Telefilm Canada supports the production of 20 English-language feature films from across Canada with a total investment of over $7 million. Fifty per cent of the projects selected are directed and written by women.

This year, Telefilm received and processed 136 applications under the Production Program for English-language projects with budgets of $2.5 million and below. French-language feature films under this stream were previously announced in May 2020.   

The films selected are:   

Bloodthirsty 
Director: Amelia Moses 
Writers: Wendy Hill-Tout and Lowell Boland 
Producers: Wendy Hill-Tout and Michael Peterson 
Production Company: Lone Wolf a Movie Company & Voice Pictures 
Province: Alberta    

Bystanders
Director: Koumbie
Writers: Koumbie and Taylor Olson
Producer: Terry Greenlaw
Production Company: Picture Plant
Province: Nova Scotia  

Door Mouse  
Director and Writer: Avan Jogia 
Producer: Kyle Mann 
Production Company: Independent Edge Films 
Province: British Columbia     

Hailey Rose 
Director and Writer: Sandi Somers 
Producer: Scott Lepp 
Production Company: Iylond Entertainment 
Province: Alberta    

Indians in Cowtown  
Director and Writer: Agam Darshi 
Producers: Anand Ramayya and Kelly Balon 
Production Company: Karma Film 
Province: Saskatchewan     

Inedia  
Director and Writer: Liz Cairns 
Producer: Tyler Hagan 
Production Company: Experimental Forest Films 
Province: British Columbia    

Kipkemboi 
Director: Hubert Davis  
Writer: Joel Richardson 
Producer: Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger 
Production Company: New Real Films 
Province: Ontario    

Matt and Mara 
Director and Writer: Kazik Radwanski 
Producer: Dan Montgomery
Production Company: Medium Density Fibreboard Films 
Province: Ontario    

Orah 
Director and Writer: Lonzo Nzekwe 
Producer: Amos Adetuyi and Floyd Kane 
Production Company: Circle Blue Films & Freddie Films 
Province: Ontario    

Riceboy Sleeps  
Director and Writer: Anthony Shim 
Producers: Rebecca Steele and Anthony Shim 
Production Company: Lonesome Heroes Productions 
Province: British Columbia    

Skeet 
Director and Writer: Nik Sexton 
Producer: Mary Sexton  
Production Company: Sexton & Son Productions 
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador     

So Much Tenderness 
Director and Writer: Lina Rodriguez 
Producer: Brad Deane 
Production Company: Rayon Verde 
Province: Ontario     

Sweetland 
Director and Writer: Christian Sparkes 
Producer: Allison White 
Production Company: Sara Fost Pictures 
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador    

The Draft 
Director, Writer and Producer: Jephté Bastien 
Production Company: 9205-8494 Québec 
Province: Quebec    

The Incident Report 
Director and Writer: Naomi Jaye 
Producer: Brian Robertson and Julie Baldassi 
Production Company: Low End 
Province: Ontario    

The Sun and His Daughter  
Director: Ryan Ward 
Writers: Mackenzie Leigh and Ryan Ward 
Producers: Mackenzie Leigh and Ryan Ward 
Production Company: Heart Shaped Movies 
Province: Manitoba     

The Wishing Tree 
Director and Writer: Laura Adamo 
Producer: Pasha Patriki 
Production Company: big woo woo & 9 Light Entertainment
Province: Ontario     

The Young Arsonists 
Director and Writer: Sheila Pye 
Producer: Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo 
Production Company: Borrowed Light Films 
Province: Ontario    

Two Cuckolds Go Swimming 
Director, Writer and Producer: Winston DeGiobbi 
Production Company: Easter Green Films 
Province: Nova Scotia    

You Can Live Forever 
Directors and Writers: Sarah Fobes and Mark Slutsky 
Producer: Rob Vroom 
Production Company: 6909060 Canada Inc. 
Province: Quebec     

 

About Telefilm Canada  

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.  

   

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Media enquiries:   

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