Industry advisories

Montreal, January 15, 2015— Telefilm Canada warmly applauds the Canadian talents who have received a 2015 Oscar nomination. From feature films to shorts, live action to animation, directing to technical categories, these nominations show that the creativity of our Canadian talents shines clearly and brightly.

Congratulations ...

Montreal, December 18, 2014 — Please note that during the holidays, Telefilm Canada’s offices will be closed from December 25th to January 2nd inclusive.

eTelefilm will close noon December 24, and will reopen again January 5.

For those of you who were unable to join us in Ottawa this morning, Telefilm Canada has made available the speeches from Michel Roy, Chair of the Board, and Carolle Brabant, Executive Director. Find them on our Website here: https://telefilm.ca/en/news/speeches.

As well, you can watch the...

Montréal, November 21st, 2014 – On November 20th, 2014, Telefilm Canada opened the doors of its Production Program, for fiscal year 2015/2016, to French-market projects with budgets over $2.5M.

Changes to the program:

• No changes were made to the program this year.
• Be sure...

• Canadian mission to Mumbai and Goa to activate the Canada-India Coproduction Treaty
• Five Canadian films to screen at the 45th International Film Festival of India

Montreal, November 10, 2014—Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), the

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that Anne Frank has been confirmed, on a permanent basis, in her role as Regional Feature Film Executive—Atlantic Region. In addition, Halifax industry veteran Denise Jamieson has been appointed as Project Leader—National Promotion and Communications.

Anne Frank
Regional Feature Film...

Montreal, October 2, 2014 — Telefilm Canada is proud to recognize Canada’s presence at the 19th Busan International Film Festival and the Asian Film Market in South Korea, which will be held October 2 to 11 and October 5 to 8, respectively. Seven Canadian films have...

Montreal, September 15th, 2014—Telefilm Canada is delighted with the strong Canadian presence at the 62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival to be held in Spain from September 19 to 27. Six Canadian films will be presented at the Festival.

This year the Festival will also be organizing ...

Montreal, September 4, 2014 — Telefilm Canada shines the spotlight on Canadian talent at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, introducing its first-ever live game show – ETALK presents The Great Canadian Talent Faceoff – and presenting another edition of its popular Talent to Watch...

Montreal, September 3rd, 2014 - Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds are pleased to announce the extension of their partnership and the opening of the 2014-2015 Theatrical Documentary Program.

Telefilm and the Rogers Group of Funds have once again joined forces to underwrite the Program with the...

Montreal, July 28, 2014 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce the Canadian presence at the 67th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival held in Switzerland from August 6 to August 16, 2014. Established in 1946, the festival occupies a unique position in the...

Montreal, July 2, 2014—Telefilm Canada is very pleased that the Audiovisual Coproduction Treaty between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of India came into effect on July 1, 2014. The Treaty was announced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official ...

Montreal, June 25, 2014—Canadian cinema is once again making a name for itself beyond our borders with a selection of seven films at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in the Czech Republic. The films Je suis à toi by David Lambert, a minority Canadian coproduction...

The Commitee will select the film to represent Canada for consideration as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards

Montreal, June 18th, 2014—Telefilm Canada invites producers to submit their feature films to the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee for a chance to...

Montreal, June 11, 2014—Since the opening date for lower budget feature film applications, the demand has surpassed expectations. To date, requests far exceed the budget available and a significant portion of regional funding resources has been committed. Therefore the Atlantic, Ontario/Nunavut, Quebec and Western offices of...

Montreal, June 9, 2014 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the Canadian film industry will return to the Shanghai International Film Festival for a fifth consecutive year and will present 19 films, including 11 films in the Focus Canada section, six films in the Spectrum...

Montreal, June 2nd, 2014—Telefilm Canada announces its support for the production of 12 English-language lower-budget feature film projects (budgets of less than 2.5 million dollars) through the Canada Feature Film Fund. The total allocation for the selected projects for the fourth quarter of 2013-2014 is more...

Montreal, April 28, 2014 – Telefilm Canada advises all members of the industry that, due to technical difficulties, the opening date of its Development Program has been pushed from April 30th 2014, to May 8th, 2014. 

We appreciate your patience and assure you that this delay will ensure smooth...

Montreal, April 17, 2014 – Telefilm Canada wishes to inform all interested applicants to the Development program that the updated guidelines and FAQs are now available on its website.

Modifications to this year’s program were kept to a minimum.

With ongoing budget restrictions, demands will certainly exceed available dollars;...

Montreal, April 9, 2014 – Telefilm Canada wishes to inform its clients of the Production Program of the Canada Feature Film Fund that they have until April 18 to submit their funding applications for French-language projects with budgets less than $2.5 million. After that date, the Program,...

Montreal, March 17, 2014 – Telefilm Canada wishes to inform Production Program clients that they have until March 24 to submit funding applications for projects with budgets of $2.5 million or more. The Program will then be closed for the remainder of fiscal 2014-2015.

The Production Program for projects...

The Audiovisual Coproduction Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of India was signed on February 24, 2014, in New Delhi, India, during the State Visit of His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.

Before the Canada-India Audiovisual Coproduction Agreement enters into...

Montreal, February 21, 2014—Telefilm Canada wishes to inform its clients that applications for funding to the Canada Feature Film Fund for lower-budget projects (projects with budgets of less than $2.5 million) will be accepted as of the following dates for English- and French-language markets.

Lower-budget English-language ...

Please note that our Atlantic office in Halifax will be moving on February 13th and 14th, 2014.

IMPORTANT: The office will be closed as of 5 pm (AT) on February 13th and will reopen, with reduced availability, on the morning of Monday, February 17th. Servers and...

Montréal, January 14, 2014 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada are seeking suggestions and ideas from the industry to feature Canadian productions and talent at upcoming MIPTV and MIPCOM events in 2014, the world’s premiere television markets. 

In 2012, Canada was featured...

Montreal, January 6, 2014—Telefilm Canada announces its support for 18 lower budget English-language productions (with budgets under $2.5 million) from the Ontario and Nunavut, Western as well as Atlantic regions through the Canada Feature Film Fund. The total allocation for the productions selected, in the second ...

Montréal, December 16, 2013 – As part of its program redesign initiative and following a series of consultations with the industry, Telefilm Canada is making changes to the Performance Envelope component of its Production Program. The Performance Envelope component will be replaced with a Fast Track stream.

The main goal of this latest...

“Talented filmmaker, mentor and festival programmer, Peter Wintonick was much appreciated for his passion and dedication. His films had a major impact in Canada and were seen in hundreds of other countries, winning numerous awards. His long career allowed us to appreciate the scope of his talent, and his work is now a valued part of our cultural heritage."

“On...

Telefilm Canada continues to support emerging feature film talent through its Micro-Budget Production Program for a second year. Through this Program, Telefilm will support between eight to ten projects through the Main Component, and up to three projects in the new Aboriginal component.

This Program also seeks to stimulate the...