Funding

Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund funds seven music docs

Selected docs received a combined $170,000 for either development or production support.

Alanis Obomsawin

In Brief: Alanis Obomsawin exhibition set for MoMA PS1

Plus: Crazy8s Film Society sets six finalists, several Canadian films are set for U.S. premieres in Santa Barbara, and more.

SODEC selects 18 films for development support

The projects include seven documentaries, 10 fiction features and one animation.

CMF genre report highlights children and youth, doc issues

The Canada Media Fund’s first-ever genre report focuses on systemic issues facing producers of the two genres.

CMF reports uptick in Indigenous, diverse key roles in 2023-24

The statistics were part of CMF’s second demographics report, which uses data from its Persona-ID system.

CBC, DOC launch mental health program for doc filmmakers

The initiative will provide documentary film productions with $1,000 to spend on mental health support.

Quebecor Fund, CMF allocate $1.76M in production funds

A total of nine series will receive production support for original Quebec-based IP.

Lu Asfaha wins 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award

Asfaha won the award for her psychological thriller screenplay They Echo, which is slated for production next summer.

Animated fantasy Fairyheart receives Eurimages support

The Hungary/Canada/Germany copro is slated to begin production in Q1 2025.

Production

SODEC supports production for 13 projects from emerging creatives

The selections span nine short fiction films, three short documentaries and one feature documentary.

SODEC invested $142.6M in cultural sector in 2023-24

SODEC supported 345 projects in the audiovisual sector with a total $88.3 million.

IPF, CMF select 12 short-form series for production funding

IPF and CMF have allocated nearly $3 million in combined financial backing for eight English-language series and four French.