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SEPTEMBER 2011

OMDC Celebrates Ontario at 2011 TIFF®


OMDC-Supported feature Edwin Boyd wins The Skyy Vodka Award
for Best Canadian First Feature Film at TIFF

Edwin Boyd
Edwin Boyd
 Nathan Morlando and Allison Black
Congratulations to Edwin Boyd’s director/writer Nathan Morlando (left) and producer Allison Black (right) on their award


Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley, producer/director/writer of Take This Waltz speaking at Celebrate Ontario 		Karen Thorne Stone, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Kevin Shea, and Susan Cavan
OMDC’s President & CEO, Karen Thorne-Stone with Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, OMDC’s Chair Kevin Shea and Susan Cavan 		Carl Dixon
Musician Carl Dixon performs at Celebrate Ontario
Mark Smith, Randall Cole, and Steven Hoban
388 Arletta Avenue filmmaking team: producer Mark Smith, writer/director Randall Cole and producer Steven Hoban 		Leonard Farlinger
Leonard Farlinger, writer/director of I’m Yours		 Rossif Sutherland and Jennifer Jonas
I’m Yours – actor Rossif Sutherland with producer Jennifer Jonas
Nicholas Gray, Dorigen, and Fode Peter Finestone
Nicholas Gray and Dorigen Fode with Toronto Film Commissioner Peter Finestone 		Michael A. Dobbin and Steven Davidson
Michael A. Dobbin, producer of The Maiden Danced To Death, with Ontario Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture Steven Davidson 		Sam Dunn and Scott McFadyen
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage’s documentary duo Sam Dunn and Scott McFadyen of Banger Films
Judy and Paul Bronfman and Don Carmody
Judy and Paul Bronfman, OMDC Board Member / Chairman and CEO of Comweb Group Inc. and William F. White International Inc. and Chairman of Pinewood Toronto Studios Inc. with Don Carmody, Executive Producer of DCP and producer of Breakaway 		Penny McDonald and Frank Siracusa
Whizbang Films’ Penny McDonald and Frank Siracusa, producer of Breakaway		 Leesa Levinson
OMDC Board Member Leesa Levinson, Executive Director of Lights, Camera, Access!
Damon D'Oliveira
Conquering Lion Pictures’ Damon D’Oliveira

Photos by Rick O’Brien		 Paul Barkin, Nicole Brending, and Robert Profusek
Alcina Pictures’ Paul Barkin, writer/director Nicole Brending and Robert Profusek 		Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis, and Calvin Thomas
Amy George’s filmmaking team: music producer Lev Lewis with co-producers/directors, Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas



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