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Funding
SODEC tweaks 2023-2024 production assistance program
The changes include an increase in the production budget estimate threshold for feature-length films.
imagineNATIVE, Netflix reveal Jeff Barnaby Grant recipients
Five filmmakers will receive $25,000 apiece to support their projects, which include shorts, a feature animation and a web series.
In Brief: Catalyst, Knix partner on doc initiative to launch at BANFF
Plus: Sundance selects Eva Grant for Native Labs fellowship, Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy spreads its pixie dust in Canada, and more.
The Sandbox among Hot Docs Forum winners
U.S. doc I of the Water picked up the top prize during the Forum, which ran from May 2 to 3.
SODEC doles out production funding to 14 fiction features
Eleven of the projects have a total budget of $3.5 million or more, spanning several genres.
TIFF, Sloan Foundation form science-on-screen initiative
The new partnership includes a pitch program at this year’s festival, where Canadian and international filmmakers will present science-themed projects.
Creative BC, CMPA-BC IP pilot program unveils 18 recipients
The IP BC Pilot Program aims to help prodcos option pre-existing intellectual property (IP) for film and television.
ISO calls for earlier federal funding decision
The Indigenous Screen Office made the call in a “letter of disappointment” issued to the federal government about its exclusion from the budget.
In Brief: Factory Film Studio promotes Dru Viergever
Plus: Alanis Obomsawin will be honoured with the Edward MacDowell Medal, several Canadian shorts head to Annecy, and more.
CMF adds environmental measures, new policy for 2023-24
The $365.8 million fiscal year budget does not account for new funding recently announced by the federal government.
Federal budget includes $40 million in added funds for CMF
The additional investment is meant to support content from underrepresented voices and French-speaking communities.
Quebec budget includes ‘expanded’ role for SODEC
The funder will receive a $200 million envelope, according to the 2023-24 budget, as Télé-Québec also receives additional investment.
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