Festival ring-leader leaves Telefilm after 22 years

What kind of programs will win the race to get money from the new Canada Media Fund? Canadian Heritage wants the new CMF to support popular, innovative, cross-platform shows with the highest earning potential. But what do these laudable, perhaps unrealistic goals mean in practice?

Echoing last year’s creation of the Canada Media Fund, Ottawa is ditching its Partnerships and Gateway funds to combine them into one financing body, the $37.5 million Canada Interactive Fund. The fund, to be administered by the Department of Canadian Heritage, will be rolled out in 2010/11.

Final seat among controversial directors to be filled by Youthography boss Max Valiquette

The Canadian Film Centre will get up to $7.5 million in new infrastructure funding from the federal, provincial and Toronto governments in order to renovate existing facilities and construct three new buildings on its Windfields Campus site.

Ontario’s tax break will fall short of matching Quebec’s all-encompassing 25% credit, a glitch that may already be sending one project over the border.

Heritage says it has $37.5 million for interactive content from minorities, but questions remain on Canada Interactive Fund

Unpredictable loonie can take a bite out of budgets, warns financier

Hotels, travel and entertainment not to be covered in proposed boost. Carmody may move Silent Hill 2

Cash-strapped provincial government’s new budget does not include beefed-up tax credit for film and TV industry

When Danny Chalifour joined Telefilm in 1987 it was for a six-month contract. The young producer was looking to immerse himself in the business and Telefilm offered a prime spot to learn the trade from the inside out.

Telefilm Canada has granted funding assistance to 14 French-language screenwriting projects, totaling approximately $200,000, as part of its effort to foster screenwriting with strong box-office potential.