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Telefilm moves towards more diversified financing portfolio


MONTREAL - Telefilm Canada has expanded the eligibility criteria for its Development Program to support its objective of achieving a representative and diversified feature film portfolio by 2020.According to the news release, the changes include:- Women have been identified as a targeted group: to support its objective of achieving a portfolio of projects that reflects gender parity by 2020, production companies submitting women-led projects will now have access to additional development funds.- Production companies that have already produced a film under the Micro-Budget Production Program are now eligible: provides additional support to emerging talent with demonstrated expertise.- Now open to creators who have...