MONTREAL – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has renewed its joint incentive with Wallimage (Wallonia, Belgium) for digital media co-productions among producers in both countries.
The first agreement in 2014 supported three co-productions. This year's Canada – Wallonia Digital Media Incentive for Multiplatform Projects’ budget is set at CAD $600,000, with each partner investing half of the total amount. Projects must be digital interactive content, explore a transmedia approach to content production, innovative or experimental and developed on appropriate platform(s) with regards to content and audiences.
The deadline for applications is September 1, 2015, and a selection committee of CMF and Wallimage representatives, together with an industry expert, will assess and select the winning projects. The guidelines for the initiative are available here.
“Renewal of this agreement underscores the CMF commitment to strengthen relations with Belgium,” said CMF president and CEO Valerie Creighton, in the news release. “The success of the first agreement in 2014 makes it possible for us to carry on the work we’ve begun and offer new opportunities for our talented producers.”
The CMF fosters, promotes, develops and finances the production of Canadian content and relevant applications for all audiovisual media platforms.
