Telefilm provides $7 million to 20 English-language feature films

TORONTO/MONTREAL — Telefilm Canada announced Tuesday it is providing more than $7 million in funding to support the production of 20 English-language feature films from across Canada. In keeping with Telefilm’s gender parity initiatives, 50% of the film projects selected during this round of funding are directed and written by women. Telefilm received and processed 136 applications this year under the Production Program for English-language projects with budgets of $2.5 million and below, says the news release. French-language feature films under this stream were previously announced by Telefilm in May 2020. For the list of English-language feature films receiving funding...