Telefilm Canada invests $4.8M in five big-budget projects in the English market

Telefilm Canada announced Tuesday it has committed $4.8 million to fund five projects from the English market under its Production Program, part of its second round of decisions in the big budget stream including international coproductions. In May, Telefilm announced its first round of decisions under the same stream, totalling $26.4 million in funding commitments to 13 big-budget projects in the English market. The five big-budget feature films selected in the second round include the animated fantasy Fairyheart, a coproduction between Canada, Hungary and Germany, being produced in Ontario by Storyteller Pictures Inc. and to be distributed by Vortex Media. The film is directed by Anita...