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"Fateful" is a new film, written/directed by actress Katie Boland, starring Boland, Linda Hamilton ("Terminator"), Steven Yaffee and Daniel Kash. "...'Nomi' (Boland) is an intelligent, rebellious and lost sixteen-year old with a unique view of the world. Having grown up in a small town where no one reads books, the local kids get drunk every night and spend their days hung over, Nomi thought life was 'shitty' and just going to get worse. She believed she was incapable of feeling anything real. Until she met 'Ted' (Steven Yaffee) a mysterious outsider. Nomi fell hard and fast. She loved him more than she ever thought possible, with a heartbreaking vulnerability. Until he took it all away. 'Fateful" is the story of Nomi's fragmented, poignant memories of love, loss and everything in between..." "What I have tried to say with 'Fateful' is that someone you love remains forever immortal to you," said Bolan

The Canadian government has announced the creation of the Canada Media Fund to finance TV/new-media production with C$350 million from the federal government, cable and satellite companies. The Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund will be combined and rebranded, as the Canada Media Fund, with a mandate to ensure the production of 'quality content', to be available on multiple platforms. "The Canada Media Fund will help our producers and broadcasters to do what they do best: create, entertain, and connect with Canadians," said James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. The reformed and integrated fund will be fully implemented and in place by April 1, 2010, with the CTF and the CNMF continuing to operate for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Despite a mandate to 'level the playing field', if you are an independent content creator/producer and do not have access to high-powered lawyers that can structure complex government app