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Telefilm Canada invests $26.4 million in 13 big-budget projects in the English market 

01 May 2024

Telefilm Canada is announcing its investment of $26.4 million in 13 projects in the English market under the Production Program, as part of the first round of decisions in the big budget stream including international coproductions. 

111 (drama) 
Director and screenwriter: Mauro Mueller 
Production: Auguste Content Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Nova Scotia 
Languages: English, German and French  
*Switzerland/Canada coproduction  

Dear World (drama) 
Director: Kim Nguyen 
Screenwriters: Lara Alameddine and Kim Nguyen 
Production: Item 7 Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Quebec 
Language: Mainly in Arabic  

Dreams of the Moon (family drama) 
Director: Alfons Adetuyi 
Screenwriter: Dennis Foon 
Production: Big Nickel Films Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Ontario 
*Canada/South Africa coproduction 

Heather of the Valley (comedy) 
Director: Sheri Elwood 
Screenwriter: Kate Spurgeon 
Production: First Generation Media Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Ontario 
*Ireland/Canada coproduction 

Holy Days (family comedy) 
Director and screenwriter: Nathalie Boltt 
Production: Lily Pictures Inc.
Distribution: Photon Films 
Province: British Columbia 
Languages: English and Māori 
*New Zealand/Canada coproduction 

House of Stairs (science fiction) 
Director: Wi Ding Ho 
Screenwriter: Matthew McInerney-Lacombe 
Production: Band With Pictures Inc.  
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Quebec 
*Canada/Belgium/France coproduction 

In Alaska (drama)  
Directors and screenwriters: Jaap van Heusden and Vincent Karetak 
Production: Experimental Forest Films Inc. and Uuktumiaq Studios Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: British Columbia 
Languages: English and Inuktitut 
*Netherlands/Canada coproduction 

In the Heart of the South (drama) 
Director: Nyla Innuksuk 
Screenwriters: Ryan Cavan and Nyla Innuksuk 
Production: Sphere Media Toronto Inc. and Mixtape VR Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Ontario 

Mizeria (comedy) 
Director and screenwriter: Eva Michon 
Production: Film Forge Productions Inc. 
Distribution: Photon Films 
Province: Ontario 
Languages: English and Polish 
*Belgium/Poland/Canada coproduction 

The Falling Man (drama) 
Director and screenwriter: Mathieu Denis 
Production: Rhombus Media Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: Ontario 
Languages: English and Spanish 

The Keeper (thriller) 
Director: Helen Shaver 
Screenwriter: Graeme Manson 
Production: Screen Siren Pictures Inc. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: British Columbia 

The Stunt Driver (comedy) 
Director and screenwriter: Michael Dowse 
Production: Film Cardinal Inc. 
Distribution: Mongrel Media 
Province: Quebec 
*Ireland/Canada coproduction 

Together (thriller) 
Director: Colm McCarthy 
Screenwriters: Mike Carey and Camille Gatin 
Production: Omni Film Drama Development Ltd. 
Distribution: Elevation Pictures 
Province: British Columbia 
*Canada/UK coproduction 

Telefilm received an increasingly high volume of applications under the Production Program this year. In this first intake, 57 projects were assessed in the big budget stream including international coproductions, representing $128.5 million in funding requests. Telefilm met with all the teams from each of the projects. A shortlist was then created, and clients were informed before Berlinale. The project submissions were considered by the Advisory Committee. 

More funding decisions, including projects from the lower budget streams in 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.    

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Media contact  

Joyce Richards   
Advisor, Public Relations   
Telefilm Canada    
Joyce.Richards@telefilm.ca