Nine documentaries projects were among the recipients of the latest round of financing from the Canada Media Fund (CMF) through its Aboriginal program, including the second seasons of All of Our Relations from Waterfront Productions and Playing with Fire.

In total, the CMF invested $6.3 million across 15 projects. In addition to the nine documentaries, five children-and-youth productions and one drama received financing.

Among the documentary projects chosen to receive funding included All of Our Relations, a doc series from Waterfront Productions which looks at the family roots of Aboriginal Canadians who have been particularly successful in sports, business, entertainment or politics. The second season of the series received $378,000 in financing from the CMF. The digital media component of the project, an app that aims to help Aboriginal peoples better research family history, received $56,250 in financing.

A number of documentary projects received $400,000 in financing, the most awarded to any one project in this round of funding. The second season of the doc series Playing with Fire, which follows the stories of veteran Aboriginal firefighters, received $400,000 in financing while its digital media component was supported with a $26,325 investment. The doc series Princesses, from Images Pimiento, also received $400,000 while its website received $75,000 in financing.

Other projects that received a significant investment from the CMF included the drama Malinaqputtiit – The Searchers from Kingulliit Productions, which received $400,000 for production, and the French-language documentary series Le Rythme, a youth-focused project from Trinome Adario. Le Rythme received $400,000 for production, and $37,500 for its digital media component which includes a music game aimed at teaching users about Aboriginal culture.

On a regional basis, six of the funded projects are from Quebec and three are from Ontario. One project from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut received funding. One interprovincial coproduction, Story of our Elders, received financing from the CMF. The TV component of the project will be produced in Nunavut, while the digital media component will be produced in Quebec.

A complete list of the project that received financing in this round of funding can be found here. Since 2010, the CMF has invested more than $30.2 million across 82 Aboriginal productions.