The Quebecor Fund has selected two features from Attraction and A Média Films for its Film Production Assistance Program.

Attraction’s drama film Le Temps d’un été and A Média Films’ romantic comedy 23 décembre will receive a total of $480,000 in production financing.

Le Temps d’un été follows a priest who is on the verge of closing his church-turned-homeless shelter when he unexpectedly inherits property in the rural area of Lower St. Lawrence, east of Quebec City, and decides to take a group of homeless men and women there.

The rom-com 23 décembre tells a number of interweaving stories about disparate strangers who find themselves crossing paths two days before Christmas.

Both films will be distributed by Montreal’s Les Films Séville.

The Quebecor Fund has also allocated $250,000 to Montreal-based content producer and creative agency Urbania Média through the Export Assistance Program, which supports initiatives created for non-Quebec and international markets. The Canada Media Fund has provided an additional $50,000 as part of a $2.8 million partnership established in 2017, bringing the total funding for Urbania to $300,000.

Urbania produces original content, including full-length and short-form documentaries and drama series, as well as branded content and publishing services.

The Quebecor Fund’s Film Production Assistance Program has allocated close to $15.5 million to 87 films since it was established in in September 2010. The Export Assistance Program has invested close to $11 million to 48 export business models and 28 companies since 2014.

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