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Funding
Aboriginal doc wins $20,000 Manitoba pitch
Jaime Black and Tina Keeper from Kistikan Pictures snagged the $20,000 license fee pitch prize with MTS Winnipeg On Demand for REDress Redress, On Screen Manitoba has announced.
CMF funds $1 million in diverse language projects
Eight new TV and digital media projects in the Diverse Languages Program will share in $1 million from the CMF.
CFC announces Telefilm Features Comedy Lab projects
Impressed with the selection of projects submitted to this year’s Telefilm Features Comedy Lab, the industry committee chose six instead of five to be eligible for development financing of up to $75,000.
Thoughts about the CMF?
The CMF has set up a discussion forum that will allow interested parties the chance to offer their feedback.
Will nets spend doc money on dramas?
As English Canadian documentary filmmakers struggle to wrap their heads around the exigencies of the Canada Media Fund’s POV program, a more worrying question looms on the horizon: have broadcasters used the CMF’s new 50% flex rules to finance dramas instead of documentaries?
Doc makers can’t find license fees to trigger CMF funds
The new Canada Media Fund is ready to hand out $3.5 million to 21 Canadian documentary filmmakers, but there’s a major hitch: many can’t find the broadcasters they need to get access to the cash.
CMF unveils recipients of $12.9 million experimental stream
It looks like games were top of mind for the Canada Media Fund, as it releases the results of the first round in its Experimental Stream.
Mehta, Lavis, Gibson land Harold Greenberg funding
The Harold Greenberg Fund has announced the latest round of funding for a slate of projects under its script development program, including Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children and The White Circus from Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski.
CMF appoints Briceno
Stepping into the newly created position of director, industry and market trends for the Canada Media Fund is Catalina Briceno.
Shaw Rocket Prize finalists announced
The Shaw Rocket Fund, the not-for-profit corporation dedicated to supporting Canadian youth and family television programming, has announced the five finalists for this year’s $50,000 prize awarded to the best Canadian program targeted to children between the ages of six and 12.
Roller Town movie goes online for donations
Halifax comedy troupe Picnicface has financing from the Harold Greenberg Fund for their upcoming movie comedy Roller Town, and D Films on board as a theatrical distributor.
Shakespeare takes Telefilm’s Pitch This
The jury has spoken: Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col on Tuesday won the Telefilm Canada Pitch This! competition with Kill Shakespeare, a live-action film and multimedia mash-up inspired by the famed poet’s characters.
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