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Funding
P.E.I.’s production fund ‘crucial’ for local film sector
Jason Arsenault of 63 Lights Entertainment discusses the impact for producers and crews ahead of production on Jeremy Larter’s Who’s Yer Father?
CMF invests $19.3M in interactive digital media projects
Projects receiving funding include Love is a Roguelite (LIAR) by Titan1Studios, which is concurrently being developed for television.
CMF allocates $10.7M via Pilot Program for Racialized Communities
Hungry Eyes Media’s feature 40 Acres and season four of Diggstown are among the 19 projects to receive production support.
Telefilm supports 64 small fests via COVID recovery fund
The festivals will receive a total of $725,000 through the Promotion Program, with support for larger film festivals to be announced in early 2023.
Telefilm launches authentic storytelling survey
The survey will aid in Telefilm’s plan to create a subcommittee tasked with forming industry guidelines and best practices around authentic storytelling.
Telefilm allocates $12.8M to 21 English market films
The features were selected from more than 300 submissions to the 2022 production program. (Update: this story corrects erroneous information about The Invisibles.)
CMF allocates $7.3M to English, French docs via POV program
The funder will open a second round of the program for French-language docs in September due to a leftover $1.1 million in funds.
CMF adds Trent Locke to senior exec team
The former Portfolio Entertainment COO joins as EVP of finance and analytics, handling the funder’s day-to-day business and financial operations, and its strategic approach to research and data collection.
Telefilm invests $3 million to six Indigenous-led features
The amount was allocated through the Theatrical Documentary and Production programs, with the remaining annual Indigenous stream contribution to be reserved for the development program and Talent to Watch.
In Brief: CFC introduces scholarship to offset tuition fees
Plus, the RBC and Canadian Academy’s MVP project hits a milestone in its latest funding round.
CMF allocates $14.6 M to 31 Indigenous and Francophone projects
CMF committed $8.9 million in production funding to 16 projects through its Indigenous program and $5.7 million to 15 project in its Francophone Minority program.
CMF adds five to management team
The appointments come months after the funder restructured its senior management team to implement a new content-focused funding model.
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