TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund and DHX Media today announced the launch of a new program aimed to support the development of Canadian kids’ and family content.
The DHX-CMF Kids and Family Development Program, to be funded by DHX Media at over $1.4M for two years and administered by the CMF, “aims to support new entrants to the production community as well as regional projects, creators in official language minority communities, and French-language producers.
As well, half of the program’s funds are reserved for women-led projects.
“This new partnership between the CMF and DHX will allow us to fund projects in a genre that has seen a decrease over the past few years,” said Valerie Creighton, president and CEO of the CMF, in the press release.
“It is vital that we create opportunities to tell diverse Canadian stories for kids and families through original Canadian content,” added Joe Tedesco, EVP and GM, DHX Television, in the release.
The program will support development activities in the CMF-supported genres of Children’s and Youth and Drama, including acquisition of underlying rights, scripts, bibles and storyboards with some additional funding allocated for travel and pitch materials.
Under the guidelines, Women-led Projects are projects where the majority of creative costs are paid to women and include, at a minimum, a bible or pilot script completed by a woman writer.
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