{"id":148869,"date":"2024-06-26T09:50:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/?p=148869"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:16:57","slug":"telefilm-canada-invests-14-1-million-in-26-low-budget-projects-in-the-english-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/en\/telefilm-canada-invests-14-1-million-in-26-low-budget-projects-in-the-english-market","title":{"rendered":"Telefilm Canada invests $14.1 million in 26 low-budget projects in the English market\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"editor-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telefilm Canada is announcing its investment of $14.1 million in 26 feature film projects in the English market under the <a href=\"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/programmes\/production-program\">Production Program<\/a> in the\u202f<strong>low budget stream<\/strong> (including international coproductions).<strong>\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Atlantic<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Baby\u202f<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Jackie Torrens\u00a0<br>Production: Peep Media Inc.\u00a0<br>Province: Nova Scotia\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blueberry Picking<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Sherry White\u00a0<br>Production: Oversherry Productions Ltd.\u00a0<br>Province: Newfoundland and Labrador \u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br><br><strong>The Shuttle<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Winston DeGiobbi\u00a0<br>Production: Brass Door Productions Inc.\u00a0<br>Province: Nova Scotia\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Quebec<\/span>\u00a0<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Donde Comienza el R\u00edo (Where the River Begins)<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Juan Andr\u00e9s Arango\u00a0<br>Production: Midi La Nuit Inc.\u202fand Inercia Pel\u00edculas\u00a0<br>Languages: Spanish (Colombian) and Ember\u00e1, Indigenous dialect \u00a0<br>*Majority Coproduction Canada\/Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moving Day<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Directors: Caitlyn Sponheimer, Tamara Scherbak, Carol Nguyen, Kaye Adelaide, Jill Carter and Kim Barr\u00a0<br>Screenwriters: Diane Janna, Tamara Scherbak, M.J. Kang, Kathy-Ann Thomas, Deydra Baptiste, Katrina Bertrand and Alex Feldman \u202f\u00a0<br>Production: Cotton Bush Productions Inc.\u00a0<br>Languages:\u00a0 English and French\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Red Acres<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Directors and screenwriters: Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer&nbsp;<br>Production: Slykid Inc.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ontario<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deathstalker<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Steven Kostanski\u00a0<br>Production: Hangar 18 Media Inc.\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Homebodies<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director: Casey Walker\u00a0<br>Screenwriters: Adrian Murray and Marcus Sullivan\u00a0<br>Production: Cave Painting Pictures Inc.\u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I Come Home<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Glen Wood&nbsp;<br>Screenwriter: Andreas Vatiliotou&nbsp;<br>Production: Viddywell Films Inc.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lunar Sway<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Nicholas Butler&nbsp;<br>Production: Cloudy Falls Pictures Inc.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Morningside<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Ron Dias&nbsp;<br>Screenwriters: Joanne Jansen and Ron Dias&nbsp;<br>Production: Augusta Avenue Productions Inc.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nuur<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Lula Ali Ismail&nbsp;<br>Screenwriter: Hassan Ghedi Santur&nbsp;<br>Production: Good Question Media Inc.&nbsp;<br>Languages: English and Somali&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pocket Mirror<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Adrian Murray&nbsp;<br>Production: Ravenea Pictures Inc. and Silent Tower Inc.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Temple<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Directors and screenwriters: Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis&nbsp;<br>Production: Babe Nation Creations Inc. and Lisa Pictures Ltd.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>They Echo<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Lu Asfaha&nbsp;<br>Production: Snail Mail Media Inc. and Defar Media Inc.&nbsp;<br>Languages: English and Swahili&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UGLY<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Ed Gass-Donnelly&nbsp;<br>Production: 3 Legged Dog Films Ltd.&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Western Region<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grand Prairie<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director: Evan Prosofsky\u00a0<br>Screenwriters: Evan Prosofsky and Chandra Melting Tallow\u00a0<br>Production: Grand Prairie Film Inc.\u00a0<br>Province: Alberta\u00a0<br>Languages: English, Blackfoot (Siksika First Nation) and Carinthian German (Hutterite Colony)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hair of the Bear<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Directors and screenwriters: Alexandre Trudeau and James McLellan\u00a0<br>Production: Hair of The Bear Films Inc. and HOTB Quebec Productions Inc.\u202f\u00a0<br>Provinces: Manitoba and Quebec\u00a0<br>Languages: English and French\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One Perfect Date<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Lucas Frison&nbsp;<br>Production: Prairie Cat Productions Inc. and Megafun Productions Inc.&nbsp;<br>Provinces: Saskatchewan and Quebec&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Split Rock<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Ryan Glover&nbsp;<br>Production: Prowler Pictures Inc., Low End Inc. and Observer Effect Productions Inc.&nbsp;<br>Provinces: Saskatchewan and Ontario&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stranger in Town<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Melanie Oates&nbsp;<br>Screenwriter: Patrick Whistler&nbsp;<br>Production: Goodbye Productions Inc.&nbsp;<br>Province: British Columbia&nbsp;<br>Language: English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>The Bryce Lee Story<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Arnold Lim&nbsp;<br>Screenwriters: Connor Gaston, Arnold Lim and Kyle D\u2019Odorico\u202f&nbsp;<br>Production: Blue Lake Films Ltd.&nbsp;<br>Province: British Columbia&nbsp;<br>Languages: English and Chinese \u2013 Cantonese&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minority Coproductions\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthday<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director and screenwriter: Lara Zeidan\u00a0<br>Production: Couronne Nord Inc. and Sevana Films\u00a0<br>Province: Quebec\u00a0<br>Languages: Arabic, English and French\u00a0<br>*Minority Coproduction Canada\/France\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Idling<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Director: Theodore Ushev\u00a0<br>Screenwriter: Chris Robinson\u00a0<br>Production: 9468-2713 Qu\u00e9bec Inc. and PREMIER STUDIO\u202f\u00a0<br>Province: Quebec \u00a0<br>Language: English\u00a0<br>*Minority Coproduction Canada\/Bulgaria\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tahmina<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director and screenwriter: Aboozar Amini&nbsp;<br>Production: Greenground Productions Inc. and Silkroad Film Salon&nbsp;<br>Province: Quebec&nbsp;<br>Language: Persian &nbsp;<br>*Minority Coproduction Canada\/Netherlands&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Terra (Khak)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Director: Raha Shirazi&nbsp;<br>Screenwriters: Giovanna Giuliani and Raha Shirazi&nbsp;<br>Production: Borrowed Light Films Inc., Aeternam Films and Doppio Nodo Double Bind\u202f&nbsp;<br>Province: Ontario&nbsp;<br>Language: English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telefilm received an increasingly high volume of applications under the Production Program this year. In this first intake, 187 projects were assessed in the low budget stream including international coproductions, representing over $106 million in funding requests.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More funding decisions, including projects from the low budget Indigenous Stream 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.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/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\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/telefilm.ca\/industry-engagement\/project-financing-advisory-committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Project Financing Advisory Committees webpage<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong><\/a>once all funding decisions have been made.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201330\u2013\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Joyce Richards&nbsp;<br>Advisor, Public Relations&nbsp;<br>Telefilm Canada<br><a href=\"mailto:Joyce.Richards@telefilm.ca\">Joyce.Richards@telefilm.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telefilm Canada is announcing its investment of $14.1 million in 26 feature film projects in the English market under the Production Program in the\u202flow budget stream (including international coproductions).\u202f Atlantic\u00a0 Baby\u202f\u00a0Director and 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