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A total of 16 projects supported under the selective component, of which six selected in round two
MONTREAL, April 30 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada is announcing that it has granted a total of $25.3 million in funding support to French-language feature films through the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) for 2010-2011. These investments are broken down as follows:
- During the first round of submissions under the selective component,
Telefilm Canada provided its support to 10 feature-film projects, for a
total of $7.8 million.
- In the second round of the selective component, Telefilm is supporting
six feature-film projects for a total of $7 million.
- The sum of $10.5 million will be added to the 16 projects chosen under
the selective component in the form of performance envelopes awarded to
producers who achieved the best box-office results during the year.
Telefilm Canada has thereby enhanced the value of the envelope normally attributed to the selective component through efficiency savings across various programs. Telefilm also wishes to point out that the projects selected during the two rounds represent a diversity of both genres and filmmakers.
"We received a record number of projects during the two submission rounds this year," says Michel Pradier, Telefilm Canada's Director of Project Financing. "The submitted projects are remarkable for their quality and variety, and this didn't make the selection committee's task any easier. This testifies to the film industry's maturity, and to its artists' enormous talent and creativity....