Corus, National Screen Institute, partner on funding initiative

BANFF – Corus has re-launched its script and concept development fund as ‘Script to Screen’, a new program partnership between its western-Canada pay TV service Movie Central and the Winnipeg-based National Screen Institute. The program, announced Monday at the Banff World Media Fest, will provide established and emerging Canadian screenwriters with funding, creative support and industry guidance to develop feature film concepts for film and television. The initiative replaces the ‘Corus Made with Pay Fund’. "With the launch of the Script and Screen initiative in partnership with National Screen Institute, Corus has the opportunity to play an instrumental role in...