Funding

Bell Fund allocates $2.2 million to 11 short-form series

The selected series include seven scripted projects and four documentaries.

Filming

SODEC selects 10 documentaries for funding

The latest round of the production assistance program allocated funding to feature and medium-length docs.

Trans Filmmaker Summit launches Short Film Fund

The fund will provide resources for an emerging gender-diverse filmmaker to create a short film.

Production

Creative BC commits $1.49M to 22 projects via Production Program

The program provides funding for production and post-production work on scripted and unscripted films and series from B.C.-owned companies.

CMF commits $11.7M across 24 immersive, video game projects

Of the projects funded, 18 were via the Prototyping Program and six were through the Commercial Projects Program.

Telefilm invests $4.8 million in five big-budget English projects

This is the second round of funding for big-budget English market films under the Production Program.

Telefilm commits $4.9 million to 21 feature-length documentaries

The funding is being allocated through Telefilm’s Theatrical Documentary Program.

In Brief: Sundance selects two Canadian copros for doc grant

Plus: The Sundar Prize Film Festival adds new categories for 2025 and the government invests $114K toward a Yukon program.

SODEC selects seven mentorship projects for assistance program

The program supports the networking and mentoring activities of Quebec companies or professional associations.

CMF commits $16.2M via Indigenous, POV programs

The latest round of funding includes $8.5 million for Indigenous scripted and unscripted projects and $7.7 million for one-off documentaries.

African Noir series Acts of Man receives first KIC Group Award

The US$10,000 investment in Acts of Man is the first of the group’s endeavours to support coproductions between Canada and South Africa.

Government of Canada grants $1.2 million for ComediHa! festival

The funding comes from the Quebec Economic Development Program and the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.