The winner of the competition will receive $500,000 in production financing for a half-hour comedy special that will air on the CBC.
How the filmmaking team behind The Integral Man is raising funds and building a future audience by hosting high-end events at the home of doc subject Jim Stewart.
Thirteen of the projects selected to receive funding are new web series to be produced in 2014, including Smokebomb Entertainment’s Inhuman Condition (pictured).
Projects that were awarded funding in the latest round of financing include films from Sophie Jarvis and Kent Nolan.
Other productions to receive financing through the fund include Dino Hunt Canada and the children’s series Chirp. (Corner Gas pictured.)
Selected projects include feature films from directors Jeffrey St. Jules, Jefferson Moneo and Alain Descrochers.
The selected films include projects from Larry Weinstein and Nicholas de Pencier.
This year’s edition of the Shorts-to-Feature program will see more projects supported with more cash.
The purpose of the Kickstarter campaign for Corner Gas: The Movie was to give fans an opportunity to be involved, says executive producer Virginia Thompson.
Giant screen firm IMAX is planning to co-finance 10 large-format, educational documentaries through a newly established IMAX Original Film Fund.