contracts, a budget, cast and crew lists, correspondence, accounting and payroll records, daily production reports, daily shooting and tape logs, film footage, film posters, press kits, press releases, production stills, rush tape reports, schedules, storyboards, and a synopsis.

Love, Sex and Eating the Bones

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film is set in the contemporary black urban underground of Toronto and focuses on a man in the early stages of a relationship with a woman while trying to overcome his addiction to pornography. The 100-minute romantic comedy was co-produced by imX, written and directed by David Sutherland, and starred Hill Harper and Marlyne Afflack. This series contains agreements, a budget, correspondence, daily production sheets, a marketing plan, a project summary, a proposal, producer's notes, a public relations packet, readers' reports, scripts, schedules, a synopsis, and test screening data.

Margaret's Museum

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film, based on the short story by Sheldon Currie entitled "The Glace Bay Miners' Museum," focuses on coal miners and their families in 1940s Cape Breton. The 114-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Mort Ransen, written by Sheldon Currie, and starred Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, and Kate Nelligan. It was nominated for eleven Genies in 1995, winning the awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress. The film was also awarded best picture awards at the annual San Sebastian Festival in Spain, the Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Atlantic Film Festival. All records were kept as an example of the imX production process. The series contains accounting and payroll records, agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, call sheets, correspondence, cost reports, a credit and contact list, crew lists, a dialogue list, location scout stills, location sketches, music cue sheets, press kits, press releases, production documents, production stills, posters, production reports, research notes, schedules, scripts, a supplier contact list, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Matthew

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential animated television program for children. This series contains correspondence about the production.
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