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Funding
Crowdfunding 101: The Ghost Army
Concluding the series of crowdfunding case studies, we look at Rick Beyer’s doc The Ghost Army (pictured), which Kickstarted its way to a PBS premiere.
Inside Maxime Desmons’ Telefilm-backed micro-budget feature
Sally Karam and Damon D’Oliveira are producing and exec producing, respectively, What We Have, the first feature from Telefilm’s micro-budget production program (Desmons pictured).
Crowdfunding 101: Inocente
Ahead of the STREAM conference, which kicks off in Santa Monica on Monday, we profile a trio of filmmakers who successfully raised funding via Kickstarter, starting with the directors (pictured) behind the Oscar-winning doc Inocente.
Weekly roundup: Premieres, mentorship and financing news
Today’s package of briefs includes the Canadian films premiering at Toronto’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival later this summer (Real Gangsters pictured).
Weekly roundup: Awards, festivals and distribution news
This week’s briefs include details of the VIP-heavy Cannes Film Festival screening of restored The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (VIPs pictured).
Telefilm Canada wagers $3.7 million on five Quebec films
The bets are on the latest films by Micheline Lanctot, Carole Laure, Francois Delisle, Yves-Christian Fournier and a 3D film from Jean-Francois Pouliot and Francois Brisson.
CFC gets $9 million from Ontario budget
The money, to be doled out over three years, is meant to support the centre’s educational programs, according to Thursday’s budget.
Prairie producers receive Rogers development loans
The fund, which is open to indie producers of Alberta and Manitoba, will begin accepting applications for its second round starting in July.
Film accelerator CineCoup unveils top 15
The top projects, revealed Wednesday night, come from Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto and Halifax.
CMF introduces $3M Anglophone minority incentive
The CMF says the program was designed to encourage English-language TV convergent production by Quebec companies.
Brad Pelman to shop CineCoup projects in Cannes
The ex-Alliance Films exec (pictured) will be looking to secure pre-sales for 10 short-listed film projects from the Vancouver-based film accelerator.
Manitoba extends industry tax credits, expands digital incentive
The tax incentives for film and video production and interactive digital media production have been extended to 2016, with four enhancements to the digital media incentive.
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