Telefilm Canada announces its commitment to 10 English-language national feature film projects
Telefilm Canada has selected 10 English-language national feature film projects from the 2021 selective process under the Production Program, with a total commitment of over $17 million.
Telefilm received an increasingly high volume of applications under the Production Program this year. A total of 282 applications were considered by the Advisory Committees representing approximately $260 million in funding requests. Of the 282 applications, 117 were national feature film projects (including the 12 French-language national decisions announced earlier) and 165 were English- and French-language lower budget feature film projects (including the 29 lower budget decisions announced last week). Feature film projects selected in the Indigenous Stream will be announced in the coming week and is not included in this total application amount.
Coproduction projects of all budget levels are accepted until September 30, 2021, at 11pm EST, subject to availability of funds.
Advisory Committees comprised of external and internal representatives evaluated the projects and made recommendations to Telefilm. The decision-making process also took into account Telefilm’s goal of fostering a diversity of voices in the industry. Names of the Advisory Committee members will be made available on the Production Program webpage once decisions for all the programs using the Advisory Committees have been announced.
Bloody Hell (drama)
Director and screenwriter: Molly McGlynn
Production company: 2195538 Ontario Inc.
Province: Ontario
Bones of Crows (drama)
Director and screenwriter: Marie Clements
Production company: Ayasew Ooskana Pictures Inc.
Province: British Columbia
In Cold Light (thriller)
Director: Maxime Giroux
Screenwriter: Patrick Whistler
Majority coproduction (Canada-Ireland): Lithium Studios Productions Inc. (Ontario), Peripheria Productions Inc. (Quebec) and Deadpan Pictures Ltd. (Ireland)
Province: Quebec and Ontario
NIGHT OF THE ZOOmbies (comedy, animation)
Directors: Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro
Screenwriters: James Kee and Steven Hoban
Majority coproduction (Canada-France-Belgium): Copperheart Entertainment Inc. (Ontario), Charades (France) and Umedia (Belgium)
Province: Ontario
Suze (comedy)
Directors and screenwriters: Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark
Production company: Wildling Pictures Inc.
Province: Ontario
The King Tide (fantasy)
Director: Albert Shin
Screenwriters: Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby
Production companies: Resource Films Inc. and Sara Fost Pictures Inc.
Province: Ontario and Newfoundland
The Ringmen (drama)
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Screenwriters: Megan Everett-Skarsgärd and Sally Kennedy
Majority coproduction (Canada-Sweden-Norway): Screen Siren Pictures Inc. (British Columbia), Zentropa Sweden (Sweden) and Take 1 Consulting AS (Norway)
Province: British Columbia
The Z Word (horror comedy)
Directors and screenwriters: Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell
Majority coproduction (Canada-France): Christal Films Productions Inc. (Quebec) and Full House (France)
Province: Quebec
We Forgot to Break Up (drama)
Director: Chase Joynt
Screenwriter: Zoe Whittall
Production company: Motel Pictures Inc.
Province: Ontario
Youngblood (drama)
Director: Charles Officer
Screenwriters: Seneca Aaron, Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein
Production company: Aircraft Pictures Limited
Province: Ontario
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Media contact:
Joyce Richards
Advisor, Public Relations – English Market
Telefilm Canada
647-475-4903
joyce.richards@telefilm.ca