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Funding
City of Montreal backs World Film Festival
Festival organizers will receive $150,000 and technical support for outdoor screenings for its 36th edition, which starts Aug. 23.
Theatrical doc program budget back to $1.5M as NFB comes on board
Following earlier funding cuts that saw Telefilm slash its contribution to the program by half, the NFB has joined with Telefilm and the Rogers Group of Funds to restore the program’s budget.
982 Film Fund will focus on financing U.S. blockbusters
The Calgary-based company’s new financing model, first announced last week, will allow everyday investors to profit from film revenues, but isn’t aimed at Canadian productions.
982 Media unveils new film financing fund
The Calgary-based firm announced Thursday a new financing model which will allow people and companies to invest in films and share in the revenue.
Water, White Knight receive Shaw Media-Hot Docs funding
Director Jennifer Baichwal (pictured) and photographer Edward Burtynsky’s doc Water is among the projects receiving a total of $168,000 from the program’s completion and development funds.
Feds to invest $1.6 million in Nova Scotia arts
The funding will go toward 52 culture projects, including festivals such as the Atlantic Film Festival’s Viewfinders Youth Outreach Series.
Federal government invests $2 million in Manitoba arts
The funding will support 23 cultural projects, including the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival, which On Screen Manitoba’s Nicole Matiation (pictured) says is an important industry meeting place.
Harold Greenberg Fund supports two features with odd couples
Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure and Jason Priestley’s (pictured) Cas and Dylan received funding through the equity investment program.
CMF invests $8M in aboriginal and English POV programs
The fund disbursed $4.7 million in its aboriginal stream and $3.5 million in its English Point of View stream.
Broadcaster’s public benefit spending steady: report
Research firm Boon Dog’s study shows broadcasters spent $51 million on Canadian content creation in 2010 to 2011.
Animation producers must do more with less, says TAAFI panel
Industry experts discussed the challenges facing Canadian producers at the inaugural Toronto animation festival Saturday.
Telefilm reports 24% portfolio improvement in 2011
The agency’s first annual Success Index results show that the primary source of growth came in the commercial component, in part on success of Barney’s Version (pictured).
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