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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 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.

Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey/Drug Warrior

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Directed by Connie Littlefield, Damage Done was a documentary co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada. It featured interviews with current and former members of law enforcement who disagreed with the way in which the illegal drugs trade was policed and prosecuted. This series contains agreements, applications, budget materials, a crew list, a credit roll, film festival and awards documents, financing schedules, press clippings, a marketing plan, publicity clips, stock footage, interviews, reference materials, and video and audio recordings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Midday Sun

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 Canadian volunteer with good intentions to change the world who is placed in a small African village. It was shot in Zimbabwe and is notable for its unsentimental documentation of the contemporary African landscape, people, and lifestyle. The 94-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, written and directed by Lulu Keating, and starred Isabelle Mejias, George Seremba, and Jackie Burroughs. This series contains agreements, a cast contact list, credits, crew lists, dialogue transcripts, film posters, location stills, a music cue sheet, a one-sheet, a press kit, release prints, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

The Movies Come to Gull Point

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film based on a combination of Will R. Bird short stories, including the title story. It was to focus on a fictional Newfoundland village in 1915 and three local boys who are drawn into the First World War. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, the original story, outlines, production notes, research materials, one-sheets, scripts, and schedules.

My Little Eye

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was co-produced by imX with Working Title for Universal in 2002. It was directed by Marc Evan, written by David Hilton, and produced by Jon Finn. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, call sheets, a camera equipment list, incorporation documents, film posters, scripts, schedules, and video recordings.

New Waterford Girl

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film is a 95-minute comedy that tells the story of coming of age and wanting to go down the road and escape 1970s Cape Breton. This re-telling of a perennial Atlantic Canadian story is now told from the perspective of two girls and the challenges of actually leaving. It was also notable for being written by Tricia Fish as her first script after her year at the Canadian Film Centre. The film was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Allan Moyle, and starred Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Mary Walsh. New Waterford Girl was nominated for seven Genie Awards and won best Canadian and Nova Scotia features at the Atlantic Film Festival. It was also screened at film festivals in Berlin, New York, Rotterdam, Sundance, Toronto, and Vancouver. This series contains agreements, applications, a cast list, clearances, correspondence, a crew report, film posters, incorporation documents, payroll reports, a press kit, publicity stills, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

North/Northeast Ventures

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, financial, and legal activities of this group. North/Northeast Ventures was a branch of imX Communications that owned an interest in the CineSite Film and Television Production Centre in Burnside, Nova Scotia together with other film and television production companies. This series contains agreements, correspondence, a corporate seal, and wind-up of the corporate group.

The Other Side of the Pole

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential animated Christmas feature film to be completed by Helix Animation. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and photographs.

Pierre Boulez : The Rite of Spring

Series consists of records documenting the creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. This potential program for CBC television documenting Pierre Boulez at the Scotia Festival of Music in 1991 performing the Rite of Spring was never broadcast because rights for the music were not procured. The series contains research documents, a budget, a production agreement, and video recordings.

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.

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.

The Red Glove

Series consists of records documenting the legal activities of this project. The project was a potential short film written by Joel Kristopher Bennett about a teenage girl who bears the outward signs of abuse but is actually a boxer. This series contains a writer's agreement and a script.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Safety Glass

Series consists of records documenting the financial activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film. This series includes a proposed budget.

Santa Jr

Series consists of records documenting the creative and financial activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film. This series contains a proposed budget and a script.

Songs In Ordinary Time

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. Based on the novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris, this made-for-television film was directed by Rod Holcomb. The screenplay was written by Malcolm MacRury and starred Sissy Spacek, Beau Bridges, and Keir Dullea. This series contains agreements, an audit report, a cast list, correspondence, daily production reports, day lists, incorporation documents, notes, payroll documentation, screenplays, and scripts.

Stanley's Palace

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television series in co-production with Sienna Films in Ontario that did not go ahead with a distributor/broadcast commitment. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, correspondence, outlines and proposals, reports, schedules, scripts, and treatments.

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.

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.

McBeth's

Series consists of records documenting the administrative and financial activities of this project. The feature film was eventually produced and released by another production company in 2001 as Scotland, Pa. This series contains correspondence and a proposed budget.

Rita MacNeil in Japan

Series consists of records documenting the production and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project is a documentary which follows Rita MacNeil touring and performing in Japan in 1985. Chris Zimmer's first production was produced for the CBC. It was directed by Lulu Keating and written by Chris Zimmer. This series contains a two-sheeter and video recordings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Seats 3A & 3C

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of Seats 3A & 3C productions. This innovative film series tells contemporary stories in low-budget, digital, feature-film formats developed and entirely owned by Imagex. There are four films in this series: Dragonwheel, Love that Boy, Past Perfect, and The Wild Dogs.

Dragonwheel, a romantic comedy set in Halifax, Mexico City, Barcelona, Tokyo, and on flights in between, was the directorial debut of Tricia Fish, writer of New Waterford Girl. Fish also wrote the screenplay. Dragonwheel starred Graham Gavine and Krista MacDonald.

Love That Boy tells the quirky story of an over-achieving, soon-to-be college graduate improbably falling in love with her 14-year-old neighbour. The 85-minute drama was written by Andrea Dorfman and Jennifer Deyell, directed by Andrea Dorfman, and starred Nadia Litz, Adrien Dixon, Nicki Barnett, PJ Crosby, and Dax Ravina.

Past Perfect follows two passengers sitting in adjoining seats, Seats 3a and 3c, on a flight from Vancouver to Halifax who fall in love and then meet two years later. The film was the directorial debut for Daniel MacIvor, who also wrote the script. The 82-minute drama's cast included Daniel McIvor, Rebecca Jenkins, and Maury Chaykin. Past Perfect won the award for Outstanding Performance as an actor at the Atlantic Film Festiva in 2002.

The Wild Dogs is set and photographed in contemporary Bucharest and brings together the stories of a reluctant city dog-catcher, a diplomat's wife, and a visiting Canadian pornographer. It was directed and written by Thom Fitzgerald, who also played a leading on-camera role. The 97-minute drama starred Alberta Watson, David Hayman, Rachel Blanchard, Thom Fitzgerald, and Mihai Calota. It won awards at the 2002 Atlantic Film Festival for Best Canadian Feature, Best Direction, Excellence in Sound Design, and Excellence in Editing.

This series contains agreements, applications, budgets, cast lists, clearances, correspondence, credits, crew biographies, crew lists, day files and video footage, dialogue transcriptions, financial records, marketing plans, outlines, photographic stills and transparencies, a pitch package, press kits, production reports, release prints, research, schedules, scripts, sound notes, sub-titling, treatments, video recordings, and website development plans.

The Pilot's Wife

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. One of imX’s service productions, this made-for-television movie was directed by Robert Markowitz, written by Anita Shreve (based on her novel) and Christine Berardo, and starred Christine Lahti and Campbell Scott. This series contains agreements, budgets, call sheets, camera tests, clearances, correspondence, crew lists, day lists, daily production reports, incorporation documents, insurance documents, payroll documentation, releases, and video recordings.

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.

Take That

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project is a thirty-minute pilot for a television series on alternative medicine that was never broadcast. It was hosted by Ann Dirksen, directed by Ron Murphy, written by Valerie Mansour, and developed with Robin Johnston (the producer of the CBC’s Street Cents). This series contains agreements, applications, a budget, correspondence, credits, crew lists, research notes, photographs, scripts, schedules, press materials, and video recordings.

Title Shot : The Life and Times of Sam Langford

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential made-for-television movie based on the story of the black boxer from Weymouth, Nova Scotia in the early 1900s. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, a cost report, research, one-sheets, an outline, schedules, script notes, and scripts.

Shelter

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential co-production with the company A Little Something Productions Inc. of a television pilot thirty minutes in length. This series contains agreements, a budget, correspondence, scripts, a treatment, a production cost report, and video recordings.

The Sickle and the Stranger

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, and legal activities of this project. This series contains agreements, correspondence, scripts, and a synopsis.

Stay Tooned

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential thirty-minute animated television sketch-comedy series in the vein of Saturday Night Live and Politoons. This series contains correspondence and development applications.

Weight of Water

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film, based on Anita Shreve's novel of the same name, was co-produced by imX and Miracle Pictures for Canal+ in 1999. It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starred Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, and Sarah Polley. This series contains agreements, applications, biographical information, a budget memo, cast lists, correspondence, cost reports, crew lists, film posters, schedules, scripts, a storyboard, a treatment, and video recordings.

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.

Air Guitar in Oulu : [film production records]

Series consists of records documenting the creative and legal activities of this project. This quirky one-hour documentary directed by Kent Sobey follows Andrew Buckles on his journey to Oulu, Finland to compete in the World Air Guitar Competition. The film was produced between 2002 and 2003 for Bravo!, and the Independent Film Channel. Geoffrey Turnbull was producer and Chris Zimmer was Executive Producer. Cinematography was done by Les Krizsan. Air Guitar in Oulu received attention from international media and has been compared to such acclaimed films as Project Grizzly and American Movie. This series contains agreements,, a synopsis, and a production overview.

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.

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.
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