TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (The Canadian Academy) and RBC have announced the first nine grant recipients of the MVP Project which provides funding and networking support to musicians and filmmakers for music video creation and production.
The initiative, which kicked off in September, received over 300 applications from across Canada. Music from all genres was represented within the submissions, and the top four most-popular categories were Pop (22.2%), Rock (12%), R&B (10.5%) and Hip Hop (10.2%). Regionally, Ontario had the largest representation, with Quebec and Western provinces following.
The recipients include:
- Recording artist, Beatchild and the Slakadeliqs, Producer, Rinku DasGupta and Director, Dan LeMoyne (Toronto, ON)
- Recording artist, GOVI, Producer, Imad Elsheikh and Director, Jorden Lee (Ajax, ON)
- Recording artist, Jeremy Dutcher, Producer, Julie Baldassi and Director, Chandler Levack (Toronto, ON)
- Recording artist, Jordan Klassen, Producer, Shelby Manton and Director, Farhad Ghaderi (Vancouver, BC)
- Recording artists, Milk & Bone, Producer, Sébastien Hotte and Director, Soleil Denault (Montreal, QC)
- Recording artist and Director, Sean Leon, Producer Noor Khan (Scarborough, ON)
- Recording artist, Tim Baker and Director/Producer, Jordan Canning (St. John's, NL)
- Recording artist, Wild Black (Saskatoon, SK), Producer, Lindsay Goeldner, and Directors, Lulu Wei and Lindsay Goeldner (Toronto, ON)
In addition to these recipients, a portion of funds from each MVP Project funding round will be allotted to a Curated Music Video Production, commissioning a piece from one recording artist/producer/director team who have successfully collaborated in the past. For this first round, the recipients are recording artist Jessie Reyez, producer Mad Ruk and director Peter Huang.
The MVP project is part of the RBC Emerging Artists Project, which helps Canadian artists bridge the gap from emerging to established, and supports organizations that provide opportunities to advance their career.
The next round of submissions will open on January 15, 2019.
