Media Invitation - Join us at Montreal Police headquarters for the
presentation of Telefilm Canada's 2009 Guichet d'or Award

MONTREAL, March 19 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada is inviting media representatives to the presentation of the 2009 Guichet d'or Award, presented to the writer and director of the highest grossing French-language Canadian feature film of 2009. The award is accompanied by two cash prizes totalling $40,000.

    
    When:      Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 10:30 a.m.

    Where:     Headquarters of the Service de police de la Ville de
               Montréal
               1441 Saint-Urbain, Montreal

    With:      Michel Roy, Chair of the Board, Telefilm Canada
               Carolle Brabant, Executive Director, Telefilm Canada
               Michel Pradier, Director of Project Financing, Telefilm Canada
               Creators and partners of the winning film
    

About Telefilm Canada

Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian products that appeal to national and international audiences. Telefilm also administers the funding programs of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.gc.ca.

For further information: Eva Hartling, Senior Advisor, External Communications, Telefilm Canada, [phone], ext. 2090, [phone], [email protected]; www.twitter.com/telefilm_canada