Sixteen documentaries supported by Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds

Montréal, 24 April  2019—Telefilm Canada, in partnership with the Rogers Group of Funds, announces the 16 English- and French-language documentary feature films supported by the Theatrical Feature-Length Documentary Program, with a funding total of more than $1.6 million.

The goal of the Theatrical Documentary Program is to increase Canadian audiences for Canadian feature films, by encouraging the production of high-calibre feature-length documentaries. Since 2007, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds have joined forces to underwrite this Program with the intent to support projects that will lead to success.

French-language projects:

	Director	Screenwriter	Producer
Boat People	Marie-Hélène Panisset	Thi Be Nguyen	DIY FILMS Inc.
Un enfant à soi	Amandine Gay	Amandine Gay	Echo Media
Ensemble	Jean-Nicolas Orhon	Jean-Nicolas Orhon	Films JAD
Fondations	Olivier D. Asselin	Olivier D. Asselin	Argus Films
Ce que le monde porte en soi	Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins	Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins	MÖ FILMS
Nitassinan	Joséphine Bacon and Carlos Ferrand	Joséphine Bacon, Carlos Ferrand and Réginald Vollant	Terre Innue
La parfaite victime	Émilie Perreault and Monic Néron	Émilie Perreault and Monic Néron	Cinémaginaire and Films Progresco
Rojek	Zaynê Akyol	Zaynê Akyol	Metafilms
À travers tes yeux	Brigitte Poupart	Brigitte Poupart	EMAfilms

English-language projects:

	Director	Screenwriter	Producer
The Unmaking	Shannon Walsh	Harold Crooks and Julien Goetz	Intuitive Pictures Productions
nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up	Tasha Hubbard	Tasha Hubbard	Downstream Documentary Productions
Red Fever	Neil Diamond	Neil Diamond	Rezolution Pictures International
Inconvenient Indian	Michelle Latimer	Michelle Latimer	90th Parallel Productions
The Magnitude of All Things	Jennifer Abbott	Jennifer Abbott	Magnitude Productions
Atwood Encounters	Nancy Lang	Nancy Lang	Atwood Encounters
Team Indigenous	Courtney Montour	Courtney Montour	Jason Brennan

About Telefilm Canada—See bigger.
Telefilm is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success of Canada’s audiovisual industry. Through funding and promotion programs, Telefilm supports dynamic companies and creative talent at home and around the world. Telefilm also makes recommendations regarding the certification of audiovisual coproduction treaties to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and administers the programs of the Canada Media Fund. Launched in 2012, the Talent Fund accepts private donations which principally support emerging talent. Visit telefilm.ca and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/telefilm_canada and on Facebook at facebook.com/telefilmcanada.

About the Rogers Group of Funds
In 1980, Rogers launched its first fund to support Canada’s independent producers. Since then, more than $560 million has been committed to over 2200 television and feature film projects through four different funding programs, all designed to meet the needs of Canada’s independent production community.

Media enquiries:

Joyce Richards
Advisor, Public Relations – English Market
Telefilm Canada
647-475-4903
joyce.richards@telefilm.ca

Jodi Cook
Communications Manager
Rogers Media / Rogers Group of Funds
647-227-2374
Jodi.Cook@rci.rogers.com