Selected docs received a combined $170,000 for either development or production support.
The projects include seven documentaries, 10 fiction features and one animation.
The Canada Media Fund’s first-ever genre report focuses on systemic issues facing producers of the two genres.
The statistics were part of CMF’s second demographics report, which uses data from its Persona-ID system.
The initiative will provide documentary film productions with $1,000 to spend on mental health support.
A total of nine series will receive production support for original Quebec-based IP.
Asfaha won the award for her psychological thriller screenplay They Echo, which is slated for production next summer.
The Hungary/Canada/Germany copro is slated to begin production in Q1 2025.
The selections span nine short fiction films, three short documentaries and one feature documentary.
SODEC supported 345 projects in the audiovisual sector with a total $88.3 million.
IPF and CMF have allocated nearly $3 million in combined financial backing for eight English-language series and four French.