OMNI series Blood and Water is among 18 projects funded through the Diverse Languages Program, with another nine funded through the Francophone Minority Program.
The fund, run by the Edmonton Screen Industries Office, will provide loans and investments to screen media projects and ventures situated in the Edmonton metro region.
The new $80,000 fund for short films is one of three launched by the funder this year.
The new initiative follows the announcement that Rogers will no longer serve as a partner on Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program.
After more than a decade, Rogers Group of Funds will no longer be a funding partner on the program for feature-length documentary projects.
Harold Greenberg Fund president John Galway on how the Fund is stretching its dollars further through new partnerships and uncovering untapped filmmaking voices.
The government funder has invested $7 million across seven film and television projects filmed in the North Bay area.
The One-Stop Funding Workshop gathers industry funders, including CMF, Telefilm, CBC and IPF, to discuss how they jointly finance content.
This latest funding round closes out the Harold Greenberg Fund’s 2019 fiscal year, with 67 projects sharing a total investment of more than $1 million.
With a total budget of $100,000, the NLFDC/CBC Digital Production Program will support digital content from Newfoundland and Labrador creators.
The funds are distributed through the BC Shorts Program, which provides $20,000 in production financing to local filmmakers.
The funds will be distributed to 44 projects through the Aboriginal, English POV and Experimental Stream Innovation programs.