An overwhelming number of ACTRA Members – 85.8 per cent – have voted YES in favour of ratifying the 2019-2021 Independent Production Agreement (IPA).
Toronto, ON (November 23, 2018) — ACTRA production Reel Women Seen won the Best Short Film Award at the 2018 Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival (ITWIFF) in Brooklyn, New York, which brings the total to four awards received by the ACTRA National Women’s Committee for this short film. “Of the 255 films…
Three-year agreement establishes terms, rates and conditions for Canadian performers and producers TORONTO, November 15, 2018 — Today, following productive negotiations, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM) jointly announced that they have…
Toronto, ON (November 13, 2018) — ACTRA production Reel Women Seen was honoured with the Toronto Independent Film Festival’s 2018 Festival Director Award (Short Film). “I thank the festival organizers of the Toronto Independent Film Festival for this award and for allowing us to share our film with the Toronto community,” said Reel Women…
Toronto, ON (October 1, 2018) — ACTRA is pleased the federal government stood by its commitment to protect Canadian culture and cultural industries by incorporating and strengthening the cultural exemption in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, formerly NAFTA). “Maintaining and enhancing a cultural exemption has been a key priority for…
Montreal, QC (August 30, 2018) – As Canada embarks on what appears to be a fundamental landmark in the renegotiation of NAFTA, the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDEC) wishes to reiterate the need to maintain cultural exemption in this important trade agreement. The cultural exemption, already included in…
