Telefilm Canada announced Thursday 22 projects in the French market will receive financing under its Production Program, representing a total financial commitment of $21.6 million.
The projects selected for production funding include 11 dramas, seven comedies, two science fiction/fantasies, one action/adventure and one musical. Several of the projects are co-productions between Canada and other countries including Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Luxembourg, Philippines and Spain.
A full list of the projects, including the screenwriters, directors, and production and distribution companies involved, is available here.
Telefilm said in a press release it received “an increasingly high volume” of applications under the Production Program this year. A total of 89 applications, representing approximately $129.5 million in funding requests, were considered by Telefilm’s advisory committee of external and internal representatives, who then made recommendations to Telefilm.
“The decision-making process considered Telefilm’s goal of fostering a diversity of voices in the industry, ensuring that Telefilm funds a balanced portfolio of productions that reflect a variety of genres, budgets and company sizes, regions of the country and points of view,” the press release says.
Telefilm said more funding decisions, including projects from the English market, will be announced in the coming weeks.
