Ten diverse languages projects receive CMF funding

Toronto, June 18, 2013 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today $1.9M in funding to 10 projects that applied to the Convergent Stream’s Diverse Languages Program. Projects include television productions with digital media components in Mandarin (6), Spanish (2), Italian (1) and Persian (1).

Of the 10 projects, five are documentaries, three are dramas, one is Children’s & Youth, and one is Variety and Performing Arts. Projects originated from Ontario (7), British Columbia (2) and Québec (1).

Since 2010, the CMF has provided $6.4M to 38 projects as part of its Diverse Languages Program. To view a complete list of new projects that received Diverse Languages funding, please click here.

The Diverse Languages Program supports productions reflecting Canadian diversity by funding projects in languages other than English, French, or Aboriginal languages. This program is part of the CMF's convergent stream; thus, projects funded through this program must include content to be developed for distribution on at least two platforms, one of which must be television.

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 voice and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. Please visit cmf-fmc.ca.

The CMF’s Canadaonscreen.ca is a website designed to showcase and celebrate Canadian creative talent and content destined for all types of screens, from television productions to games, Web content and software and applications.

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For more information, please contact:

Pierre Campeau
Communications Manager
Canada Media Fund
416-554-2768
[email protected]