The Harold Greenberg Fund Script Program, a financing program from the entertainment company Astral Media, unveiled twenty-four upcoming Canadian films - chosen out of ninety-nine films - that will get its financial support.
Moreover, the selection of films include Neuromancer, an adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk novel directed by Vincenzo Natali (Cube), and Prisoner of Tehran, from Kari Skogland (Fifty Dead Men Walking). If you're an enthusiast of literature, you'll notice the presence of the film Cockroach, which is an adaptation of a novel by award-winning author Rawi Hage.
Now, without further ado, let's have a cursory look at the films that will get funded.
Story Optioning
Bottle Rocket Hearts
Sonia Hosko, Michelle Mama and Stephanie Markowitz
Screenwriters: Zoe Whittall and Linsey Stewart
Cockroach
Films du Boulevard Inc.
Screenwriter: Arto Paragamian
The Program
Acqua Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Hal Niedzviecki
Consecrated Ground
Emotion Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Prisoner of Tehran
Miracle Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Kari Skogland
The Contest
Cache Film and Television Inc.
First Draft
90 Days
Apsara Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Brendan Howley
Jumbo’s Clown Room
Hellground Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Alison Murray and Alex Pugsley
The Northern Star
1078459 Ontario Inc.
Screenwriters: David Devine and Malcolm Clarke
Second Draft
Drifters
Temple Street Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Meghan Martin and Adriana Capozzi
Grade Five
Sienna Films Development Inc.
Screenwriter: Tricia Fish
Horse
Park Ex Pictures Inc.
Screenwriters: Pat Kiely, Darren Curtis and Matt Silver
Life on the Edge
Indian Grove Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Emily Pohl-Weary
Love and Science
Devonshire Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Elyse Friedman
The Last Crossing
Minds Eye Development Inc.
Screenwriter: Rob King
Monster Lawns
The Factory Backwards
Screenwriters: Max Reid and Adam Reid
Final Draft
Consecrated Ground
Emotion Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Lawrence and Holloman
Ameland Films Inc.
Screenwriters: Daniel Arnold and Matthew Kowalchuk
Neuromancer
Fire Development Inc.
Screenwriter: Vincenzo Natali
Prisoner of Tehran
Miracle Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Kari Skogland
The Troll Under the Table
Capri Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Brad Peyton
Truck Stop
Miracle Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Bonnie Fairweather
Polish & Packaging
Sea Witches
Shaftesbury Films Inc. and MacRury Here Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Malcom MacRury and Adriana Maggs
I Shot the Sheriff
Conquering Lions Pictures Inc.
Screenwriters: Clement Virgo and Karen X. Tulchinsky
