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Telefilm Canada or Téléfilm Canada is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Canada.
It is the primary federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian audiovisual industry.
It was originally founded as the Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) in 1967. This marked the beginning of federal government efforts to promote the development of a Canadian-owned and -controlled film industry. The CFDC was renamed to Telefilm Canada in 1984 by then-head André Lamy, to reflect the fact that it also invested in television as well as film productions.
The Corporation provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. Telefilm also administers the funding programs of the Canada Media Fund.
In 2010 Telefilm Canada began awarding the Golden Box Office Award – casually referred to as the Goldie – to the highest grossing Canadian feature film in English of the previous year. As of 2011, the value of the prize is CA$40,000.
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.
King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his whole career, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007).