The following is an alphabetical list of Canadian independent production companies and the feature film and television projects they produced in 2001. Projects in development - some of which went into production over the year - are also listed. The chart on p. 13 tracks the amount individual companies spent on production and development in 2001. Information was provided for both lists by the companies in response to a Playback questionnaire.

Playback asked companies to submit information pertaining to only those projects in which they participated as a financial partner, and requested that, in the case of coproductions, companies report spending based on their portion of the budget. We stipulated that dollar figures reflect only spending attributed to the calendar year 2001.

Production companies were also asked to separately indicate the amount of service work they completed, in order to track the total volume of production.

In cases where companies chose not to respond, Playback estimated production volumes. There were occasions, however, when we could not do an estimate because of a lack of data. Some of these companies - which have been known to represent significant production volume, and which may have been mainly in development mode in 2001 - are omitted from the list.

Format code:

* Dramatic TV series (TV-S) * Variety series (TV-V) * Magazine/Lifestyle series (TV-M/L) * Comedy series (TV-C) * Animation - adult series (TV-A) * Animation - children's series (A-CH) * Animation/live-action children's series (A/L-CH) * Live-action - children's (LA-CH) * Reality series (TV-R) * Documentary one-off (DOC) * Documentary series (DOC-S) * TV movie (MOW) * Miniseries (MS) * TV series pilot (TV-P) * Theatrical - dramatic (T-DR) * Theatrical - documentary (T-DOC) * Theatrical - animated (T-A) * Short (SH) * Short - animated (SH-A) * Large format (LF)

12 Tribes Productions

300 John Street,
Suite 300,
Thornhill, ON L3T 5W4
Tel.: (905) 764-8767
Fax: (905) 764-8640
E-mail: 12tribes@sprint.ca
Website: www.12tribesproductions.com
Company established: 1998
Key executives: Leonard Pearl, Rena Godfrey, Isaac Szpindel, copresidents
Project produced in 2001:
* birthright israel (DOC)
Project developed in 2001:
* My Secret Name (DOC)
Independent volume: $50,000

49th Parallel Films

4 Pardee Avenue,
Toronto, ON M6K 3H5
Tel.: (416) 516-4950
Fax: (416) 516-1712
E-mail: info@49thparallel.ca
Website: www.49thparallel.ca
Company established: 2001
Key executives: Philip Mellows, Steve Hoban, Noah Segal,
partners
Projects developed in 2001:
* Nothing (T-DR) * Paper, Scissors, Stone (T-DR) * Ryan (SH-A) * Turn of the Screw (T-DR) * Wing Commander: The Series (TV-S) * Uberman (T-A)

90th Parallel Film & Television Production

112 Parliament Street,
Toronto, ON M5A 2Y8
Tel.: (416) 364-9090
Fax: (416) 364-0580
Company established: 1987
Key executive: Gordon Henderson, president
Projects produced in 2001:
* The Cold Embrace (DOC) * Subway Elvis (DOC) * Wade Davis: The Explorer (DOC)
Projects developed in 2001:
* Subway Elvis (DOC) * They Built The Railway (DOC) * And We Forget (DOC) * L&T of Wade Davis (DOC) * Bonobos: Victims of War (DOC) * R.M.C. (DOC) * Racetrack (DOC)
Independent volume: $615,767
Service volume: $115,000

Accent Entertainment

666B Queen Street West,
Toronto, ON M6J 1E5
Tel.: (416) 867-8700
Fax: (416) 867-1764
E-mail: info@accent-entertainment.com
Company established: 1993
Key executive: Susan Cavan,
president
Projects developed in 2001:
* Mister Sandman (T-DR) * Burger High (MOW)
Service volume: $40,000,000

*Aetios Productions

2540, boul. Daniel-Johnson,
Bureau 110,
Laval, QC H7T 2S3
Tel.: (450) 682-8545
Fax: (450) 682-6286
Key executives: Fabienne Larouche, Michel Trudeau, Alain Vachon
Projects produced in 2000:
* Fortier III (TV-S) * Music Hall (TV-S/MS)
Independent volume (Playback estimate): $14,000,000

Alberta Filmworks/Tom Stone Productions

1310 11th Street S.W.,
Calgary, AB T2R 1G6
Tel.: (403) 777-9900
Fax: (403) 777-9914
E-mail: info@albertafilmworks.com
Websites: www.albertafilmworks.com; www.tomstone.tv
Company established: 1987
Key executives: Doug MacLeod, Tom Cox, Randy Bradshaw, managing directors/executive producers; Jordy Randall, producer; Andrew Wreggitt, executive producer (Tom Stone); Jason Lee, director of business & legal affairs; Jeni Smyth, director of development & new media
Projects produced in 2001:
* Tom Stone (TV-S) * Agent of Influence (MOW)
Independent volume: $11,547,000

Alliance Atlantis Communications

121 Bloor Street East,
Suite 1500,
Toronto, ON M4W 3M5
Tel.: (416) 967-1174
Fax: (416) 960-0971
Website: www.allianceatlantis.com
Company established: Alliance and Atlantis merged to form one company in September 1998. Alliance was established in 1985 and Atlantis in 1978.
Key executives:
Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group: