NFB, Brazilian Producers Association Announce Development Fund Winners

CANNES, October 12: The National Film Board of Canada, the
Ministry of Culture of Brazil and the Brazilian Producers' Association have
announced the four winners of a joint Canada/Brazil development fund valued at
C$100,000.

The winning projects are 8 Ways To A Better World, exploring
the eight objectives of the United Nations Millennium Goals, from CinéGroupe
and UM Filmes; A Fistful Of Dollars, The New Immigrants from Amerimage-Spectra and Telenews Service; Rodeo
Nation: The Bull On Brazil from Joe Media Group and Big Fish Productions and
Bananeira Filmes; and Les Enfants De La Libération, from Altau Tutti Frutti and Olhar Imaginario.

This new fund is part of the Cultural Cooperation Program
Agreement signed by the NFB and the Ministry of Culture of Brazil in March
2006. "I'm extremely impressed by the quality and diversity of these four
projects," said Jacques Bensimon, Government Film Commissioner and NFB
Chairperson. "Canada and Brazil share a commitment to strengthening our
cultural industries. Thanks to our Cultural Cooperation Program Agreement,
we're able to work together on exciting joint projects like this that will
benefit independent, innovative filmmaking in both our nations."