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About IFCO
IFCO was created in the summer of 1991. It began as a result of the
vision of a small, enthusiastic group of up-and-coming filmmakers. This
vision was to create an organization which provided filmmakers in the
Ottawa area with the facilities, training and funds required to make
independent Super 8, 16mm and/or 35mm films. IFCO remains, to this day,
the only organization which provides this service in Ottawa.
IFCO initially consisted of five founding members (Monica Szentesky,
Scott Galley, Wayne Meade, David Chow and Glen Cross) and several volunteers
who helped initiate and develop the programs and services that IFCO
offered to the region. IFCO was incorporated as a non-profit co-operative
corporation in January 1992, and in June 1992 received office space
in the Arts Court Building, located in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
In June 2009 IFCO became a registered charity.
Over nineteen years later, IFCO has supported the creation, by its members,
of over nearly 400 independent film productions, by providing access
to training programs, equipment rentals, on-site facilities, production
grants and more. We now have a solid membership base, and continue to
occupy a prominent position within the Eastern Ontario arts community.
IFCO now has three full-time staff members: the Executive Director,
the Technical Director and the Membership Coordinator. The staff can
be reached via the Contact page.
IFCO receives funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario
Arts Council and the City of Ottawa, as well as from its members, through
workshop fees, equipment rentals, and annual membership dues; plus in-kind
and/or financial support from private funders and corporate sponsors.
Mandate
To read IFCO's mandate, click here.
Location
IFCO is located in Arts Court, which is at 2 Daly Avenue directly behind the Rideau Centre at the corner of Daly and Nicholas. Arts Court is easily accessible by car or bus. All buses stopping at the Rideau Centre drop riders off within a 3-minute walk of our front door. Arts Court is accessible off the Queensway (Highway 417) by taking the Nicholas Street exit. IFCO is open from Mon-Fri 10AM to 6PM, with the exception of statutory holidays.
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