#FIRSTLOOK: NEW ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FEATURES FUNDED BY TELEFILM CANADA – APRIL 2023

Telefilm Canada is announcing its commitment to 12 feature-length films in the English market under the Production Program (as part of the latest round of decisions in the big budget stream), for a funding total of $23 million.

A round of decisions in the French market under the same stream with eight French-language feature film titles published on April 13th, 2023.

Alien Boy (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Production: Nava Projects Inc. and First Generation Media Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Provinces: Nova Scotia and Ontario

Any Other Night (romantic comedy)
Director: Michiel ten Horn
Screenwriter: Patrick Whistler
Production: Lithium Studios Productions Inc. and Film Forge Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/Netherlands

Birth of a Family (drama)
Director: Tasha Hubbard

Screenwriters: Tasha Hubbard and Emil Sher
Production: Experimental Forest Films Inc. and January Films Ltd.
Distributor: Mongrel Media

Provinces: British Columbia and Ontario

Bonjour Tristesse (drama)
Director and Screenwriter: Durga Chew-Bose
Production: Babe Nation Creations Inc. and Elevation Pictures
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/France

Can I Get a Witness? (science fiction/fantasy/tale)
Director and Screenwriter: Ann Marie Fleming
Production: AMF Productions Inc.
Distributor: Mongrel Media

Province: British Columbia

Flavia de Luce (mystery/crime/police)
Director: Bharat Nalluri

Screenwriter: Susan Coyne
Production: Mystic Point Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: British Columbia

*coproduction Canada/UK

Kill Me Now (drama)
Director: Daniel Grou

Screenwriter: Brad Fraser
Production: Genco Pictures Inc.
Distributor: Photon Films and Media

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/France

Maya and Samar (drama)
Director: Anita Doron

Screenwriter: Tamara Faith Berger
Production: January Films Ltd. and Serendipity Point Films
Distributor: Sphere Films

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/Greece

Night of the Zoopocalypse (animation/comedy)
Directors: Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro

Screenwriters: James Kee and Steve Hoban

Production: Strange Animals (Copperheart) Productions Inc. and MIPA (NOTZ) Film Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario
*coproduction Canada/France/Belgium

Rumours (comedy)
Directors and Screenwriters: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
Production: Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc., Walking Down Broadway Ltd. and Thin Stuff Productions Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: Manitoba
*coproduction Canada/Germany

Skite’kmujua’kik (Place of Ghosts) (thriller)
Director and Screenwriter: Bretten Hannam
Production: Shut Up & Colour Pictures Inc., Mazewalker Films Inc. and Plausible Communications Corporation
Distributor: VVS Films

Provinces: Nova Scotia and Ontario

Steal Away Home (thriller)
Director: Clement Virgo
Screenwriters: Tamara Faith Berger and Clement Virgo
Production: Conquering Lion Pictures Inc.
Distributor: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario