Telefilm Canada announces production funding for 32 feature-length films in both the English and French markets
Telefilm Canada is announcing its commitment to 32 feature-length films, with 25 projects in the English market and seven projects in the French market, under the lower budget stream of the Production Program for fiscal year 2023-2024, with a funding total of $19.4 million.
Previously, Telefilm announced the selection of eight French-language feature film titles and 12 feature-length films in the English market under the big budget stream.
Projects in the English market:
A Tribe Called Love (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Mohamed Ahmed
Production: Mahaica Point Media Inc.
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Province: Ontario
Anglophone (comedy)
Director and Screenwriter: Chandler Levack
Production: Banner House Productions Inc. and Zapruder Films Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures and XYZ
Province: Quebec and Ontario
APPARATUS (drama)
Director: Sofia Banzhaf
Screenwriters: Sofia Banzhaf and Grayson Moore
Production: Younger Daughter Films Inc
Province: Ontario
Cat’s Cry (drama)
Director: Sanja Zivkovic
Screenwriter: Goran Paskaljevic
Production: YN Films Inc. (Canada), Artizana Film (Croatia) and Nova Film (Serbia)
Province: Ontario
Chopping Boy (historical drama)
Directors and Screenwriters: Adam Belanger and David Lafontaine
Production: Gearshift Films Inc. and Armenta Films Inc.
Province: Ontario
HAL & CHARLIE, 1963 (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Nick Citton
Production: Resonance Films Inc.
Province: British Columbia
Hangashore (Ainniseoir) (thriller)
Director and Screenwriter: Justin Oakey
Production: Black River Pictures Inc.
Province: Newfoundland/Labrador
Lakeview (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Tara Thorne
Production: Paw Paw Pictures Incorporated
Province: Nova Scotia
Levels (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Director and Screenwriter: Adam Stern
Production: Levels Productions MB Inc. and 1373039 BC Ltd.
Distributor: Vortex Media
Province: Manitoba and British Columbia
Lupe Q and the Galactic Earworms (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Director: Javier Badillo
Screenwriters: Natalie Marshik and Javier Badillo
Production: 1207405 B.C. Ltd. dba Spitshine Flicks
Province: British Columbia
Mother (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Director and Screenwriter: Jen Walden
Production: Iylond Entertainment Inc. and WaldenPaint Studio Inc.
Province: Alberta and Northwest Territories
Permanent Damage (thriller)
Director: Seth A. Smith
Screenwriters: Seth A. Smith and Darcy Spidle
Production: CUT/OFF/TAIL Pictures Inc.
Province: Nova Scotia
Racewalkers (comedy)
Directors: Kevin Claydon and Phil Moniz
Screenwriters: Kevin Claydon, Evan Landry and Phil Moniz
Production: Collective Pictures Inc. and Bobby F Productions Inc.
Distributor: Level Film Inc.
Province: Ontario
Really Happy Someday (drama)
Director: J Stevens
Screenwriters: Breton Lalama and J Stevens
Production: Spindle Films Inc.
Province: Ontario
Riding Shotgun (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Dionne Copland
Production: CyberCraft Video Productions, Inc.
Province: British Columbia
Send the Rain (drama)
Directors: Kaayla Whachell and Hayley Gray
Screenwriters: Kiki Nakasone and Kaayla Whachell
Production: 1375849 B.C. LTD.
Province: British Columbia
Someone’s Daughter (thriller)
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Screenwriters: Doug Taylor and Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Production: Prospector Films
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Province: Quebec
Sweetness (thriller)
Director and Screenwriter: Emma Higgins
Production: Fela Ocu Inc and Level Film Inc.
Distributor: LevelFILM
Province: Ontario
The Apartment (horror)
Director: Audrey Cummings
Screenwriter: Sarah Gignac
Production: No Fear Films Inc. and Picture Plant Limited
Province: Nova Scotia
The Banquet (comedy)
Director and Screenwriter: Gloria Ui Young Kim
Production: Hawkeye Pictures Inc.
Province: Ontario
The Dismantled (drama)
Director: Jason DaSilva
Screenwriters: Jason DaSilva and Dean Lewis
Production: 11528777 Canada Inc.
Distributor: Filmoption International Inc.
Province: Quebec
The Fallers (drama)
Director: Will Bowes
Screenwriter: Daccia Bloomfield
Production: Night Market Films Inc.
Province: Ontario
The Legacy of Cloudy Falls (comedy)
Director and Screenwriter: Nick Butler
Production: Cloudy Falls Pictures Inc.
Province: Ontario
Unseen (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Taylor Olson
Production: Hemmings Films Ltd. and Brass Door Productions Inc.
Distributor: Vortex Media Ltd.
Provinces: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Witches X (horror)
Directors and Screenwriters: Lowell Boland and Wendy Hill-Tout
Production: Voice Pictures Inc. and Hanger 18 Media Inc.
Distributor: Raven Banner
Province: Alberta and Ontario
Projects in the French market:
Et maintenant ? (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Jocelyn Forgues
Production: ATO Media Inc.
Distributor: ATO Media Inc.
Province: Ontario
Kaïros (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Jennifer Alleyn
Production: Les Films de Jennie Inc. (Québec) and Sanosi Productions (France)
Distributor: Les films de Jennie inc.
Province: Québec
Lost Baby (drama)
Directors: Myriam Charles and Myriam De Verger
Screenwriter: Myriam De Verger
Production: Cheminée Deux Inc.
Distributor: Cheminée Deux Inc.
Province: Québec
Montréal, ma belle (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Xiaodan He
Production: 9047-4767 Québec Inc. (Québec) and Red Dawn Productions Inc. (Québec) and House on Fire Productions (France)
Distributor: Filmoption International
Province: Québec
Phénix (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Johnathan Beaulieu- Cyr
Production: Les Films Rôdeurs Inc.
Distributor: Studio H264
Province: Québec
Un goût amer d’éternité (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Samer Najari and Dominique Chila
Production: Productions l’unité centrale Inc.
Distributor: Maison 4:3
Province: Québec
Vous n’êtes pas seuls (romantic comedy)
Directors: Philippe Lupien and Marie-Hélène Viens
Screenwriter: Marie-Hélène Viens
Production: La Boîte à Fanny inc.
Distributor: La Boîte à Fanny inc.
Province: Québec
More production funding decisions will be announced in the coming weeks. Statistics on all films funded in this fiscal year will be released once all funding decisions have been made.
An advisory committee of external and internal representatives assessed the projects and made recommendations to Telefilm. The decision-making process considered Telefilm’s goal of fostering a diversity of voices in the industry, ensuring that Telefilm funds a balanced portfolio of productions that reflect a variety of genres, budgets and company sizes, regions of the country and points of view. Names of selection committee members will be published on the Project Financing Advisory Committees webpage once all funding decisions have been made.
About Telefilm Canada
As a Partner of Choice, Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation dedicated to the success of Canada’s audiovisual industry, fostering access and excellence by delivering programs that support cultural resonance and audience engagement. With a lens of equity, inclusivity and sustainability, Telefilm bolsters dynamic companies and a range of 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 raises 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 contact:
Joyce Richards
Advisor, Public Relations – English Market
Telefilm Canada
647-475-4903
joyce.richards@telefilm.ca