Harold Greenberg Fund

Harold Greenberg Fund invests $3.6 million in latest fiscal

The fund committed almost $2.15 million to 126 English-language projects, including film development and industry initiatives.

Harold Greenberg Fund announces latest script development projects

Super Pulp! from Troy Nixey and Baseballisimo from Jay Baruchel and Jesse Chabot are among the selected projects in the latest funding round.

Film reels (Photo: Lisa Eglinton, Flickr Creative Commons)

Three filmmaker teams to receive $20,000 from Short Film Program

The film program aims to help emerging filmmakers make short films they can potentially expand into debut features.

Harold Greenberg Fund to launch $1,000 short film award at Just for Laughs

The fund’s English-language program president John Galway tells Playback that the prize aims to boost support and success for comedic short filmmakers in Canada.

Production underway on Ruba Nadda’s Inescapable

The indie thriller will shoot through mid-March in Canada, South Africa and Lebanon.

Rufus in production in Saskatchewan

Playback catches up with director David Schultz during the shooting of his third feature film.

Harold Greenberg Fund helps market Canadians at Slamdance

The Canadian indie films Roller Town and Comforting Skin received support to market themselves to distributors and rival festivals.

Sarah Polley to adapt Atwood’s Alias Grace for the big screen

The page-to-screen adaptation is one of 29 projects receiving seed financing from Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund during its latest funding round.

Harold Greenberg Fund: $3.6 million invested in 2010-11

The industry fund’s latest annual report reveals coin for 180 projects from early-stage inception to polish and packaging.

Marisa Tomei and Joshua Jackson star in Ruba Nadda’s Inescapable

The project is Nadda’s follow-up to Cairo Time, which won the best Canadian feature prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund backs Jonathan Sobol and Anita Doron films

The industry fund is investing in two writer-directors set to shift their careers in new directions, says English language program president John Galway.