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While total investment dropped, funding triggered $1.4B in production activity, up slightly from the previous fiscal year.
An upcoming White Pine Pictures’ doc is one of 14 documentary projects selected in the funder’s latest round.
Twenty five projects from creators in B.C. and Alberta will receive up to $100,000 each and mentorship from the NSI.
The $300,000 codevelopment and coproduction fund was announced at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
Eagle Vision’s Taken and Kwassen Productions’ Tribal Police Files were among 17 projects to receive a share of the funding.
Cream Productions and TFO are among the companies that nabbed development coin, while six projects will receive marketing support.
Thirteen companies received a share of $10.2 million through the funder’s Experimental Stream Innovation Program.
With more than $500,000, Secret Location walked away with the most coin to help finance three digital projects.
Samara Chadwick’s 1999 was one of 27 projects to receive a share of $10.5 million from the European funder.
The funder also added a TV format and concept development component in this latest round to support the creation of exportable Quebec-made series.
CMF invests $8.1M through Francophone Minority Program
The funder backed a total of 15 projects, including a $1.16 million investment in Slalom Productions TV drama Malediction de Jonathan Plourde.