The Harold Greenberg Fund invested more than $3.6 million in 218 English- and French-language projects in fiscal 2011/2012, according to its annual report, released last week.

That investment includes support for English- and French-language films at varied development stages from script drafts to distribution support, and industry programs and partnerships.

The fund committed almost $2.15 million to support a total of 126 English-language projects, including film development and industry initiatives.

The fund invested $839,489 in development, $180,750 in story optioning and committed $899,000 in equity investment.

And industry initiatives, including the Canadian Film Centre’s short dramatic film program, the City Life Film Project, the First Weekend Club, the Just For Laughs Film Festival, REEL Canada and the Toronto Screenwriting Conference were backed by an investment of $232,630.

In the fund’s optioning program, part of the fund’s script development program,  17 projects received support, including Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace, to be produced by Tangled Inc., and Barbara Samuel’s adaptation of Through Black Spruce, the novel by Joseph Boyden, to be produced by Kistikan Pictures Inc.

And  13 projects received support through the script development program’s first draft program, 27 projects received second draft support, and 21 projects were put through the final draft stage of the script development program.

A total of 10 projects also went through the polish and packaging stage in the latest fiscal.

In fiscal 2011/2012, eight projects received an equity investment from the Harold Greenberg Fund, including Jason Priestley’s Cas & Dylan, produced by Montefiore Films and scripted by Jessie Gabe, Anita Doran’s The Lesser Blessed, produced by Gen One Films, David Mortin’s Mad Ship, produced by Enigmatico Films and Buffalo Gal Pictures, and Michael McGowan’s Still, produced by Mulmur Feed Co. Ltd.

Of the projects receiving equity investment support, four premiered at this year’s TIFF.

The Harold Greenberg Fund was created in 1986 to fund development of high-quality Canadian scripts.

To date, the English- and French-language funds have supported more than 3725 projects, an investment of more than $81 million.