QFTC Newsletter - March 2021

Please note that the QFTC team is moving. As of April 1st, 2021, our team will be located at: 60 Rue St-Jacques, Suite 502

Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1L5

THE QUEBEC FILM AND TELEVISION COUNCIL HOLDS ITS FIRST FUNDRAISING GALA WITH A TRIBUTE TO ROLAND EMMERICH

On Wednesday, March 10th, the Quebec Film and Television Council’s (QFTC) very first fundraising gala was held online! Proceeds from the event will be used to support the QFTC’s mission and to promote Quebec’s audiovisual industry worldwide. The QFTC is responsible for the continued strategic positioning of our territory and makes constant efforts to ensure that it maintains its competitiveness and appeal for international producers with content for filming, as well as for animation, visual effects, post-production, sound recording, etc.

“In Montreal, the teams’ engagement and motivation for my projects has a certain very European ‘’je ne sais quoi’’. I like this European atmosphere and the enthusiasm of the members working on the teams. Montreal also has film studios located downtown that you can get to in a matter of minutes. In addition, Quebec offers attractive and competitive tax incentives,” explained Roland Emmerich

LEXIQUE-3D.COM: A NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR FRENCH SPEAKERS IN THE VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION SECTOR.

The Quebec Film and Television Council (QFTC) and SYNTHÈSE are pleased to announce the launch of a new French-language glossary dedicated to the visual effects and animation industry. Developed with the financial support of the Office québécois de la langue française, this online tool, free and available to everyone, is intended to facilitate the use of correct French terminology for professionals in the sector.

“We are very proud of this new tool, which we hope will facilitate the daily lives of human resources professionals, teachers, and all workers in the visual effects and animation industry, thanks to a simple and well thought out website,” stated Pierre Moreau, CEO of the QFTC. “We hope that this glossary will become a reference tool for the industry throughout the French-speaking world.”

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It is possible to make camera movements over several hundred metres, while communicating with lighting and VFX software in real time, and therefore to perfectly synchronize the effects in relation to the movement and positioning of the camera.

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NEWS FROM THE QFTC PROMOTION TEAM

The monthly meeting of the Chantier des bureaux de cinéma de la province du Québec, which brings together all the councils in the province to discuss the main issues and filming projects in the various territories, took place on March 8th.

The QFTC organizes virtual meetings of the Canadian Film and Television Commissions. The last meeting took place on March 9th.

The QFTC is currently working with the federal government, the provincial government, the Canadian Film and Television Commissions, the DQLA and the MPA (Motion Picture Association) on the issue of the arrival of international audiovisual industry workers in Canada under the new entry requirements of the federal government.

The QFTC will be the official presenter for the Filming in Quebec panel, which will take place during Content Quebec on Demand (Content Quebec on Demand is a sister event of the renowned Content London, Content Los Angeles and Content Canada, organized by C21 Media. This will be the first edition dedicated to Quebec). Chanelle Routhier, our Film & TV Commissioner for the province of Quebec, will be ‘invited’ as a panellist. The other guests are soon to be confirmed.

The following international shoots are currently underway in Quebec: Misanthrope, The Republic of Sarah, The Moody’s, and The Bold Type.