News releases

Toronto/Montreal, June 7, 2016—Canada’s animation industry will have unprecedented exposure at this year’s edition of the International Animation Film Market (MIFA), June 15 to 17, part of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, where 45 Canadian production companies will showcase the quality and diversity of...

Montreal, May 22, 2016 — “On behalf of Telefilm Canada and myself, I want to heartily congratulate Xavier Dolan for winning over the jury and the public with the film It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) at the Cannes Film...

Starring, among others, Claude Legault, Roy Dupuis, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Sophie Nélisse, Élodie Bouchez, Lucie Laurier, Patrick Bruel, Denise Filiatrault and Céline Bonnier

Montreal, April 26, 2016 — Telefilm Canada is providing financial support, through the Canada Feature Film Fund, to 17 Canadian French-language films for a total...

Including documentaries by Academy Award-winning director Brigitte Berman, acclaimed writer-directors Jennifer Baichwal, Julie Lambert and Ann Shin, and veteran producers Trish Dolman and Betsy Carson

Montreal, April 26, 2016—Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds are pleased to announce the latest Canadian English-language and French-language feature-length documentaries to receive funding...

Montréal, April 22, 2016 - Telefilm Canada applauds all the Canadian talent responsible for the success of the four films that will represent Canada at the 69th Festival de Cannes, taking place May 11-22. Juste la fin monde by Xavier Dolan has been selected for the Official...

Projects featured by Canada include Liquid Cinema,Time Machine VR and The Unknown Photographer

Toronto/Montreal, March 29, 2016—Three innovative Canadian virtual reality (VR) productions will share the spotlight at this year’s MIPTV, the world’s leading television and digital content market, taking place in Cannes between April...

Montréal, March 22, 2016 – This morning at the Musée Grévin Montréal, Telefilm Canada honoured La Guerre des Tuques 3D (Snowtime!) with the 2015 Guichet d’or, presented to directors Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson and screenwriters Normand Canac-Marquis and Paul Risacher for the French-language Canadian feature with...

Toronto, March 14, 2016 – Today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Telefilm Canada presented its sixth Golden Box Office Award to Canadian writer and screenwriter Emma Donoghue for the Canada-Ireland coproduction Room. Room was among the top-performing Canadian English-language feature films at the box office in ...

• Adam Beach, Lyriq Bent and Emmanuelle Chriqui to appear as presenters
• Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara to receive Academy’s Legacy Award
• Academy Awards and Canadian Screen Awards nominees in attendance
• Canadian stars to include Amanda Crew, Tricia Helfer, Greyston Holt, Jonathan Keltz, Sarah Rafferty, Maxim Roy, Anna Silk, David...

Montreal, February 17, 2016—In light of recent revelations concerning filmmaker Claude Jutra’s past, Michel Roy states that “Telefilm Canada will continue to support Québec Cinéma, as it renames its annual gala in honour of Quebec film, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, as it ...

New ‘audience first’ campaign with The Hive; Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board of Canada to partner on a new online channel to showcase first features

Ottawa, February 5, 2016—Telefilm Canada held its Annual Public Assembly this morning as part of the CMPA’s annual Prime...

Montreal, February 4, 2016—Telefilm Canada is pleased to highlight what will be an outstanding year for Canadian talent at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, which has programmed 16 Canadian films in various sections, including a record nine feature films. This major festival, an important event on the international...

Festival attendees to include Deepa Mehta, Guy Édoin, Monica Bellucci, Anne Émond, Ron Chapman and Andrew Currie

Montréal, February 1, 2016 – Six recent Canadian films will bring a touch of “Canadian cool” to Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival to be held March 4 to...

Toronto | Montreal, January 19, 2016 – The new Discovery Award, sponsored by the Talent Fund for Canada’s top emerging talent making movies with micro-budgets under C$250,000, was presented to Mina Walking at the Academy’s CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS press conference. Director Yosef Baraki and producers Andrew...

Some 15 Canadian representatives at the Festival, including directors Andrew Cividino (Sleeping Giant) and André Turpin (Endorphine) and actor Connor Jessup (Closet Monster)

Montreal, December 21, 2015—The 2016 Canadian film season will kick off under sunny skies as 10 Canadian films have been selected by the Palm...

Montreal, December 9, 2015 – Telefilm Canada is proud to announce that three Canadian feature films, four virtual reality works and eight short films will be included in the official selection at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 21 to 31 in Park City, Utah.

“What’s...

• Actor Jay Baruchel directs his debut feature with the sequel to the hit hockey comedy Goon.
• Projects featuring Canadian stars such as Donald Sutherland, Tatiana Maslany, Adam Beach and Jessica Paré.

Montreal, November 26, 2015 — Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce its support for 12 English-language films with a...

Free screenings across the country of Canada’s best short films:
a fun way to mark the shortest day of the year during the holiday season

Montreal, November 19, 2015—Canadian actors Sarah Gadon and Sophie Cadieux are the ambassadors of The Shortest Day, which returns for a...

• Film viewing is increasing, driven by digital platforms and the 13-24-year-old audience segment;
• Attendance at movie theatres remains constant among heavy moviegoers and millennials.

Toronto, October 29, 2015—Telefilm Canada today released a report titled Audiences in Canada: Trend Report at the Playback Marketing Summit, in which it is...

Over the past 10 years, total Canadian coproduction budgets amount to $4.8 billion

Toronto, October 22, 2015—Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that in 2014 the Canadian film and television industry spearheaded 67 audiovisual treaty coproductions with budgets totaling $527 million. This is an increase in ...

Starring, among others, Suzanne Clément, Marie-Josée Croze, Roy Dupuis, Louis-José Houde as well as Paul Doucet, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge and Patrice Robitaille in the sequel to Les 3 p’tits cochons 

Montreal, October 21, 2015—Telefilm Canada announces its latest fiscal 2015-2016 funding decisions for French-language films. Through the Canada Feature Film...

Coming-of-age dramas, absurdist comedies and psychological thrillers starring Rachelle Lefevre, Tom Holland, Joel Kinnaman, Dermot Mulroney and Fanny Mallette

Montreal, October 6, 2015—Telefilm Canada announces its support, through the Canada Feature Film Fund, of the production of five English-language films for a total investment of just over $2.6...

Canadian science-fiction productions and talent to be in the spotlight at MIPCOM entertainment content market

Montreal, October 5, 2015—Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) today released the reach figures for Canadian science-fiction productions on the occasion of the spotlight on homegrown talent at MIPCOM, the world’s...

Toronto, September 30, 2015—Canada will have a strong presence at MIPJunior and MIPCOM 2015, the world’s leading audiovisual content market. The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada are spearheading an exciting program that focuses on Canadian creativity and talent in science...

Montreal, September 25, 2015—Telefilm Canada, which chairs the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee, is pleased to announce that the feature film Félix et Meira, directed by Maxime Giroux, has been selected to represent Canada for consideration as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy...

First venture between two organizations to target U.S. market

Toronto, September 15, 2015—Telefilm Canada and UniFrance films marked the 40th anniversary of the Canadian and French presence at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) by announcing, yesterday evening, that they would launch a partnership focused on the distribution and promotion...

The third annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film

Montreal, September 4, 2015—For the third year in a row, Telefilm Canada and Birks have partnered to celebrate Canadian women in film during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Nine Canadian women, film directors and actors who...

The third annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film

Montreal, September 4, 2015—For the third year in a row, Telefilm Canada and Birks have partnered to celebrate Canadian women in film during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Nine Canadian women, film directors and actors who have...

Toronto, August 5, 2015—Telefilm Canada is showcasing Canadian talent at the 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), a celebration of film that brings together filmmakers and movie lovers in one festive event that runs from September 10 to 20, 2015. Telefilm is enthusiastically partnering with...