Telefilm Canada announces total financing of $21.6 million for the production of 22 projects in the French market
Telefilm Canada announces 22 projects in the French market receiving financing under the Production Program, representing a total financial commitment of $21.6 million.
Petite Rose (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Geneviève Dulude-DeCelles
Production: Colonelle films inc.
Distribution: Entract Films
*Canada/Belgium/Bulgaria co-production
Violences (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Luc Picard
Production: Christal Films Productions Inc.
Distribution: Les Films Opale
Menteuse (comedy)
Screenwriters: Éric K. Boulianne, Émile Gaudreault and Sébastien Savary
Director: Émile Gaudreault
Production: Amalga Créations Médias Inc.
Distribution: Immina Films
Fanny Cloutier (action/adventure)
Screenwriter: Stéphanie Lapointe
Director: Yan England
Production: Téléfiction Productions Inc.
Distribution: Téléfiction Distribution & Marketing
Furies (comedy)
Screenwriter: Gabrielle Côté
Director: Mélanie Charbonneau
Production: Echo Media Inc.
Distribution: Immina Films
L’habit du Héros (drama)
Screenwriter: Michel Marc Bouchard
Director: Léa Pool
Production: Lyla Films Inc.
Distribution: Les Films Opale
*Canada/Luxembourg co-production
Les Bottanïx (comedy)
Screenwriters: Marie-France Landry and Anastasia Michailidis
Director: Benoit Godbout
Production: Productions Carpediem (CHAOS) Inc.
Distribution: Maison 4:3
*Coproduction Canada/Spain/Belgium
Éléo et Nova (science fiction / fantasy / storytelling)
Screenwriter and director: Jérémy Comte
Production: Max Films Inc.
Distribution: Les Films Opale
Adam (comedy)
Screenwriter and director: Anne Émond
Production: Metafilms Inc.
Distribution: Immina Films
Où vont les âmes (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Brigitte Poupart
Production: Bravo Charlie Inc.
Distribution: Axia Films
Au revoir pluton (musical)
Screenwriter and director: Sarianne Cormier
Production: Voyelles Films Productions Inc.
Distribution: Maison 4:3
Paquet de trouble (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Myriam Guimond
Production: Pourquoi Production inc.
Distribution: K Films Amérique
Une splendeur de vivre (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Marianne Métivier
Production: Le Foyer Films Inc.
Distribution: Studios H264 inc.
*Coproduction Canada/France/Philippines
The Shiatsung Project (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Screenwriter: Brigitte Archambault
Directors: Eva Cvijanovic and Brigitte Archambault
Production: 9286-4883 Québec (F.A.S. L’embuscade Films)
Distribution: NFB
Labrador or the Anatomy of Silence (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Rodrigue Jean
Production: Transmar Films Inc.
Distribution: Studios H264 inc.
Pétrole (drama)
Screenwriters: Frédérick Pelletier and Simon Lavoie
Director: Frédérick Pelletier
Production: Corporation de développement et de production ACPAV Inc.
Distribution: Maison 4:3
La professeure (comedy)
Screenwriters: Judith Brès and Eva Kabuya
Director: Eva Kabuya
Production: Metafilms Inc.
Distribution: VVS
Le trésor des héritiers (comedy)
Screenwriter and director: Phil Comeau
Production: Bellefeuille Production
Distribution: Bellefeuille Production
Comme si de rien n’était (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Samer Najari
Production: Productions Karaman inc.
Distribution: K-Films Amérique
Denise sans Denis (comedy)
Screenwriter: Paul Ruban
Director: Guillaume Lambert
Production: Wookey Films Inc. & Chasseurs Films Inc.
Distribution: Entract Films
Melvile (drama)
Screenwriters: Olivier Tollet, Romain Renard and Anne-Laure Guégan
Directors: Romain Renard and Fursy Teyssier
Production: Productions l’unité centrale Inc
Distribution: Maison 4:3
*Belgium/France/Canada co-production
Immortelles (drama)
Screenwriters: Victoria Kaario and Caroline Deruas
Director: Caroline Deruas
Production: Possibles Média Inc.
Distribution: K-FILMS AMÉRIQUE
*France/Canada co-production
Telefilm received an increasingly high volume of applications under the Production Program this year. A total of 89 applications were considered by the Advisory Committees representing approximately $129.5 million in funding requests.
More funding decisions, including projects from the English market, will be announced in the coming weeks. Statistics on all films funded in the 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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