Telefilm Canada invests $4.9 million in 21 feature-length documentaries
Telefilm Canada is announcing its funding commitment of $4.9 million to 21 feature-length documentaries, six titles from the French market and 15 titles from the English market, under the Theatrical Documentary Program.
Atlantic
Chasing Light
Director and Screenwriter: Latonia Hartery
Production: LJH Films Inc.
Province: Newfoundland / Labrador
Language: English
Quebec
Back Home
Director and Screenwriter: Marianne Métivier
Production: Metafilms Inc.
Distributor: Studio h264 Inc.
Province: Quebec
Languages: Tagalog, IIocano, Ilonggo and Bicolano
Cut Print Thank You Bye
Director and Screenwriter: Marie-Julie Dallaire
Production: Item 7 Inc.
Distributor: Immina Films
Province: Quebec
Languages: French and English
Esprits rebelles
Director and Screenwriter: Marlene Edoyan
Production: Fauve Film inc.
Distributor: Les Films du 3 Mars
Province: Quebec
Languages: Armenian and Georgian
In Praise of Invasive Species
Director: Mila Aung-Thwin
Screenwriters: Mila Aung-Thwin and Samantha Neboschizkij
Production: EyeSteelFilm Inc.
Distributor: EyeSteelFilm Distribution Inc.
Province: Quebec
Languages: English, Spanish, Afrikaans and Swahili
La méthode scandinave
Director and Screenwriter: Anik Salas
Production: 9097-4767 Quebec Inc.
Distributor: Les Films du 3 Mars
Province: Quebec
Languages: French, English, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
La vie extraordinaire de Robert Charlebois
Director and Screenwriter: Louis-Philippe Héneault
Production: Les Films La Tribu Inc.
Distributor: Distribution La Tribu Inc.
Province: Quebec
Language: French
Le dernier acte
Director and Screenwriter: Sophie Deraspe
Production: Corporation ACPAV Inc.
Distributor: Maison 4:3 Inc.
Province: Quebec
Language: French
The Prophet of Ecstasy
Directors: Elias Varoutsos and Karen Cho
Screenwriters: Karen Cho, Lori Braun and Charles Beaudette
Production: 9337-7190 Quebec Inc.
Distributor: Raven Banner Distribution
Province: Quebec
Language: English
Ontario
Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions
Director and Screenwriter: Michelle Mama
Production: Anti-Diva Inc.
Distributor: Motion 58 Entertainment
Province: Ontario
Language: English
Captain Newfoundland: The Geoff Stirling Story
Directors: Mike Feehan and Jamie Miller
Screenwriter: Jono Hunter
Production: 86 Media House Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
Language: English
Feedback: Music for the Climate Emergency
Directors: Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal
Screenwriter: Jennifer Baichwal
Production: Mercury Films Inc. and Carousel Pictures Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
Language: English
From Solitary
Director and Screenwriter: Joële Walinga
Production: Soft Studio Productions Inc., Arbitrage Pictures Inc. and Isserley Films Inc.
Distributor: Game Theory Films
Province: Ontario
Language: English
Seeing Green
Director and Screenwriter: Su Rynard
Production: HitPlay Productions Inc.
Distributor: Game Theory Films
Province: Ontario
Languages: English and Spanish
The Acid Rain Movie (working title)
Director: Victoria Lean
Screenwriters: Sean Devlin and Victoria Lean
Production: Muse Entertainment (Ontario) Inc. and 2429014 Ontario Inc.
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Province: Ontario
Language: English
The End of the Internet
Director and Screenwriter: Dylan Reibling
Production: Dylan Reibling Productions Inc.
Province: Ontario
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
The Sandbox
Director and Screenwriter: Jade-Kenya Pinto
Production: 1000543880 Ontario Inc.
Distributor: EyeSteelFilm Distribution Inc.
Province: Ontario
Language: English
Your Tomorrow
Director and Screenwriter: Ali Weinstein
Production: OP8 Productions Inc. and Big Cedar Films Inc.
Distributor: Blue Ice Docs Inc.
Province: Ontario
Language: English
Western Region
Fairy Creek
Director and Screenwriter: Jen Muranetz
Production: Understory Films Inc.
Distributor: Cinema Politica
Province: British Columbia
Language: English
Relax, Open Your Eyes
Director and Screenwriter: David Ehrenreich
Production: Grand Scheme Productions Inc.
Distributor: Game Theory Films
Province: British Columbia
Language: English
Finding Jodi
Directors: Steve Adams and Sean Horlor
Screenwriter: Jennifer Baynham
Production: Studio BRB Productions Inc.
Province: British Columbia
Language: English
Telefilm received an increasingly high volume of applications under the Theatrical Documentary Program this year. 122 projects were assessed in both the English and French markets, representing over $27.1 million in funding requests. With changes to the program guidelines expanding eligibility, Telefilm received an increase of 31.5% in applications from the English market compared to the previous fiscal year.
More funding decisions, including projects from the second intake of the big budget stream in the English market, will be announced shortly. 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