Congratulations to Conquering Lion's Damon D'Oliveira for being selected for the prestigious ACE development program!

For the third year running, Telefilm Canada is proud to be supporting Canadian producers through the Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) and its training and professional development program for non-European Union independent producers. This year, ACE has selected two Canadian producers - Damon D'Oliveira from Conquering Lions Pictures (The Book of Negroes), for the English market, and Chantal Lafleur from Productions La Fête (Le Plieur de temps), for the French market - to participate in the 2011 session of the ACE Mundus Program.

"Taking part in the ACE Mundus program encourages the development of vital partnerships within an exceptional group of European producers," said Damon D'Oliveira, of Conquering Lion Pictures. "With Canadian producers now looking to international financing and coproductions to get their feature films made, the members and mentors at ACE can offer invaluable networking opportunities on the global market."

The two Canadian producers were selected by an ACE jury composed of external readers and industry experts. Telefilm Canada is supporting their participation in ACE Mundus by covering the related costs.

You can read more about it here:

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Telefilm-Canada-announces-cnw-2398695339.html?x=0