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Funding
Shaw Media-Hot Docs backs EyeSteelFilm, Filthy Gorgeous
The Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds has issued completion grants and no-interest loans totaling $172,000 to nine documentary projects, including three from Montreal’s EyeSteelFilm and Barry Avrich’s upcoming Bob Guccione doc (pictured).
CMF invests $5.2 million in dev, marketing 21 projects
The majority of funding goes to 15 projects in development, while $1.9 million in marketing funds goes to six interactive projects, including Skyreader Media’s Skyreader Studio platform and Magnify Digital’s Alert-TV+.
Artist by Night wins $20,000 MTS pitch competition
Manitoba filmmaker Kelly-Anne Reiss receives a licence fee production deal with MTS Stories from Home at the Gimli Film Festival.
Rogers Fund invests $4.6 million in 18 projects
Projects receiving equity investments in the fund’s latest round include upcoming Bell Media miniseries Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Yukon Gold and Licence to Drill.
If I Had Wings wraps production in Maple Ridge
Producer Cynde Harmon talks to Playback about the challenges of securing funding for the Canadian feature film.
Octavia Films retools short film grants program
The program now offers post-production grants to emerging, next-gen female filmmakers across Canada.
CMF invests $4.4 million in Aboriginal TV series
Nine of the 12 projects to receive industry funding are for APTN, the aboriginal TV network that languishes high up the TV dial.
Telefilm invests $13.8 million in nine features
Films including David Hewlett’s Debug, Atom Egoyan’s Queen of the Night and Greg Jackson’s Bunker 6 received backing from the Canada Feature Film Fund.
Crowdfunding platforms expand Canadian ties
Kickstarter announces plans for a Canadian platform, while Indiegogo promises further Canadian currency support.
Bell Fund invested $12.8M in 2012: report
The fund, which supports the creation of cross-platform and digital projects, said it backed 99 digital media and related TV projects last year (Big Brother Canada‘s digital extension pictured).
Five web series get second seasons thanks to IPF
A total of 14 projects are splitting $1.6 million, the Independent Production Fund said Thursday.
High demand taps out CMF’s digital media incentive program
The industry fund said the French-language program has followed the English Canadian version in being drained well before the program was to run out in April 2014.
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