#FIRSTLOOK: TELEFILM CANADA SELECTS 13 NEW FEATURE-LENGTH ENGLISH FILMS

Telefilm Canada is announcing its funding commitment to 13 feature-length films in the English market under the Production Program (as part of the second round of decisions in the low budget minority co-production and big budget streams), for a total of $6 million.

Earlier this spring, Telefilm announced the selection of 12 feature-length film titles in the English market.

Anorgasmia (drama)

Director: Jon Gustafsson

Screenwriters: Karolina Lewicka and Jon Gustafsson

Production: Great Canadian Film Factory Inc.

Province: Manitoba

*coproduction Canada/Iceland

Death Has No Master (La Muerte No Tiene Dueño) (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Jorge Thielen Armand

Production: La Faena Films Inc.

Distribution: Game Theory Films

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/France/Venezuela/Mexico

Granny Lee (drama)

Directors: Gabe Gabriel and Ian Gabriel

Screenwriter: Gabe Gabriel

Production: Fae Pictures Inc.

Distribution: Noble Arts Inc.

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/South Africa/Ireland

Julián (drama/animation)

Director: Louise Bagnall

Screenwriter: Juliany Taveras

Production: Julian Aircraft Productions Inc.

Distribution: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/Ireland

The Myth of a Real Man (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Lee Filipovski

Production: Karma Film Inc.

Province: Saskatchewan

*coproduction Canada/Serbia/Bulgaria

Neverman (drama)

Director: Rodrigo Barriuso

Screenwriters: Rodrigo Barriuso and Kyah Green

Production: Hawkeye Pictures Inc.

Distribution: Sphere Films

Province: Ontario

Réveillon (historical drama)

Director: Michal Kunes Kováč

Screenwriters: Maroš Hečko, Tomáš Dušicka, and David Cormican

Production: DC Republic Productions Inc.

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/Slovakia

Sick Heart River (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Graeme Maley

Production: 10614726 Canada Inc. and Vieille Amérique Inc.

Province: Quebec

*coproduction Canada/Iceland

Strangers in the Night (a.k.a. My Private War Criminal) (historical drama)

Director and screenwriter: Ivona Juka

Production: Quiet Revolution Pictures Inc.

Province: Ontario

*coproduction Canada/Croatia

Takotsubo (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Miki Polonski

Production: art et essai Inc.

Province: Quebec

*coproduction Canada/Israel

Things That You Kill (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Alireza Khatami

Production: Things That You Kill Inc. and Band With Pictures Film Inc.

Provinces: Ontario and Quebec

*coproduction Canada/France

Untitled Matt Johnson Project (comedy)

Director: Matt Johnson

Screenwriters: Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol

Production: Zapruder Films Inc.

Distribution: Elevation Pictures

Province: Ontario

Yunan (drama)

Director and screenwriter: Ameer Fakher Eldin

Production: Microclimat Films Inc.

Distribution: Filmoption International

Province: Quebec

*coproduction Canada/Germany

More production funding decisions will be announced in the coming weeks. Statistics on all films funded in this fiscal year will be released once all funding decisions have been made. 

An advisory committee of external and internal representatives assessed the projects and made recommendations to Telefilm. The decision-making process considered Telefilm’s goal of fostering a diversity of voices in the industry, ensuring that Telefilm funds a balanced portfolio of productions that reflect a variety of genres, budgets and company sizes, regions of the country and points of view. Names of selection committee members will be published on the Project Financing Advisory Committees webpage once all funding decisions have been made.