I finished the last revisions on the new screenplay this weekend and now it’s off to Telefilm Canada and la SODEC to beg for our share of financing. What a crazy ride it’s been, but I’m happy. The producer is excited, the distributor is very confident in the film and they signed up a talented and experienced director who reacted very well to the screenplay. He even called after reading the first 30 pages to say how much he liked it already. I cannot tell you how much that cheered me up. Most directors in Quebec prefer to work on their own screenplays and it’s hard to get them excited about a project they didn’t write or initiate.<\/p>\n
And now, the most exciting part: waiting.
\nAnd waiting.
\nAnd more waiting. <\/p>\n
Even though we had to turn in the project today, we won’t find out until March 2006 if we get financing on this round. A loooong winter of uncertainty. Most films don’t get financing on the first round so I might still be working on this project in two years. It’s a good thing I’ve got something else lined up because I’d go crazy. I’ve got a contract for another screenplay (co-written) and another contract to develop a tv series (both in French). 2006 better be the year when one of these projects gets the green light. I’m getting ants in my writer’s pants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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