Telefilm Canada invests $17.8 million in 12 feature films for the French market
Telefilm Canada has announced the titles of 12 feature-length films receiving a total of $17,750,000 in funding, under its Production Program for the French market, in both the big budget and low budget streams. The selected projects appeal to a wide range of audiences, from children’s films and historical dramas to comedies and dramas. This represents 65 per cent of Telefilm’s annual budget for financing French-language films. The balance of the budget will be allocated following the second application deadline.
Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine (comedy)
Screenwriter and director: Ian Lagarde
Production: Gabrielle Tougas Fréchette
Distribution: Maison 4:3 and Best Friend Forever
Créatures du hasard (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Nadine Gomez
Production: Rocio Barba Fuentes and Giacomo Nudi
Distribution: H264
Folichonneries (comedy)
Screenwriters: Alexandre Auger and Éric K. Boulianne
Director: Éric K. Boulianne
Production: Hany Ouichou, Laurie Pominville and Éric K. Boulianne
Distribution: Entract Films
Hantée (comedy)
Screenwriter: India Desjardins
Director: Rafaël Ouellet
Production: Guillaume Lespérance
Distribution: Immina Films
Histoire de fous (action/adventure)
Screenwriter: Émilie Rosas
Directors: Émilie Rosas and Christine Dallaire-Dupont
Production: Nancy Florence Savard
Distribution: Maison 4:3
La fille du manguier (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Marilyn Cooke
Production: Kélyna N. Lauzier
Distribution: H264
Le prince (mystery/crime/police)
Screenwriter and director: Nicolas Krief
Production: Julie Groleau, Toufik Ayadi, and Christophe Barral
Distribution: H264
*Canada/France Coproduction
Le sablier (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Kim Nguyen
Production: Pierre Even
Distribution: Les Films Opale
*Canada/Spain Coproduction
Les filles du Roy (historical drama)
Screenwriters: Pascal Plante and Dominique Dussault
Director: Pascal Plante
Production: Dominique Dussault and Stéphanie Morissette
Distribution: Entract Films
*Canada/France Coproduction
Pauline Julien : Femme pays (historical drama)
Screenwriters: Véronique Côté and Anaïs Barbeau-Lavallette
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavallette
Production: Étienne Hansez
Distribution: Axia Films
Sortie de zone (comedy)
Screenwriter: Jean-François Léger
Directors: Louis Morissette and Rachel Graton
Production: Marie-Claude Beaulieu and Louis-Philippe Drolet
Distribution: Les Films Opale / KO Distribution
Violence du corps de l’autre (drama)
Screenwriter and director: Denis Côté
Production: Guillaume Vasseur
Distribution: H264
Telefilm continues to receive an increasing number of applications for its Production Program year after year. To date, a total of 85 applications were assessed under the big budget and low budget streams in the French market, representing over $131 million in funding requests.
Telefilm will announce other funding decisions, including films titles in the English-language market, in the coming weeks. Statistics on all films funded in the year will be published in the 2025-2026 Annual Report.
An advisory committee composed of external and internal representatives has evaluated the projects and made its recommendations. The decision-making process is designed to ensure that Telefilm funds a balanced production portfolio reflecting a variety of genres, budgets, company sizes, regions of the country, and perspectives. A list of the selection committee members will be posted on Telefilm’s Project Financing Advisory Committees page 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 LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and Letterboxd.
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Media contact:
Joyce Richards
Advisor, Strategic Communications
Telefilm Canada
Joyce.Richards@telefilm.ca