CMF launches first U.K.-Canadian program for immersive storytelling

TORONTO and LONDON — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced Wednesday a new immersive talent development and co-production fund for U.K. and Canadian artists, filmmakers and creators will launch with its first cohort in November 2020. With a total co-production fund of $510,000 on offer, this is the first exchange program dedicated to immersive storytelling between the U.K. and Canada. The year-long program is supported by a newly formed international collaboration between StoryFutures Academy (run by the National Film and Television School, and Royal Holloway, University of London), Arts Council England, the CMF, the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC...