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Bochner Sally
Sally Bochner's NFB production career began in 1986, when she was co-writer and associate producer on the feature Train of Dreams. Sally's next major film credit was as associate producer and co-writer on the award-winner The Company of Strangers. She became a staff producer in the early 1990s and was named Executive Producer of the Quebec Centre in 1997.
Sally has served as producer or executive producer on some 60 films, including Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, an Igloolik Isuma/NFB co-production that won the prestigious Camera d'or at Cannes. Other acclaimed films include Discordia, exploring the fall-out from Benjamin Netanyahu's planned visit to Concordia University; Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment, a history of documentary film; and the Genie winner Westray.
Her latest credits include the children's series My Brand New Life, co-produced with La Fête; Mr Mergler's Gift, a moving look at the bond between a piano teacher and a 9-year-old child prodigy; The Tree that Remembers, an award-winning examination of the persecution suffered by Iranians under the Ayatollahs' regime; and CitizenShift, the English-language counterpart to the NFB's Parole citoyenne website, creating a space for citizens to debate vital issues.
