#FIRSTLOOK: TELEFILM CANADA TO INVEST $3 MILLION IN INDIGENOUS PROJECTS

Telefilm Canada is announcing its commitment to six Indigenous projects through its Indigenous Funding streams in the Theatrical Documentary Program and the Production Program from both the English and French markets, totaling an investment of nearly $3 million.

An annual commitment of $4 million is earmarked for Indigenous creators from Canada’s Indigenous communities, with the remainder amount reserved for Indigenous projects submitted through the Talent to Watch Program and the Development Program.

Projects in the English market:

Aberdeen (formerly Treaty Days) (drama)

Directors: Eva Thomas and Ryan Wilson

Screenwriter: Ryan Wilson

Production: Back to Space Productions Inc. and Farpoint Films

Province: Manitoba

Qaqsoss naka Wahuntsis (animation)

Director and Screenwriter: Tara Audibert

Production: Moxy Fox Studio

Province: New Brunswick

Rite of Passage (documentary)

Director and Screenwriter: Eliza Knockwood

Production: Red Giant Productions Inc.

Province: Prince Edward Island

Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) (drama)

Director: Zacharias Kunuk

Screenwriters: Zacharias Kunuk, Samuel Cohn-Cousineau and Carol Kunnuk

Production: Kingulliit Productions Inc.

Province: Nunavut

Projects in the French market:

Capitaine (action/adventure)

Director: William Mazzoleni Valin

Screenwriters: Sylvain Raymond and William Mazzoleni Valin

Production: Kassiwi Média Inc.

Province: Québec

Ces liens que nous ne voyons pas (documentary)

Director: Kim O’Bomsawin

Screenwriters: Kim O’Bomsawin and Mathieu Fournier

Production: Terre Innue Inc.

Province: Québec

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.