York's Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies launches new series featuring top filmmakers; York's Triumph of Canadian Cinema showcases successes -- Canadian style.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 August 2000-YORK UNIVERSITY: York's Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies launches new series featuring top filmmakers; York's Triumph of Canadian Cinema showcases successes -- Canadian style (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16082000 TORONTO -- Canadian movies have come a long way since 1967, when the Canadian Film Development Corporation was founded to help feed a fledgling feature film industry.

But where does it stand now amidst a highly globalized film-television-digital entertainment industry - and where is it headed? Film Professor Seth Feldman, this year's Robarts Chair in Canadian Studies at York University, will ask these kinds of questions as he co-ordinates a year-long series of events under the heading, The Triumph...