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Funding
Seeing Red Media joins Snap’s content accelerator
The Indigenous-owned media company in Ontario will receive resources and training to create content on the social platform.
In Brief: CMF, IPF boost development packaging program
Plus: NFB animated short The Flying Sailor has won a Sundance award, Vancouver-raised screenwriter Kat Sieniuc has signed with UTA, and more.
BDC launches $30 million financing envelope
BDC has also announced a partnership with Telefilm in tandem with the new envelope, which is targeted at rapidly growing businesses in the creative, cultural industries.
imagineNATIVE, Netflix launch $125,000 Jeff Barnaby Grant
Named in honour of the late Mi’gmaq filmmaker, the grant is open to First Nations, Inuit, or Métis film and television creatives located in Canada.
In Brief: Jennica Harper named PSP showrunner in residence
Plus: Crazy8s gets underway, NSI names a new chair, Sundance selects a Montreal filmmaker for the Merata Mita Fellowship, and more.
In Brief: Canadian projects selected for Berlinale Series Market, Generation
Plus, Canadians continue to collect honours amid awards season, Adriano Rinaldi joins DNEG as GM of Vancouver studio, and more.
CMF unveils more than $23M in funding to digital series, projects
Production funding was provided for short-form series such as CBC Gem’s Zarqa and Bell Fibe TV’s The Missus Downstairs.
SODEC taps 10 fiction features for production funding
Eight French-language and two English-language projects were chosen, including biographical drama Ethel from Maudie director Aisling Walsh and writer Céleste Parr.
Creative BC, CMPA-BC launch IP optioning pilot program
The IP BC Pilot Program will give B.C.-based prodcos pre-development support for optioning existing IP for film and television adaptations.
CMF modifies budget, eligibility for development pilot program
The program, now in its second year, gives development funding to kids and doc producers without a broadcaster requirement.
Hot Docs supports 10 Canadian documentaries across two funds
A total of $212,500 has been allocated through the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund and the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund.
CMF invests $4M via Diverse Languages Program
A total of 21 projects were selected, including the OMNI Television Tagalog sketch comedy series Abroad.
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