The new head of Telefilm Canada is taking on more than a simple CEO’s job. On his shoulders rest the hopes and dreams of Canada’s entire filmmaking community, and if that seems hyperbolic, you probably aren’t acquainted with the struggles of filmmakers north of the border. “As Telefilm’s newly minted go-to guy for approving and funding English-language features, [Michael Jenkinson] replaces an antiquated (and generally loathed) national decision committee which had been responsible for spreading around roughly $80-million a year.”