Latest posts from National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)

CBC launches Breaking Barriers Film Fund for underrepresented Canadian creators

Posted: 10 Nov 2016 08:19 AM PST

CBC has announced a new film fund to help underrepresented Canadian creators.

The CBC Breaking Barriers Film Fund offers “critical resources to filmmakers struggling to make their unique voices heard,” the public broadcaster said Wednesday.

The fund will help finance either 10% or 20% of the proposed budget for English-language features.

The funds will be available to films written or directed by “Canadian women, indigenous persons, visible minorities and persons with a disability who have had at least one feature-length film showcased at a recognized film festival.”

CBC says it will make an initial investment of at least $7.5 million in the fund over the next three years.

To qualify for the fund, projects must be in a fictional genre, have an existing first draft script and not yet be in production. Fund recipients will be chosen solely on creative merit.