An investigation into the deadly world of germ weapons, Anthrax War begins in New York in the days following 9/11. Anthrax-laced letters, mailed to media and U.S. senators , killed five people and spread fear and panic throughout the nation.
For filmmaker Bob Coen, who was raised in Rhodesia where the white regime has been accused of unleashing anthrax against the ...read more
Galafilm Productions is working on a new 10-part documentary series currently in development and slated to start production in June of this year for broadcast in 2010.
The show will document the lives of extraordinary people across Canada, as they prepare for life-changing events. It is as much about transformative events as it is about personal stories of people risking everythin...read more
ABC has acquired the US rights to 18 TO LIFE, the CBC’s new single-camera comedy pilot. US/UK distributor Alchemy Television brokered the deal, making this the first time a US and a Canadian network have teamed up for a half-hour primetime comedy. Montreal’s Galafilm developed and will produce the show u...read more
Montreal, July 19th, 2006: After more than two years of research and preparation, today is the first day of filming of Galafilm’s TV series THE GREAT WAR, a landmark, four-hour epic to mark the 90th anniversary of Canada’s involvement in the First World War. It will be broadcast in two episodes, on CBC and Radio-Canada, during Easter 2007.
INGRID PERITZ
The Globe and Mail
Thursday, July 13, 2006
MONTREAL — When the makers of a CBC television series about the First World War were searching for actors to play soldiers on the battlefield, they knew they faced a tough challenge for the part of war hero Talbot Papineau.
Mr. Papineau was a dashing Quebecker who was bicultural, bilingual, charism...read more
Montreal, Tuesday May 29th 2006 – Galafilm is proud to announce that BIG SUGAR, its powerful two-part documentary written, directed and narrated by award-winning, investigative filmmaker Brian McKenna, was awarded four Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival.
The series has won in all categories in which it was nominated: Best Documentary - His...read more
THE PROVOCATIVE HIT SHOWCASE ORIGINAL SERIES CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
IN MONTREAL AND VANCOUVER FOR 10 NEW EPISODES
Montreal - Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - Montreal based Galafilm has announced that Webdreams – Season II, the provocative Showcase Original Series has begun principal photography in Montreal and Vancouver, Canada. Shooting continues until August, 20...read more
THE PROVOCATIVE HIT SHOWCASE ORIGINAL SERIES CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
IN MONTREAL AND VANCOUVER FOR 10 NEW EPISODES
Montreal - Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - Montreal based Galafilm has announced that Webdreams – Season II, the provocative Showcase Original Series has begun principal photography in Montreal and Vancouver, Canada. Shooting continues until August, 20...read more
Montreal, Qc – Wednesday, March 22nd 2006 – Galafilm is proudly celebrating its latest award won by La classe de Madame Lise for best documentary feature film at the recent Jutra Awards. Galafilm wishes to congratulate Director Sylvie Groulx and all the members of the production team for this great achievement.<...read more
-- Wendy Crewson stars as Louise Arbour, the heroic Canadian who led a UN charge to indict former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic --
Toronto, ON (March 16, 2006) – CTV announced today a timely scheduling maneuver that fast-tracks the debut of one of its highly anticipated movies. Hunt for Justice: The Louise Arbour Story reveals the compelling story of how one h...read more
Montreal, Quebec – Monday, February 27th 2006 – Galafilm is proud to announce that Steel Toes, a film by David Gow starring Oscar nominee David Strathairn, was awarded the Alex and Ruth Dworkin Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance yesterday at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.
Films such as C.R.A.Z.Y., La Neuvaine and La classe de Madame Lise, a Galafilm doc...read more
Montreal, Quebec – Tuesday, February 14th 2006 – Galafilm is proud to announce the world première of its latest feature film Steel Toes at the upcoming Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. Starring Oscar nominee David Strathairn, the film will be screened on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006, at Cinéma ONF, at 8pm.
Based on David Gow’s critically acclaimed play “Cherry Docs”,...read more
Montreal – Thursday, February 9th 2005 – Galafilm is pleased to announce that Fungus the Bogeyman has been nominated for a Prix Jeunesse, one of the most prestigious awards in youth television production.
Fungus the Bogeyman is nominated in the “7-11 Fiction” category. The winners will be announced at the upcoming edition of the Prix Jeunesse Festival, he...read more
Montreal, Canada – Monday, January 30th 2006 – Galafilm is proud to announce that actor Wendy Crewson won a Golden FIPA Award for her portrayal of Louise Arbour in Hunt for Justice : The Louise Arbour Story at the 19th Biarritz’s International Festival of Audiovisual Programs. Director Charles Binamé accepted the award in her name.
• The Origins of AIDS wins Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
• Triping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery wins Best TV Movie
• Derek Schreyer honoured with Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series for 15/Love
Montreal – November 21st, 2005 – Montreal based produc...read more
Montreal – Thursday, October 20th 2005 – Galafilm is pleased to announce that Fungus the Bogeyman has received two nominations at the prestigious British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards. A kids’ programming counterpart to the BAFTA Awards, the gala aims at recognizing and rewarding excellence in Children's film and television.
Montreal – Monday, October 17th 2005 – Galafilm is pleased to announce that the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has recognized its productions by nominating four programs for a total of 11 Gemini Awards.
15/LOVE
15/Love follows the hotheaded drama and sometimes hilarious undertakings of gifted young athletes who laugh, lov...read more
Montreal – September 20th, 2005 – Louis Fournier, President and CEO of Galakids Inc., today announced the appointment of Natalie Dumoulin as Head of Development for the newly created Galafilm’s subsidiary involved in the development, financing, and production of kids programming.
“In a market increasingly driven by originality and creativity, we feel very fortunate to count ...read more
Montreal – September 13th, 2005 - ARNIE GELBART, President of Galafilm Inc., today announced the appointment of Louis Fournier as head of GalaKids, a new division of the company that will develop, finance and produce quality entertainment content for kids.
“In order to consolidate and grow our business in youth programs, Galafilm in association with Louis Fournier is creating a subs...read more
GALAFILM IN PRODUCTION ON 14 x 30 MIN. TEEN COMEDY/DRAMA
WITH COPRODUCERS MARATHON S.A. (FRANCE)
Montreal – Friday, August 12th, 2005 – Production of the third season of the popular series 15/Love has begun July 17th in St. Césaire, Quebec, bringing the episode total up to 54. Production continues until September 23rd, 2005. Produced by Quebec’s Galafilm and Fra...read more
PROVOCATIVE, NEW TEN-PART GALAFILM DOCUMENTARY SERIES
PREMIERES ON SHOWCASE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
Fly-On-The-Wall Series Follows Professional Aspirations of Young Montreal Men and Women Seeking Fame and Fortune in the Booming
Online Adult Entertainment Industry
(Montreal – Thursday, August 4, 2005) – WEBDREAMS, a provocative n...read more
Did your great-grandfather take Vimy Ridge? Did he play a part in the three-month battle at Passchendaele? Did he break through the German line at Amiens? For a landmark film to mark the 90th anniversary of the First World War, the CBC is recruiting 300 descendants of those who went to war between 1914 and 1918. The descendants will walk in the footsteps of their ancestors and take part in massive...read more
Montreal – March 22, 2005 – Galafilm Productions is pleased to announce three of its recent productions will be hitting TV screens across the nation during the month of April in both official languages.
Galafilm has something for everyone: Fungus the Bogeyman is gooey fun for the whole family on CBC, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery stars Clark ...read more
-- Detective Stephen Tree fights to keep a past crime a secret as
he struggles to solve the brutal murder of a man set on fire --
Toronto, ON (March 17, 2005) – A man on fire, a stolen police gun, and an affair with his ex-wife complicate a street-smart detective’s latest murder investigation as CTV announced today the broadcast date for its next original movie, Trippin...read more
-- Detective Stephen Tree fights to keep a past crime a secret as
he struggles to solve the brutal murder of a man set on fire --
Toronto, ON (March 17, 2005) – A man on fire, a stolen police gun, and an affair with his ex-wife complicate a street-smart detective’s latest murder investigation as CTV announced today the broadcast date for its next original movie, Trippin...read more
The Fantastically Foul Children’s Classic Comes to CBC Television Sundays, April 3, 10, 17 At 7 P.M. EST
Montreal – Monday, March 14, 2005 – Galafilm is pleased to announce FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN, the enduring story by Raymond Briggs (The Snowman) adapted for the BBC/CBC by best-selling author Mark Haddon (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) won a...read more
Montreal – February 23, 2005 – Galafilm is pleased to announce that the Bogeys are coming to CBC Television in a three- part CBC/BBC miniseries.
Sundays, April 3,10 and 17 at 7 p.m.
Meet Fungus and his smelly subterranean-dwelling family: wife Mildew, and kids Mould and Mucus. They’re s’not any ordinary family. They are the computer-generated Bogeymen, who exist in an undergr...read more
-Movie tells the story of how Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Louise Arbour sought justice for crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia -
Montreal, PQ – (November 2, 2004) – CTV together with Montreal-based Galafilm Inc. announced today that principal photography has begun on CTV Original Movie The Louise Arbour Story. The movie, from CTV’s Heroes, Champio...read more
MONTREAL – Tuesday, October 26, 2004 – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television honoured Galafilm with a total of four Gemini Award nominations for our dramatic and documentary programming.
Bliss III garnered three nominations including Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series (Donna Noonan, Steph’s Life) and Be...read more
MONTREAL – Tuesday, October 26, 2004 – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television honoured Galafilm with a total of four Gemini Award nominations for our dramatic and documentary programming.
Bliss III garnered three nominations including Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series (Donna Noonan, Steph’s Life) and Be...read more
MONTREAL – Tuesday, October 26, 2004 – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television honoured Galafilm with a total of four Gemini Award nominations for our dramatic and documentary programming.
Bliss III garnered three nominations including Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series (Donna Noonan, Steph’s Life) and Be...read more
“500 diplomats, 32 nations, 6 months, 1 goal, World Peace”
Toronto/Montreal: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Galafilm announced today that they have secured the rights to produce a two-part documentary series on the internationally acclaimed, best-selling historical book Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan.
The war to end all wars didn't. It did spell the ...read more
“500 diplomats, 32 nations, 6 months, 1 goal, World Peace”
Toronto/Montreal: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Galafilm announced today that they have secured the rights to produce a two-part documentary series on the internationally acclaimed, best-selling historical book Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan.
The war to end all wars didn't. It did spell the ...read more
Montreal, Quebec – October 07, 2004 – Galafilm Inc. is pleased to announce principal photography is underway on Steel Toes. Based on David Gow’s critically acclaimed play “Cherry Docs”, the feature length film stars David Strathairn, Andrew Walker and Marina Orsini. Gow penned the screenplay and is co-directing his first feature with Mark Adam.
MONTREAL - Monday, October 4, 2004 - Galafilm Inc. is pleased to announce that The Origins of AIDS has been nominated for an International Emmy Award for best documentary program. The nominations were revealed today at a MIPCOM press conference hosted by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The winners will be announced on Monday, November 22, 2004 in New York ...read more
MONTREAL - Monday, October 4, 2004 - Galafilm Inc. is pleased to announce that The Origins of AIDS has been nominated for an International Emmy Award for best documentary program. The nominations were revealed today at a MIPCOM press conference hosted by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The winners will be announced on Monday, November 22, 2004 in New York ...read more
Montreal – Thursday, September 30, 2004 – Montreal-based Galafilm Inc. has announced that Ziad Touma (Saved by the Belles, Kink III) and Josh Dorsey (Here Am I, One Day) are currently shooting the Showcase Original documentary series Webdreams, slated for broadcast on Showcase in 2005. Principal photography continues in Montreal and various cities in North...read more
Montreal, Quebec (September 13, 2004) - CTV, along with Montreal's Galafilm and Toronto's Pink Sky Entertainment, announced today that production has begun on CTV original movie Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery. The gripping two-hour murder mystery, laced with black humour and whiplash-fast dialogue, stars Clark Johnson who is best known for his role in Homicide: Life on ...read more
Montreal, Quebec (September 13, 2004) - CTV, along with Montreal's Galafilm and Toronto's Pink Sky Entertainment, announced today that production has begun on CTV original movie Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery. The gripping two-hour murder mystery, laced with black humour and whiplash-fast dialogue, stars Clark Johnson who is best known for his role in Homicide: Life on ...read more
Montreal, Quebec (September 13, 2004) - CTV, along with Montreal's Galafilm and Toronto's Pink Sky Entertainment, announced today that production has begun on CTV original movie Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery. The gripping two-hour murder mystery, laced with black humour and whiplash-fast dialogue, stars Clark Johnson who is best known for his role in Homicide: Life on ...read more
(August 5, 2004 - Toronto, Canada) This fall YTV takes game-set-match with its new tween series, 15/Love. Premiering Monday, September 6 at 7 p.m., 15/Love combines the high stakes world of competitive tennis with the bittersweet torment of being a teen, when seven students at a top-rated tennis academy vie for fame and endorsement deals, trying to get ahead, while maki...read more
AIRS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 AT 8 PM ON CBC-TV'S WITNESS
Did scientists inadvertently cause the AIDS epidemic? The Origins of Aids is a compelling exploration of a largely ignored theory of how AIDS was introduced to the human population. The deadliest disease known to mankind may have been the final legacy of colonialism. The Origins of AIDS airs Wedne...read more
At an awards ceremony held on Saturday May 29, 2004, The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival presented the Galafilm documentary series Korea: The Unfinished War a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary History.
Korea: The Unfinished War directed by 2003 Gordon Sinclair Award recipient Brian McKenna (The Valour and Horror, War of 1812) reports on the c...read more
Did scientists inadvertently cause the AIDS epidemic? The Origins of Aids is a compelling exploration of a largely ignored theory of how AIDS was introduced to the human population. The deadliest disease known to mankind may have been the final legacy of colonialism. The Origins of AIDS airs Wednesday, June 30 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television’s WITNESS.
Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author and Humorist Josh Freed Embarks on a Whimsically Personal Odyssey to Discover a Cure for his Life-Long Insomnia, in New Galafilm Documentary Co-Directed by Freed and Eric Siblin
Josh Freed hasn’t slept like a baby since he was one. Over the years the insomniac Montréal filmmaker, author and journalist has tried just about everything in quest of a dece...read more
True-life tale of discovery & hope featured in festival’s Family Film Series
New York, April 5, 2004 – Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt stars in an extraordinary tale of adventure, discovery and miracles in the feature film The Blue Butterfly directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Léa Pool (Lost & Delirious, Set Me ...read more
The movie will soon take flight in New York, Rome and Tokyo!
Montreal, March 9th 2004 – Vivafilm and Film Tonic are proud to announce that The Blue Butterfly has reached the one million dollar mark in Quebec box-office revenues last weekend with a total of $1 159 987 (including taxes). In theaters since February 20th, Lea Pool...read more Galafilm takes home 3 Geminis
MONTREAL - October 21, 2003
• Cirque du Soleil Fire Within Wins Best Reality Based Entertainment Program or Series • Lewis Cohen Honoured with Best Direction in a Documentary Series for Cirque de Soleil Fire Within • Ted Whittall Earns a Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Agent of Influence
The television documentary series "Cirque du Soleil Fire Within," coproduced by Galafilm and Créations Musca, a subsidiary of Cirque du Soleil Images, has taken the Emmy in the category Outstanding Nonfiction Program (Alternative). The series won out over the four other shows in contention, including "The Osbournes" (MTV Networks). The Creative Arts Awards gala was held on Saturday night at the Sh...read more
