Twelve projects will share in $8.5-million in funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation for film, television, and music and tourism development.
Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, Greg Rickford made the announcement at Science North in Sudbury yesterday.
He says Science North will receive $1.5-million in funding to produce Jane Goodall’s Reasons for Hope IMAX film and for an in-house skill-development program.
He adds another $15,000 will go towards supporting the 32nd Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, which will be held in September.
Rickford adds the rest of the funding will support the building of a new film studio and several feature productions, adding it will create good quality jobs in Northern Ontario.
The other projects are:
$2,650,000 for New Metric Media to produce season five of Letterkenny
$1,608,903 for TFO and Carte Blanche Films Inc. to produce seasons three and four of the French-language children’s television series Amélie et Compagnie!
$945,968 for Gallus Entertainment to produce season three of the children’s animated series Glowbies
$500,000 for Wild Media Entertainment to produce the feature film The Dogs
$500,000 for Girl Meets Fella Productions to produce the feature film Girl
$500,000 for Hangar 18 Media to produce the feature film The Fight Machine
$300,000 for I’m Yours Production to produce the feature film Kicking Blood
$32,304 for Adric Cluff of Cloud Surfer Studios to establish a film studio that creates documentaries and provides production and post-production services
$15,043 for Matthew Wiewel to establish Deadpan Records, an audio production studio
“With these investments, we are contributing to the region’s reputation as a top film and TV production centre in Canada,” said Minister Rickford.
The NOHFC promotes and supports economic development across Northern Ontario by providing financial assistance to projects – big and small, rural and urban – that stimulate growth, job creation and develop a skilled workforce.
