Something must be done to save Canadian documentary film.

Moore hands out $504 million — but makes scant mention of film or television

The Canadian Television Fund recently named most of the people who will make up its board of directors through the coming year, as the oft-embattled outfit moves into the broader mandate of backing both television and new media content.

Campaign calls on Heritage to earmark a percentage for documentaries

The province now offers film producers one of the best tax incentives in North America. All production costs…

Some of the biggest players in the Quebec film and TV industry are denouncing the appointment of Guy Fournier to the new Canada Media Fund…

Partway to becoming the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Television Fund on Tuesday named most of the people who will make up its…

There’s more money in the coffers at the Canadian Television Fund, which has renewed two of its programs, with significant increases to each of their budgets. The CTF recently announced that its Production Incentive and Digital Media initiative – which both launched as pilot programs last year – have been extended for 2009/10.

In a surprise move, the Ontario government is injecting $23 million into Starz Animation to create and preserve jobs at the Toronto studio, which is owned by California-based Starz, a subsidiary of U.S. giant Liberty Media. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made the announcement at the 3D animation house and was joined by musician Elton John and his Toronto-born partner David Furnish. The pair, through their Rocket Pictures shingle (Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…), are producers on the CG musical Gnomeo and Juliet, for which Starz is creating the characters.

After being publicly accused of lavish spending by Quebec’s auditor general, SODEC head Jean-Guy Chaput said that he’s a victim of a media smear campaign and will not resign.