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Wise Girls

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. A service production by imX, this comedy feature film was directed by David Anspaugh, written by John Meadows, and starred Mira Sorvino and Mariah Carey as waitresses who become entangled with the mob. This series contains agreements, call sheets, correspondence, daily production reports, and financial information.

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.

Una Casa con Vista al Mar

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, publicity, and marketing activities of this project. This Spanish-language drama (with English sub-titles) was a Venezuela/Spain/Canada co-production set in the foothills of the Andes. It tells the story of a widowed father and son surviving amidst the cruelty of their neighbours. The 93-minute drama was written and directed by the Venezuelan director Alberto Arvelo and featured the Canadian actor Gabriel Arcand. The cast also included Imanol Arias and Leandro Arvelo. It won awards at film festivals in Biarritz, Huelva, Havana, Mons, Cartagena, and Friburg and was selected as Venezuela's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2002. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, correspondence, a Cannes festival guide, cast and crew lists, character descriptions, a production budget, credits, a dubbing master, electronic press kits, a film pitch, incorporation documents, a marketing and release strategy, negatives and print film, posters, press releases, production stills, release prints, schedules, scripts, a synopsis, trailers, and video recordings.

Trial at Fortitude Bay

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project is an award-winning television drama set in a contemporary Inuit community about a trial of a young Inuit man accused of rape. It focuses on the conflicting cultures and senses of justice. The 92-minute film was shot in Iqaluit, Baffin Island, and Winnipeg. It was co-produced by imX, written by Keith Ross Leckie, directed by Vic Sarin, and starred Henry Czerny and Lolita Davidovich. This series contains agreements, articles of incorporation, correspondence, financial statements, press releases, publicity stills, reports, scripts, the storyboard, and video recordings.

Travelling Medicine Show

Series consists of records documenting the administrative and creative activities of this project. This potential fantasy feature film was about a boy, Akiva, who lives in a world addicted to a "miracle" drug. Akiva must find the secret of the only antidote to the drug in his new home: Dr. Theo's Travelling Medicine Show and Circus. This series contains correspondence, a script, and a one-sheet.

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.

Tineke's Art

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a young man who is cloned from Vincent Van Gogh and seeks the truth of his own existence. This series includes a script.

Those Guys

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential comic feature film developed by Enio Mascherin and Patrick McKenna with imX. It was to star Patrick McKenna and Colin Mochrie. The film tells the story of two best buddies whose lives are not working out when they fall into their dream of running a marina. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a cast list, a scene list, scripts, a budget, one-sheets, and a marketing plan.

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.

The River King

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film, based on best-selling novelist Alice Hoffman's book The River King, is a mystery thriller about small town cops called in to investigate the death of an elite prep school student. The 110-minute drama was filmed in and around Halifax, co-produced by imX, written by Alice Hoffman (novel) and David Kane (screenplay), and directed by Nick Willing. The cast starred Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, Rachelle Lefevre, and John Kapelos. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, call sheets, cast lists, cast photographs, clearances, contact lists, correspondence, crew lists, daily production reports, director's notes, film posters, financial statements, a Genie award application, location and production stills and transparencies, marketing plans, music rights, press releases, press kits, set design sketches, shooting scripts, 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.

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.

The Peggy

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This short thirty-minute drama for television tells the story of two Acadian brothers deciding the fate of their inherited island, playing their childhood game “peggy.” It was set and shot in Sambro, Nova Scotia and represents contemporary Acadian life effectively. It was based on a radio play written by Silver Donald Cameron, with the script also written by Cameron. The Peggy was produced by Chris Zimmer, co-produced and directed by Cordell Wynne, and starred Gabrielle Rose, Marcel Sabourin, and Dennis O'Connor. It was broadcast as part of the CBC series Inside Stories. This series contains agreements, a cast list, credits, correspondence, English dialogue transcripts, music cue sheets, publicity stills, a synopsis, and video recordings.

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.

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.

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.

The Greg Malone Show

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. This potential thirty-minute television situational comedy series is about the star of a comedy show and his on-air and off-air adventures as a homosexual. It was developed by Greg Malone, formerly of CODCO, with imX. This series contains agreements, applications, potential cast and crew lists, a working budget and cost reports, a series overview, and draft scripts.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Sweet Angel Mine

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 son's quest that reveals long-buried secrets about his long-lost father and the resulting horrifying consequences. A 94-minute psychological thriller, this Canada/United Kingdom co-production was set and filmed in Nova Scotia, written by Sue Maheu, and directed by Curtis Radcliffe. Key cast members include Alberta Watson, Anna Massey, and Oliver Milburn. The film won the 1997 International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award. This series contains agreements, audit and financial information, biographies, calendars, call sheets, correspondence, a credit list, crew lists, crew time reports, a film poster, daily production reports, day lists, insurance claims, a music cue sheet, press kits, production stills, resumes, schedules, scripts, storyboards, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Stolen Lives

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. This made-for-television movie, based on the life of international womanizer and swindler Albert Walker, was developed by imX with all rights sold to Alliance and Atlantis, where it was completed and broadcast as A.K.A The Albert Walker Story. The movie was based on the stage play by Peter Colley. This series contains agreements, biographies, character profiles, correspondence, notes, play reviews and a script, a synopsis, scripts, and a treatment.

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.

Stargazing

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. This potential feature film was set in rural Alberta in the 1960s. It was about a mysterious woman who bears a striking resemblance to Marilyn Monroe who arrives in town and then disappears mere days before Monroe is found dead in California. The script was written by Conni Massing and Geoff LeBoutillier. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, cast lists, correspondence, director's notes, a one-sheet, plans, schedules, scripts, a slate package, and a treatment.

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.

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.

Shroom Boom

Series consists of records documenting the creative and legal activities of this project. The production is about an African woman who arrives in Canada for an arranged marriage and is faced with the tough realities of immigrant life as she earns a living as a mushroom cultivator in rural northern British Columbia. This series contains correspondence, a draft script, and a story synopsis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Real Howard Spitz, The/Writer's Block

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. An Imagex co-production with the UK’s Metrodome, this children's feature film is about a down-and-out crime writer who hits it big with his "Crafty Cow" series about a bovine detective. Filmed in and around Halifax and in Los Angeles, the 97-minute children's film was directed by Vadim Jean, written by Jurgen Wolff, and starred Kelsey Grammer, Amanda Donohoe, Genevieve Tessier, and Joseph Rutten. This series contains ACTRA work reports, agreements, applications, audit records, biographical information, budget and other financial information, call sheets, cast and crew lists, correspondence, a credit list, daily production reports, film festival publicity materials, a film inventory, immigration records, insurance documents, location stills, negatives, notes, production stills, publicity materials and prints, schedules, scripts and script revisions, set drawings, shipping information, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Quilts

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project is a thirty-minute dramatic television show filmed in Halifax in 2002 in which a man learns to quilt and finds purpose in his altered circumstances. The script was written by Brian Heighton. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, correspondence, scripts, and schedules.

Politoons

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project is a series of animated cartoons done in the style and tradition of editorial cartoons for television broadcast as interstitial programs and inserts in news magazines and current affairs commentary programs. Animations were based on the cartooning of award-winning Halifax Chronicle-Herald cartoonist Bruce McKinnon. The program was produced by imX, directed by Geoff D’Eon, and broadcast by the CBC. This series contains agreements, applications, broadcaster releases, budget and cash flow reports, cartoonist's work, correspondence, a one-sheet, press kits, press releases, schedules, storyboards, s synopsis, and video recordings.

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.

Pier 19

Series consists of records documenting the creative and financial activities of this project. The project was a potential dramatic series for television based on an imaginary dance club on the Halifax waterfront for under-the-drinking-age young people. The pilot script was written by Michael Melski. This series contains development funding documentation and scripts.

Perseverance

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Released as A Lobster Tale, this feature film tells the story of an impoverished Maine lobster fisherman who discovers a handful of glowing seaweed that heals various ailments and the dilemmas about what will be done with the discovery. Perseverance was directed by Adam Massey, written by Court Crandall, and starred Colm Meaney, Alberta Watson, and Graham Greene. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, correspondence, location stills, research notes, schedules, scripts, and one-sheets.

Partition

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project is a dramatic feature film set in India in 1947 that tells the love story of a Sikh soldier and a young Muslim woman in a world dominated by hate. The script was written by Vic Sarin, who also directed the film, and Patricia Finn. It was developed by imX. Partition was released in 2007 and starred Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, and Neve Campbell. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, cast lists, correspondence, crew lists, financial information, location stills, one-sheets, reader's reports, schedules, script notes, scripts, shoot notes, a shot list, a synopsis, a test screening questionnaire and results, viewer feedback, and video recordings.

One Love

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film based on the script by Tom Gallant that has now been published as A Hard Chance - Sailing into the Heart of Love. This series contains agreements, biographies, correspondence, one-sheet publicity promotion, script notes, and a synopsis.

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.

No One Thinks of Greenland/Guy X

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. No One thinks of Greenland was a Cold War-era black comedy based on John Griesemer's novel by the same name. Materials in this series document imX's involvement in the pre-production of the film, which was eventually produced and released by another company as Guy X. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies and crew resumes, casting research, correspondence, character descriptions, financial breakdowns and a proposed budget, potential location stills, a provisional schedule, a set listing, and a script.

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.

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.

Mindshadows

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This film was based on J. Bernlef's best-selling novel Hersenschimmen ( Out of Mind). It focuses on a Dutch married couple living in Cape Breton and coping with the husband's advancing Alzheimer's disease. The 113-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Heddy Honigman, and written by J. Bernlef. The cast starred Joop Admiraal and Marja Kok. Mindshadows was shown at film festivals in Berlin and Montreal in the 1980s and was also included in the 1993 retrospective of Canadian film Les Cinema du Canada in Paris. This series contains agreements, correspondence, a crew list, credits, film posters, production stills, promotional materials, release prints, scripts, transcripts, a treatment, and video recordings.

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.
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