Telefilm earmarks $6M in production funding for 13 films in the English market

MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada announced Monday a $6-million total funding commitment to 13 feature-length films in the English market under its Production Program, as part of the second round of selections in the program’s low budget minority co-production and big budget streams. All but two of the feature films selected during this funding round are co-productions between Canada and other countries. The exclusively Canadian productions are: the drama Neverman, directed by Rodrigo Barriuso, co-written by Barriuso and Kyah Green, produced by Hawkeye Pictures Inc. and distributed by Sphere Films; and a comedy with the working title Untitled Matt Johnson Project, directed and...