The Sleeping Giant director’s sophomore feature project is produced by Rhombus Media and based on a play from screenwriter Nicolas Billon.
Bristow Global Media’s Paranormal 911, Shaftesbury’s Rex and Eye Steel Films’ Agents of Influence are among the Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund’s picks.
Writer/director Alysse Leite-Rogers’ Tea With Lemon is among the projects to receive $20,000 through the fund’s inaugural round.
Toronto’s Secret Location received funding for two games and one interactive media project through the funder’s Experimental Stream Innovation Program.
Manifold Pictures’ sci-fi for Hollywood Suite was the only drama to receive funding, while projects from Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn’s Kingulliit Productions also received support.
VR projects from Secret Location and Cream Digital are among those selected to receive support through the funder’s Experimental Stream – Innovation Program.
Dramas Mont-Rouge and Eaux Turbulentes received the lion’s share of the funding through the Francophone Minority Program.
Michelle Latimer’s Forgotten and Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach are among the selected projects.
The Film Media Fund and the Film 4Ward Program will share $350K in funding from the provincial government.
The revamped micro-budget funding program will fund projects from Madison Thomas, Reem Morsi and Thyrone Tommy, among others.
The CBC + Creative BC Digital Production Fund will direct at least 50% of its funding to projects led by female creators.