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Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre fonds [textual record, moving images, graphic material]
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Record information Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre fonds [textual record, moving images, graphic material]
Date:1938-1985.Reference:R3605-0-1-E, MG28-I414Type of material:Textual material, Moving images, Photographs, ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:105728Date(s):1938-1985.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:5.6 m of textual records.
301 film reels (ca. 97 h).
18 videocassettes (ca. 15 h).
1 video reel (28 min).
99 photographs chiefly b&w.
1 drawing pen and ink.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of textual records including day books, financial records, filmmakers' charge journals, booking records, retired filmmakers' files, subject files, catalogues, general correspondence, records of the B.C. and U.S. offices of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, n.d., 1967-1984.
Fonds also contains numerous films, photographs of activities of Canadian Film-Makers Distribution Centre, publicity and production stills, and a drawing in the form of a five frame film strip used as part of the Morrie Ruvinsky film entitled The plastic mile, 1968-1975.
Fonds also consists of numerous documentary, experimental and fiction films, and a drawing in the form of a five frame film strip used as part of the Morrie Ruvinsky film entitled The plastic mile, 1968-1975.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre : The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) is a non-profit, government funded organization which was established in 1967, and incorporated in 1972, to promote the work of independent filmmakers across the country and to gain for them a financial return from the exhibition and sale of their films. It rents or sells prints to schools, colleges, libraries, museums etc. and supplies prints to film festivals as well as negotiating sales for television broadcasting. Although Canadian filmmakers are primarily represented, the CFMDC does have some films from outside Canada, mostly the United States.Additional information:General note:Received in the 1980s from the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto, Ontario.Location of originals note:There are posters in horizontal storage, container 30.Subject heading:- Federal aid to the arts - Canada, [1967-1984]
- Filmmakers - United States, 1967-1984
- Filmmakers - Canada, 1967-1984
- Film criticsm, 1967-1984
- Motion pictures, Canadian, 1967-1984
- Motion pictures - Distribution, 1967-1984
- Nonprofit organizations - Finance, 1970-1980
- Arts publicity, 1967-1977
- Artists' contracts - Canada, 1967-1977
- Artists and community, 1967-1984
- Arts, American - Canada, [1967-1984]
- Filmmakers - British Columbia, 1978-1984
- Filmmakers - Ontario, [1967-1984]
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG28-I414 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG28 I 414] 1--30[Consultation Open]Moving images (film)[Consultation Open]Moving images (video)[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Graphic (art)[Consultation Open]Box [1990-580] A286-02[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Moving images: Reproduction with written permission of copyright owner. No donor restrictions.
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