CMF invests over $4.5M in 55 production companies through Slate Development Pilot Program
Toronto, June 20, 2024 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced an investment of $4,575,000 in 55 production companies through the fiscal 2023-2024 edition of our Slate Development Pilot Program. This sum includes additional funds allocated to the program thanks to the $40M Government of Canada investment for French-language content and underrepresented creators.
The Slate Development Pilot Program offers more flexibility to prodcos and allows them to choose and fund their development projects without an attached Canadian broadcaster or other triggering entity. Eligibility to this program is based on attaining a threshold of reported gross sales and CMF-funded production and development activities.
Of the 55 funding recipients, 33 will be developing projects in English, and 22 in French. Nine will be developing Children & Youth (C&Y) projects, 18 will be working on dramas, and 28 on documentaries.
The funding recipients are:
| Applicant | Language | Genre | Slate allocation |
| Acimow Media Ltd. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Ari A. Cohen Productions Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Conquering Lion Pictures Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Frantic Films Corporation | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Freddie Films Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| H2L Productions Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| HitPlay Productions Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Imagine Create Media Incorporated | English | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Intuitive Pictures Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Kwassen Productions Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Landslide Entertainment Inc. | English | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Les Productions Galafilm Inc. / Galafilm Productions Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Lofty Sky Pictures Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Mainframe Studios Inc. | English | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Makwa Creative Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| MCM2 Productions Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Media Rendezvous Inc. | English | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Mercury Films Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| N5 Pictures Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| New Metric Media Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Orca Cove Media Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Oya Media Group Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| PMA Productions Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Real World Films Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Sagacious Media Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Sandbay Entertainment Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Scarborough Pictures Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Screen Siren Pictures Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| SEVEN24 Films Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Shaftesbury Development Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| Storyline Entertainment Inc. | English | Documentary | $75,000 |
| White Bear Films Inc. | English | Drama | $100,000 |
| 10620114 CANADA INC. | French | Drama | $100,000 |
| 4382013 Canada inc. (Productions Prestigo) | French | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Amalga Créations Médias Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| B-612 TV inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Bellefeuille Production Ltée | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Blach Films Inc. | French | C&Y | $75,000 |
| ComediHa! inc. | French | Drama | $100,000 |
| Connections Productions Inc. | French | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Echo Media Inc. | French | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Encore Télévision Inc. | French | Drama | $100,000 |
| Iprod Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Les Films Sanajik inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Les Productions Sovimage Inc. | French | Drama | $100,000 |
| Moi & Dave inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Picbois Productions Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Productions 10e Ave Inc. | French | Drama | $100,000 |
| Productions Hyperzoom Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Taiga Média Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Tapis Rouge Films Inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| Tobo Média Inc. | French | C&Y | $75,000 |
| Trinôme-Inter inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
| URBANIA MEDIA inc. | French | Documentary | $75,000 |
About the Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances, and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voice, and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors. Visit our website for more information.
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