{"id":143226,"date":"2023-09-28T13:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/?p=143226"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:15:35","slug":"telefilm-canada-and-the-talent-fund-announce-18-projects-funded-through-the-talent-to-watch-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/en\/telefilm-canada-and-the-talent-fund-announce-18-projects-funded-through-the-talent-to-watch-program","title":{"rendered":"Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund announce 18 projects funded through the Talent to Watch Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"editor-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund are welcoming 18 new filmmaking teams with this year\u2019s selection of projects in the Talent to Watch Program. The lineup presents films from across the country, covering both English and French markets, as well as the Indigenous Stream. A commitment of $3.6 million will be invested into these projects by Telefilm and the Talent Fund.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Films from the Talent to Watch Program consistently shine a spotlight on emerging talent spread across the country,&#8221; said <strong>Julie Roy<\/strong>, Executive Director and CEO, Telefilm Canada. &#8220;The opportunity we give to propel their careers as filmmakers and establish themselves amongst our nation&#8217;s vibrant film community is one we take pride in. This year&#8217;s selections present a dynamic range of cinematic gems, and we cannot wait to see the final product.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInvesting in the next generation of filmmakers is at the heart of the Talent Fund, and we are honoured to support this year\u2019s cohort on their first feature journey,\u201d said <strong>Sandi Treliving<\/strong>,\u202fChair of the Talent Fund Advisory Committee. \u201cThrough the generosity of our donors, like the continued support from the RBC Foundation through RBC Emerging Artists and a new contribution from Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada, these emerging filmmakers are given a chance to bring their distinctive visions into reality. Canada is full of incredible talent with stories that need to be seen and heard \u2013 and the Talent Fund will continue to ensure that happens.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Film teams and their projects come from coast-to-coast-to-coast, with projects from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Alberta and more. There is also a strong linguistic diversity in this year\u2019s selections, with films told in majority Spanish, Farsi, Wayuunaiki, in addition to English and French. Overall, 126 projects were submitted to the Talent to Watch Program for 2023-2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s films are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Cree Approach <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Tristin Greyeyes\u00a0<br>Producers: Kaitlyn Redcrow and Tristin Greyeyes\u00a0<br>Province:\u00a0 British Columbia\u00a0<br>Languages: English and Neh\u012byaw (Plains Cree)\u00a0<br>Stream: Indigenous Stream\u00a0<br>Partner organization: imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Autonomy &amp; Dignity (Working Title) <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Directors: Daniel Ennett and Frederick Kroetsch\u00a0<br>Screenwriter: Daniel Ennett<br>Producer: Rebecca Campbell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Alberta\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Industry Partner\u00a0<br>Partner organization: Directors Guild of Canada\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blue Heron <\/strong>(Drama)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Sophy Romvari\u00a0<br>Producers: Ryan Bobkin and Sara Wylie\u00a0<br>Executive Producer: Riel Roch Decter\u00a0<br>Province: British Columbia\u00a0<br>Languages: English and Hungarian\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Con Nhang I Enfants d&#8217;encens <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Eva-Loan Ponton-Pham\u00a0<br>Producer: Marie-Mich\u00e8le Cyr\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<br>Languages: French and Vietnamese\u00a0<br>Stream: Industry Partner\u00a0<br>Partner organization: HotDocs\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El Padrote <\/strong>(Drama)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Andr\u00e9s Estrada\u00a0<br>Producer: Ir\u00e8ne Bessone\u00a0<br>Province: Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<br>Language: Spanish\u00a0\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Foreigner <\/strong>(Horror)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Ava Maria Safai<br>Producer: Nicco Graham\u00a0<br>Province: British Columbia\u00a0<br>Languages: English and Farsi\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Her Last Supper <\/strong>(Drama)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Becca Willow Moss\u00a0<br>Producers: Becca Willow Moss and Stephanie Chiasson\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Ontario\u00a0<br>Languages: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Invisibles <\/strong>(Drama)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Junna Chif\u00a0<br>Producers: Leslie Dabit and Pierre Villepelet\u00a0<br>Executive Producers: Laurent Allaire, Yanick L\u00e9tourneau and Junna Chif\u00a0<br>Province: Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<br>Language: French\u00a0<br>Stream: Industry Partner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Partner organization: Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema &#8211; Concordia University\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joan&#8217;s Kitchen Table: Stirring the Revolution <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director: Olesya Shyvikova\u00a0<br>Screenwriter: Louise Delisle\u00a0<br>Producer: Karim Kafafy\u00a0<br>Executive Producer: Walter Borden\u00a0<br>Province: Nova Scotia\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KUBANA <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Alunaya\u00a0<br>Producer: Will Prosper\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<br>Languages: English, French and Kinyarwanda\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last Stop Video Rentals <\/strong>(Comedy)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Eric Janvier\u00a0<br>Producer: Megan Shott\u00a0<br>Province: Alberta\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Indigenous Stream\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mute Out Sound <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Kenza Derkaoui\u00a0<br>Producer: Stefan Supplice\u00a0<br>Province: Ontario\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Languages: French, English, and Arabic (Darija)\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S\u00e9ga : la musique de l&#8217;oc\u00e9an Indien (Working Title) <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Vincent Toi\u00a0<br>Producer: Guillaume Collin\u00a0<br>Province: Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<br>Language: French\u00a0<br>Stream: Industry Partner\u00a0<br>Partner organization: Main Film\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strong Son <\/strong>(Drama)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Ian Bawa\u00a0<br>Producers: Ian Bawa and Markus Henkel\u00a0<br>Executive Producer: Kyle Bornais\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Manitoba\u00a0<br>Languages: English and Punjabi\u00a0<br>Stream: Industry Partner\u00a0<br>Partner organization: TIFF, Winnipeg Film Group, and OnScreen Manitoba\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Snake <\/strong>(Dark Comedy)\u00a0<br>Director: Jenna MacMillan\u00a0<br>Screenwriter: Susan Kent\u00a0\u00a0<br>Producers: Sharlene Kelly\u00a0<br>Province: Prince Edward Island\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Wind\u2019s Thirst <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter\/producer: Alejandro Valbuena\u00a0<br>Province: Ontario\u00a0<br>Languages: Wayuunaiki, Spanish, and English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Women of No Nation <\/strong>(Documentary)\u00a0<br>Director\/screenwriter: Diana Saqeb Jamal\u00a0<br>Producer: Caroline Cox\u00a0<br>Province\/Territory: Northwest Territories and Alberta\u00a0\u00a0<br>Languages: Farsi and English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yo, We\u2019re Dying\u2026 <\/strong>(Comedy)\u00a0<br>Directors: Keisha Phoenixx-McLeggon and Jay Carolyn Wu\u00a0<br>Screenwriter: Keisha Phoenixx-McLeggon\u00a0<br>Producer: Fonna Seidu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Province: Ontario\u00a0\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>Stream: Filmmaker Apply-Direct\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An advisory committee of external and internal representatives assessed the projects and made recommendations to Telefilm. The decision-making process considered Telefilm\u2019s 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\u202fProject Financing Advisory Committees webpage\u202fonce all funding decisions have been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Telefilm Canada\u202f&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a Partner of Choice, Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation dedicated to the success of Canada\u2019s 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\u202ftwitter.com\/Telefilm_Canada and on Facebook at facebook.com\/telefilmcanada.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Talent Fund&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Talent Fund is a national donation initiative dedicated to the impact and longevity of first-time filmmakers\u2019 careers from across Canada. Igniting career paths in cinema, the Talent Fund invests in emerging talent and provides support to build their professional portfolios, fosters community and knowledge-sharing through professional mentorship, and prioritizes emerging creators from historically underrepresented communities. Funds raised are invested in Telefilm Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/programmes\/talent-to-watch-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talent to Watch<\/a> program \u2013 a career accelerator and launchpad \u2013 which helps the next generation of storytellers contribute to a thriving Canadian film industry. Since 2012, the Fund has supported over 180 film projects, brought to life by more than 400 emerging artists (writers, producers, and directors) and has financed films that have earned over 180 awards worldwide. Individual donors, family foundations, corporations and sponsors invest in the Talent Fund as they believe in the power of storytelling through film, and the impact this program has on the careers of emerging artists. To learn more about the Talent Fund or to make a donation, visit thetalentfund.ca&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-30-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media contact:\u202f\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:media@telefilm.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media@telefilm.ca<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund are welcoming 18 new filmmaking teams with this year\u2019s selection of projects in the Talent to Watch Program. The lineup presents films from across the country, covering both English and French markets, as well as the Indigenous Stream. 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