The Rogers Indigenous Film Fund Program is part of a $1-million multi-year fund established with the Rogers Group of Funds in 2021.
The funding from Telefilm Canada’s Big Budget stream of its Production Program will go toward nine English-language feature-length films.
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The documentaries are being funded through several streams of Hot Docs’ CrossCurrents Doc Funds.
The Rogers-BSO Script Development Fund provides financial and mentorship support to creators for their scripted and documentary projects.
The funder says it wants to facilitate industry-wide discussions about the definition of Cancon as Bill C-11 goes through a Senate review.
A decade in, Telefilm is looking at “the next iteration” of the fund that supports its Talent to Watch program.
The organization has financed its second-round of production funding to feature films and documentaries.
CMF-funded projects led to more than $1.9 billion in production industry activity, according to the funder’s 2021-22 annual report.
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The bulk of the funding has gone to Ontario and Quebec productions, with B.C. doc 500 Days in the Wild as the sole project selected outside of the two provinces.
A total of 29 organizations were selected for $11.2 million to aid Canadian export work, with Canadian Heritage seeking to renew the program beyond the five-year commitment.