2019 contribution passes $15.1 million
TORONTO and MONTREAL – The board of the Bell Fund this week announced its most recent round of applications for the Short-Form Non-Fiction Program.
Over $2.5 million in grants has been approved including over $615,000 to help support the Discoverability Plans for these series, says the Fund release. Fourteen independent production companies are being supported across nine English language and five French language projects.
The board also announced the final results of its TV Program. Over $5.5 million in grants has been approved to 24 independent production companies from four provinces, including B.C., Alberta, Quebec and Ontario. Twenty-one English language and 10 French language drama, comedy and lifestyle series with total combined production budgets of almost $203 million are receiving Bell Fund support.
Including this round of funding, the Bell Fund has contributed approximately $8.3 million in grants for the TV Program in 2019.
Click here for more, including the list of supported projects.
