8, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD. Wed. Aug. 11, 1976

Chinese want Canada’ S “Wild Country"

The recent visit to Canada
by a delegation from the
China Film Corporation of
the Peoples Republic . of
China has paved the way for
Canadian films to break into
the potentially huge Cninese
market.

With the National Film

. Board of Canada as host, the

group of officials from

Peking, headed by Mrs.

Chiu Tsui-Ting, Vice-—
Chairman - of the
Revolutionary Committee of
the China Film Corporation,

spent from July 1 to 14 in,
Canada.

films for the Chinese and
their trip was marked by
virtual non-stop series of
screenings. Several NFB
short films and_ two
privately produced feature
films, Claude Jutra’s

. “Kamouraska’’ and Denis

Heroux’s ‘Pour quelques
arpents de neiges” were
bought by the Chinese.

They also expressed in-
terest in over °300 other
Canadian films, ranging
from educational films to
theatrical shorts and

‘ features to TV documen-

It was the first large-scale
introduction to Canadian

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While in Montreal and
Toronto, the delegation met
with film makers, producers
and distributors from both
the government and private

- sector. According to David

Novek, ‘Director of Public .
Relations of the NFB who
accompanied the Chinese,
their purpose was to meet a

wide range of people, screen

many films and to promote
close relations between the
Chinese and Canadian film
industries. ‘‘They were very
stimulated by the people
they met and films they
saw,” he said. —

The films —

series ‘‘Audubon Wilderness
Theatre’, ‘The Wild
Country’’, ‘‘Wildlife
Cinema” and the 35mm
feature ‘‘Wings in the
Wilderness’? from Keg
Productions of Toronto;
CTV Television Network’s.
“Untamed World’ series’
and “Quebec Quebec” and
“Rasy Winter’’ from la
Direction Generale . du
Cinema et de 1’Audiovisuel
of Quebec, as well as several
other shorts from the NFB.

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