Telefilm Canada selects 12 feature-length films in the English market under the Production Program
Telefilm Canada is announcing its commitment to 12 feature-length films in the English market under the Production Program (as part of the latest round of decisions in the big budget stream), for a funding total of $23 million.
A round of decisions in the French market under the same stream with eight French-language feature film titles published on April 13th, 2023.
Alien Boy (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Production: Nava Projects Inc. and First Generation Media Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Provinces: Nova Scotia and Ontario
Any Other Night (romantic comedy)
Director: Michiel ten Horn
Screenwriter: Patrick Whistler
Production: Lithium Studios Productions Inc. and Film Forge Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/Netherlands
Birth of a Family (drama)
Director: Tasha Hubbard
Screenwriters: Tasha Hubbard and Emil Sher
Production: Experimental Forest Films Inc. and January Films Ltd.
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Provinces: British Columbia and Ontario
Bonjour Tristesse (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Durga Chew-Bose
Production: Babe Nation Creations Inc. and Elevation Pictures
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/France
Can I Get a Witness? (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Director and Screenwriter: Ann Marie Fleming
Production: AMF Productions Inc.
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Province: British Columbia
Flavia de Luce (mystery/crime/police)
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Screenwriter: Susan Coyne
Production: Mystic Point Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: British Columbia
*coproduction Canada/UK
Kill Me Now (drama)
Director: Daniel Grou
Screenwriter: Brad Fraser
Production: Genco Pictures Inc.
Distributor: Photon Films and Media
Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/France
Maya and Samar (drama)
Director: Anita Doron
Screenwriter: Tamara Faith Berger
Production: January Films Ltd. and Serendipity Point Films
Distributor: Sphere Films
Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/Greece
Night of the Zoopocalypse (animation/comedy)
Directors: Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro
Screenwriters: James Kee and Steve Hoban
Production: Strange Animals (Copperheart) Productions Inc. and MIPA (NOTZ) Film Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/France/Belgium
Rumours (comedy)
Directors and Screenwriters: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
Production: Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc., Walking Down Broadway Ltd. and Thin Stuff Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Manitoba
*coproduction Canada/Germany
Skite’kmujua’kik (Place of Ghosts) (thriller)
Director and Screenwriter: Bretten Hannam
Production: Shut Up & Colour Pictures Inc., Mazewalker Films Inc. and Plausible Communications Corporation
Distributor: VVS Films
Provinces: Nova Scotia and Ontario
Steal Away Home (thriller)
Director: Clement Virgo
Screenwriters: Tamara Faith Berger and Clement Virgo
Production: Conquering Lion Pictures Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Province: Ontario
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