The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has selected 19 projects for production funding as part of the 2025-26 Program for Black and Racialized Communities (PBRC).

This edition of the PBRC will provide $10.3 million across 12 English-language and seven French-language series and films. The English-language projects will receive a total allocation of $6.6 million, with $3.7 million distributed among the French-language projects. The program provides production funding to prodcos owned and controlled by Black and racialized individuals.

Nine of the selected projects are being produced by Ontario-based companies, seven are from Quebec, two are from British Columbia and one is from Nova Scotia.

In terms of genre, seven projects are dramas, six are documentaries and six are children and youth productions. Fourteen of the projects are TV series, while four are fiction features and one is a feature documentary.

Among the selected projects is the three-part docuseries Seeking Saltwater City from Burnaby, B.C.-based Black Rhino Creative, which was confirmed earlier this year as the first greenlight for B.C. pubcaster Knowledge Network’s new Stories (Un)told commissioning stream. Also receiving funding is the forthcoming project from writer-director Clement Virgo, Half-Blood Blues, an adaptation of the jazz-themed novel by Esi Edugyan.

The projects selected for the CMF’s 2025-26 Program for Black and Racialized Communities are listed below:

English-language

Dreams of the Moon
Production company: Inner City Films
Amount: $700,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Feature Film
Region: Toronto

Half-Blood Blues
Production company: Conquering Lion Pictures
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Feature Film
Region: Toronto

The Hare of High Park (season one)
Production company: Little Engine Moving Pictures
Amount: $550,000
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: Toronto

Little Margo Stories (season one)
Production company: Lightcatcher Media
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: British Columbia

M is for Me
Production company: Lopii Productions
Amount: $153,295
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: Toronto

Moving Day
Production company: Cotton Bush Productions
Amount: $650,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Feature Film
Region: Montreal

Rise from the Ashes
Production company: Rotating Planet Productions
Amount: $490,000
Genre: Documentary
Format: Feature Film
Region: Montreal

The Scientist’s Guide (season one)
Production company: Curiosity Films
Amount: $550,000
Genre: Documentary
Format: Television
Region: Toronto

The Screen Team (season one)
Production company: FG-Reel Inc.
Amount: $279,577
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: Toronto

Seeking Saltwater City (season one)
Production company: Black Rhino Creative
Amount: $384,128
Genre: Documentary
Format: Television
Region: British Columbia

Unboxables – The Specials (season two)
Production company: Moonshot Rights
Amount: $600,000
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: Nova Scotia

Yo We’re Dying
Production company: Snail Mail Media
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Feature Film
Region: Toronto

French-language

Cult Underground (season two)
Production company: Yzanakio
Amount: $550,000
Genre: Documentary
Format: Television
Region: Montreal

Double jeu (season three)
Production company: Productions Jumelage
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Television
Region: Montreal

Les Endo-guerrières: combattre une maladie invisible (Endo-Warriors: Fighting an Invisible Disease)
Production companies: Entourage Films, Poutine Studios
Amount: $179,000
Genre: Documentary
Format: Television
Region: Montreal

Hôtel Beyrouth (season two)
Production company: Kavalo Productions
Amount: $202,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Television
Region: Toronto

Lakay Nou (season four)
Production company: Productions Jumelage
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Drama
Format: Television
Region: Montreal

Morceaux d’histoire
Production company: Chrystelle Maechler Productions
Amount: $750,000
Genre: Children & Youth
Format: Television
Region: Ontario

Tremblez Tremblez
Production company: Productions Ocho
Amount: $550,000
Genre: Documentary
Format: Television
Region: Montreal

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