CRTC certifies Black Screen Fund and Indigenous Screen Office as independent production funds

OTTAWA – The CRTC approved via letters Wednesday separate applications from the Indigenous Screen Office and the Black Screen Office’s fund, The Black Screen Fund, for certification as independent production funds. Both newly certified funds are subject to the fulfilment of specific conditions of approval, some of which require amendments to the by-laws of the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and the Black Screen Fund, to ensure the funds operate in accordance with the commission’s policy framework for certified independent production funds (the CIPF Policy). In the letter to the ISO, the CRTC says it “recognizes the importance such a fund could...