Everything's Gone Green named Best Feature Film at BC's Leo Awards (English only)
Everything's Gone Green, the story of a slacker finding his place in life in glorious Vancouver, has been named best feature at the Leo Awards honouring British Columbia's film and TV production industry.
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Everything's Gone Green heads to commercial screens (English only)
Everything's Gone Green, the Paul Fox film set in Vancouver, will be released in cinemas in April after distribution deals were signed for Canada and the U.S.
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Coupland Film Gone to Equinoxe (English only)
Equinoxe Films has secured the Canadian distribution rights to Everything's Gone Green, a film previously in limbo with ThinkFilm since the latter's buyout by a U.S. investor.
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Business in Vancouver: True West to film Douglas Coupland story (English only)
Britsh Columbia's True West Films is keeping intact it's pop-culture pedigree - and it's penchant for co-productions - with it's second feature, based on a story from renowed local auther Douglas Coupland.
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Toronto: Nominees Announced for 26th Genie Awards (English only)
It’s All Gone Pete Tong garners eight nominations, including Best Motion Picture.
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Jan, 2006

THINKFilm picks up Canadian right to Coupland's Green (English only)
Screen Daily, article by Denis Seguin
"THINKFilm has picked up Canadian rights on Everything's Gone Green, the screenwriting debut of Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland to be directed by Paul Fox for Toronto-based Radke Films and Vancouver-based True West Films."

Westlichstes Fort für deutsche Produktionen
Blickpunkt:Film (www.blickpunktfilm.de)
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The Most Western Fort for German Productions (English Translation)
"'Our idea is to become the most western fort for German producers. Our advantage is that we know the German film business very well, which quickly create trust and confidence for a solid foundation,' emphasizes [Henrik] Meyer."
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It's All Gone Pete Tong (English only)
cinema scope , review by Steve Gravestock
"While [Mike Dowse, Director of "It's All Gone Pete Tong"] possesses decidedly commercial instincts, at the same time his hipster sensibility gives his work a decided edge—a welcome addition to a cinema that can sometimes seem simultaneously too arty and too safe."

Listening to the Money Talk (English only, relevant sections high-lighted)
Reel West, article by Ian Caddell
"Yake says the international world of co-financing is not that big. 'I have not found it difficult to get money,' she says. 'There is a lot of money in the world and I just have to connect to it. Part of my job is to make sure there are organic partnerships.'"
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Tong Takes Toronto (English only)
Reel West
"[It's All Gone Pete Tong] won the City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at this year's Toronto International Film Festival."
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 Sept. 24, 2004

On The Edge: The West Coast is the world's hotspot for indie film (English only)
The Vancouver Sun, article by Katherine Monk
"...It's All Gone Pete Tong is a movie about a dance music deejay set in rich, tropical Spain. It bears none of the established hallmarks of Canadian film, such as cool blue light, empty landscape shots, dysfunctional families, and dead children."
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Sept. 19, 2004

 Aug. 18, 2004

True West Films gets German partner (English only)
Playback, article by Ian Edwards
"...Meyer spent 10 years working for Studio Hamburg in Germany, most recently as president of its feature film subsidiary Letterbox Filmproduktion. His credits include..."
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Aug. 6, 2004

 Nov. 26, 2003

Rosenstrasse Producer Joins Canada's True West (English only)
Screen International, Martin Blaney
"Germany's Henrik Meyer, one of the producer's of Margarethe von Trotta's Venice prize-winner Rosenstrasse, has joined Elizabeth's Yake's British Columbia-based production outfit..."
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