Manitoba Film and Sound
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Manitoba Film and Sound is a statutory corporation of the Government of Manitoba. It was established in 1987, and is overseen by a nine-member board of directors. Its purpose is to foster, development and promote the film and sound recording industries in Manitoba
, Canada
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Manitoba Film and Sound was originally created as a joint initiative between Manitoba and the Government of Canada
, and was known as the Cultural Industries Development Office. It became a not-for-profit corporation in 1992, and acquired its current status in 1998.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Manitoba Film and Sound was originally created as a joint initiative between Manitoba and the Government of Canada
Government of Canada
The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...
, and was known as the Cultural Industries Development Office. It became a not-for-profit corporation in 1992, and acquired its current status in 1998.