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Bell Fund supports 101 projects and 87 producers in 2019

2019 contribution passes $15.1 millionTORONTO 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...