The Canada Media Fund has invested $8.1 million through its Francophone Minority Program to support 23 television and digital media projects from across the country.

The program, which was launched in 2010, supports productions that reflect life in French-language communities outside of Quebec. This year two of the selected productions are from B.C., four are from Manitoba, two are from Nova Scotia, one is from Newfoundland and Labrador, six are from New Brunswick and eight are from Ontario.

Pour l’amour du Country, a variety series (12 x 60 minutes) that celebrates country music and artists, received $470,513 in funding, with its digital media companion receiving $49, 575. The other variety series to receive CMF coin was TFO’s BRBR, which highlights emerging Canadian musical stars. The series received $339,264, while its digital media component and mobile app received $224,323.

All told, 16 documentary projects received funding, including Trajectoires, which explores the careers of former NHL players. The television component received $533,949, while its digital media component received $59,980. Jeune et Franco was awarded $142,056 in coin, while its digital component, FrancoFier de ma région, which includes a 10-episode web series, received $101,500.

The second season of Dans l’ombre de (In the shadow of) received $176,318. The five-episode documentary series explores the people behind some of Francophone Ontario’s biggest successes. The show’s digital media component received $39,938. The doc series Guides d’aventures (10 x 60 minutes) received $307,609. MICTV Inc.’s Ma vie Made in Canada, which follows host and journalist Frédéric Choinière as he attempts to live off of made-in-Canada goods for an entire year, received $207,548. Its digital media component, created by Machine Gum Interactif Inc. received $95,945.

Zones tourbières, a documentary about the peat moss industry in New Brunswick, received  $73,600 and its digital media component received $31,237.

Other documentary programs to receive funding are: Chacun sa route (television: $550,000; digital media: $37,500), Le Choc des Bolides (television: $272,490; digital media: $39,739), Hors Circuits (television: $208,858; digital media: $17,219),  Les Îles de l’Atlantique (television:$192,972; digital media: $37,499), La Main à la pâte (television: $235,412; digital media: $46,916), Maux mystères (television: $336,894), Les Mystères de l’Alzheimer (digital media: $37,877), Nos hommes à Fort McMurray (television: $220,335; digital media $25,166), Pêches des bayous (television: $229,189; digital media: $54,332), Quand ça clique (television: $203,606; digital media:$69,759), Suivez le Guide (digital media: $73,749), and Terres d’exploration (television: $173,313; digital media: $27,800).

Five children and youth productions received funding including Agrofun, which received $220,729 for its television component and $107, 500 for its digital media component.

Manito Media’s Canot Cocasse received $550,000 and $70,000 for its digital media component. Flip, an online culture series broadcast four nights a week on TFO, YouTube and Facebook, received $339,264 and its digital media component and school tour received $135,783. TFO’s Minivers received $339,264 and $234,602 for its app. Wookey Films’ Comment devenir un adulte, which follows 16-year-olds as they grow into young adulthood, received $76,640 and $44,738 for its online component.

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