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The Government of Canada will provide additional support to the audiovisual sector through Telefilm Canada
OTTAWA, January 31, 2024
The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadian feature films and television productions because they tell our story and reflect our lives.
We are modernizing our support for the audiovisual sector to connect better with Canadians, including through actions like the Online Streaming Act that help the sector adapt to the evolving creation ecosystem.
To respond to challenges facing the screen sector, Budget 2021 invested $105 million over three years in Telefilm Canada. This investment aimed to provide better access to a diverse range of creators and producers, support sustainable practices, and respond to the needs of an evolving audiovisual industry.
Today, the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced a total investment of $100 million for Telefilm Canada over two years (2024–25 and 2025–26), to ensure that it can pursue the modernization of its suite of programs, continue to provide better access to a diverse range of creators and producers and continue to support sustainable practices.
“When Canadians see and hear our stories reflected on screen, we feel the connectedness of unique, powerful, shared cultural touchstones. To support Canada’s creative sector better, we made a commitment to Canadians to increase the funding for Telefilm Canada. Today, we’re delivering. This investment is essential to maintain the positive impact of Telefilm and to enable its modernization and its overall support for our feature film sector. Our country needs a strong and vibrant industry to ensure that Canadians can continue to access high-quality audiovisual content that is made and owned by them and seen and experienced by all of us.”
—The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage
“We welcome this news with enthusiasm, as Telefilm Canada continues to champion the industry that is passionately dedicated to the advancement of Canadian and Indigenous cinema. We extend our gratitude to the Government of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their collaboration, as well as their timely and essential contribution to our sector, especially as the industry is gaining momentum and mobilizing its efforts to remain viable and competitive.”
—Julie Roy, Executive Director and CEO, Telefilm Canada
•The investment of $105 million over three years announced in Budget 2021 included $20 million in 2021–22, $35 million in 2022–23 and $50 million in 2023–24.
This investment will also help maintain the 183,716 full-time equivalent jobs directly linked to the sector and their annual contribution of $20.3 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product.
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CANADA FEATURE FILM FUND. 1.1. Program intent and objectives. These guidelines are for the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) Production Program (the Program). The Program reflects Telefilm Canada’s intent to maintain and strengthen its essential role as a funder of film production, with the overall objective to propel the Canadian audiovisual ...
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May 4, 2022 · As the federal cultural agency devoted to the development and promotion of the Canadian audiovisual industry, Telefilm Canada is primarily concerned with the funding of original, diverse, and high-quality productions that reflect Canada's linguistic duality and cultural diversity.
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