Thirteen projects from Alberta and B.C.-based filmmakers received support through the funder’s inaugural Immersive Edition program.
The two-year audiovisual codevelopment and coproduction agreement is open to TV and digital media projects.
Among the selected projects is Montreal-based Zone3’s collab with Berlin VR studio INVR Space, DNA Danse.
A Daniel Grou-directed mafia drama from Attraction Images and Caramel Films is one of the projects funded through the Film Production Assistance Program.
Sinking Ship Entertainment, Secret Location and Zone3 are three of the companies that received development coin for upcoming projects.
Films by Philippe Falardeau, Mary Walsh and Aisling Chin-Yee are among those selected to receive a share of the $250,000.
Finish Line Games’ SKULLY and Secret Location’s The Great C each collected $1 million in funding.
Jenny Reeves, president of IATSE Local 849, says the steep drop in labour is evidence that the province’s current incentive fund isn’t working.