MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund have announced the 18 English- and French-language projects selected under the Micro-Budget Production Program, including 14 feature films and four web projects that originate from all regions of the country.
This marks the fifth annual round of projects selected under the Talent Fund-supported Micro-Budget Production Program, which supports emerging filmmakers and web-content creators seeking to produce their first feature-length film or web project.
The program emphasizes the use of digital platforms and developing the projects' potential for distribution and audience engagement. It is comprised of three components—Main, Indigenous, and Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC). This year, two feature film projects and one web project were selected under the Indigenous component, and one feature film project was selected under the OLMC component. The list of projects selected for 2017-2018 is available here.
"Championing diversity is at the heart of what we do at Telefilm, and I'm delighted to see that the 18 projects selected this year offer a greater diversity of voices and stories than ever before—a large number of the selected projects, for example, are either produced, directed, or written by women”, said Telefilm’s executive director Carolle Brabant, in the news release. “It is incredibly heartwarming for me to know that the future of Canadian culture is in such good hands."
