Publications

The Academy's publications have and continue to fulfill a need in the Canadian film and television industry to know more about itself and promote itself to the world. Analytical, educational, statistical, promotional, and historical, these publications have sold around the world.

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The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg
Making It: The Business of Film and Television Production in Canada
Telling It: Writing for Canadian Film and Television
Selling It: The Marketing of Canadian Films
And The Genie Goes To... Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards
Who's Who in Canadian Film and Television

The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg

OUT OF PRINT - Not available at this time
Editors: Piers Handling
Co-published with the ACCT
The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg
1983
ISBN 0-7736-11371
Publisher: General Publishing Co. Limited

Description

"I wanted to show the unshowable, to speak the unspeakable!"

Using startling images David Cronenberg shocks and disturbs us as his films travel through a nightmare world where the grotesque and the bizarre make our flesh creep. Yet beneath the blood and gore, Cronenberg has carved out a reputation as one of the masters of the horror and science-fiction genre.

The Shape of Rage is the first to deal with the work of Cronenberg. Seven critics examine what it is that these horrific films are saying to us. They explore and analyze Cronenberg's explosive creations, from the unique Stereo, through such masterpieces as The Brood, Scanners and Videodrome, to The Dead Zone.

Serving as a counterpoint and insight into the man and his work is a frank, searching and comprehensive interview with Cronenberg himself - a brilliant and relentlessly provocative challenger of our sensibilities and our passions.

Cover photograph by Nigel Dickson.

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Making It: The Business of Film and Television Production in Canada

OUT OF PRINT - Not available at this time
Editors: Barbara Hehner and Andra Sheffer
Co-published with the ACCT

Making It: The Business of Film and Television Production in Canada
1995
ISBN 0-385-25514-4
Publisher: Doubleday Canada / Random House 1-800-668-4247

Description

Making It, the only book on how to produce films in Canada is a step-by-step guide to the complex business of film and television production. Each chapter is written by an expert in a particular area of film production.

Making It is a totally new edition of the Academy's highly successful 1987 edition of Making It which has gone through three reprints. The enormous changes in the industry during these past 8 years required a new edition reflecting the complexity and sophistication of the industry today.

The book provides how-to facts on all aspects of production, from development through budgeting and financing to distribution, publicity and the law. Author experts include Alexandra Raffé, Laël McCall, Charles Zamaria, Steve Ord, Tom Dent-Cox, Ismé Bennie, Marie-Claude Poulin, W. Paterson Ferns, Kevin Tierney, Diana Cafazzo, Douglas Barrett and Seaton McLean.

Reviews

"Making It is the best yet guide to the business of film and television production in Canada. It is must reading for all film professionals wanting to keep on top of a constantly changing industry."
- Norman Jewison

"I heartily recommend Making It to all aspiring filmmakers, producers, and others with an interest in the Canadian film and television industry. Making It is 'must' reading."
- Michael MacMillan, Chairman and CEO, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.

"A comprehensive, entertainingly written primer, Making It is sure to become the handbook on Canadian film and television". - Robert Lantos, Chairman and CEO, Serendipity Point Films

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Telling It: Writing for Canadian Film and Television

OUT OF PRINT - Not available at this time
Editor Anne Frank

Telling It: Writing for Canadian Film and Television
1996
ISBN 0-385-25584-5
Publisher: Doubleday Canada / Random House 1-800-668-4247

Description

Telling It cuts straight to the heart of any filmmaking endeavor: the storyline. For all the attention lavished on directors, actors and producers, it is the writer whose work is the most vital. Without a script, there can be no film.

This collection of essays on writing for film and television in Canada features the shared wisdom of the industries' most talented writers, as well as insights from producers, directors and other professionals in film development.

Here is all the writer needs to know about the business of writing for film and television; but, more important, Telling It is a guide to earning a living as a writer for the large or small screen in Canada.

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Selling It: The Marketing of Canadian Films

OUT OF PRINT - Not available at this time
Editor Joan Irving
Co-published with the ACCT

Selling It: The Marketing of Canadian Films
1995
ISBN 0-385-25515-2
Publisher: Doubleday Canada / Random House 1-800-668-4247

Description

Selling It explains the complex business of marketing feature films in Canada with contributing essays from leading experts: producers, distributors, marketing managers, publicists and others. This book is for anyone involved in making and selling film.

Selling It, the companion volume to Making It, takes us behind the scenes to reveal the secrets of successful marketing strategies. From campaign creation to execution, from art-work to sponsorship, invaluable marketing insights and know-how come from contributors including Howard Lichtman, Harriet Bernstein, Arvi Liimatainen, Kevin Tierney, Victor Loewy, Andrew Dowler, André Bennett, Sam Wendel, Pierre David, Anne Gregor, Gerard Dab, and Anthony Ciancotta.

Reviews

"This book does a remarkable job of demystifying the marketing and selling of Canadian film. I found it informative, honest and timely."
- Atom Egoyan, filmmaker

"Selling It contains a wealth of detail about our industry's most consuming preoccupation - the marketplace and how to get to it."
- Alexandra Raffé, CEO Ontario Film Development Corporation

"Every wanna-be film producer must read this book. Every filmmaker should get their producer to read it. Anyone serious about what happens to their film after it's in the can should devour the information in these pages. Invaluable."
- Piers Handling, Director, Toronto International Film Festival Group

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And the Genie Goes To...

AVAILABLE - Contact the Academy's National Office (Toronto)
Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards
by Maria Topalovich

And The Genie Goes To… Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards
2000
ISBN 0-7737-3238-1
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Company Ltd. 1-800-387-0141

Description

This anthology of photography and commentary was launched by Stoddart Publishing Company Ltd. in the autumn of 2000. It traces the often turbulent evolution of the Canadian Film Awards presentations from 1949 to 1999, and documents the coming of age of the Canadian film industry over the same period.

With over two hundred unique photos of the people, films, and the awards ceremonies themselves, this book celebrates a proud tradition and marks the beginning of a new century of continued excellence in Canadian filmmaking.

The Genie and Canadian Film Award winners are also listed in the Academy archives in Canada's Awards Database

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Who's Who in Canadian Film & Television (2002)

OUT OF PRINT - Not available at this time
Who's Who in Canadian Film & Television
2002
ISBN 0831-6309
Publisher: Bookmark Publishing Group

Description

From A to Z, writers to post-production sound mixers, this is the official directory of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. This indispensable guide lists contact information, biographies and filmographies of behind-the-camera talent in Canadian film and television.

Included in this edition are: administrative support personnel, art directors, casting agents, cinematographers, composers, communications personnel, creative support personnel, directors, editors, executives, producers, screenwriters, sound personnel, visual effects and animation specialists.

For anyone who wants to know about the professionals in the Canadian film and television industry, here is the essential information. A limited edition.

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