CMF, Shaw Rocket Fund select seven projects for nearly $3.7M in funding
Toronto and Calgary, April 18, 2024 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Shaw Rocket Fund (SRF) today announced a $3,675,000 investment in seven projects through the 2023-2024 edition of the CMF-Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Digital Animated Series Program.
Four of the selected projects will be produced in English, two in French, and the remaining one in both languages. Three of the successful applicants are established in Quebec, two in British Columbia, one in Ontario, and the last one in Nova Scotia. Each project will receive $525,000 in production funding, with the CMF providing two-thirds of the sum and the SRF the other third.
The CMF-SRF Kids Digital Animated Series Program supports the production of Canadian short-form animated content on platforms where kids consume their content. Since the 2018 inception of the program, the CMF and the SRF invested more than $23M in 50 animated series that have both entertained and educated kids at home and abroad.
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 voices, 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.
About the Shaw Rocket Fund
The Shaw Rocket Fund is a vital partner of the Canadian children’s media sector in offering children robust, world-leading content on all platforms. The Rocket Fund invests in and supports Canadian-made media that reflects Canadian values and diversity, and most of all respects and speaks to children, while positively showcasing Canadian leadership on the world stage. By working with producers, regulators, and governments, the Shaw Rocket Fund aims to make quality content for kids a global priority. Since its inception, the Shaw Rocket Fund has invested over $281 million to support the production of Canadian media content for children, family, and youth audiences worldwide. To learn more about the Shaw Rocket Fund, go to rocketfund.ca.
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