TMN and Movie Central help reboot, rename, Astral's Greenberg Fund program

TORONTO – Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund announced today that it has relaunched its Shorts-to-Features Program with the help of Astral’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central. Previously called the “Short Film Program,” the initiative has been renamed to further reinforce the connection between the calling card short and the feature film version. The program received funding from Movie Central, additional script-development support from the Fund, and the potential of additional financial support from various provincial agencies and production service providers. “Last year’s inaugural ‘Short Film Program’ was a huge hit and we received nearly 200 applications to support...