Four films have landed support from HGF’s new marketing program, all of which show potential for kick-starting careers and commercial success, the Fund’s John Galway says.
Whizbang Films’ Cottage Country is among three features receiving support through the Fund’s Equity Investment Program.
The inaugural Astral-supported program is open to Canadian filmmakers looking to promote projects domestically and internationally.
John Galway has discovered the promise of Bell Lightbox in helping upstart film festivals reach mainstream audiences.
Astral Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund is getting into the awards business. The industry fund is sponsoring the inaugural Planet In Focus Green Screen Award for eco-friendly filmmakers.
Entertainment One has grabbed the Canadian distribution rights to Foreverland, Maxwell McGuire’s feature about a young man stricken with cystic fibrosis who goes on a road trip to Mexico.
Another raft of prodcos have been accepted in the latest round of the script development program from the Harold Greenberg Fund’s English-Language Program.
Here’s a useful life raft for struggling Canadian filmmakers: Astral Media’s The Harold Greenberg Fund last year invested $3.4 million in Canadian film, much of it seed capital to get projects off the ground in a crisis-era global film business.
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival doled out a number of key awards at the close of its 14th annual event.
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.
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.