The CMF is part of Canada’s strong funding ecosystem that fosters audiovisual content creation and encourages international coproduction.
Together, Canada’s coproduction treaties and the CMF’s financing provide opportunities for Canadian producers and their international counterparts to share resources and talent to tap into new markets. As consumers have growing access to content from all corners of the world, producers can benefit greatly from working together on the international front.
The Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive is a collaboration between the Canada Media Fund and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH to create a joint program that encourages co-development and/or co-production of eligible digital media projects.
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The Canada-Luxembourg Co-Development and Co-Production Incentive for Audiovisual Projects is a collaboration between the Canada Media Fund and the Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle/Film Fund Luxembourg to support the co-development of television projects (fiction and animation), animated feature films, and digital media projects, as well as the co-production of digital media projects (AR – VR – transmedia projects – new technologies) for eligible projects involving producers from the two countries.
The Canada-Northern Ireland Co-Development Incentive is a collaboration between the Canada Media Fund and Northern Ireland Screen to fund the co-development of eligible audio-visual projects between producers from Canada and Northern Ireland.
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The Canada-South Africa Co-Development Incentive is a collaboration between the Canada Media Fund and the National Film and Video Foundation to fund the co-development of eligible television projects between producers from Canada and South Africa.
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Julie Laurenz
Former international award winning TV Journo. Moved onto making documentaries, and more recently I've been developing factual format series for television, one of which is listed below. I'm also developing a fiction feature, inspired by a true story.
Read moreAde Ajibulu
Just Production and Media
Just Production and Media is a South African one-stop media platform for Film Production, Training, Marketing, Distribution, and Publishing. We believe that many hands made a successful production and a tree does not make a forest, and this has helped us to have success collaboration with several production companies from development to production across feature films, documentaries and drama series.
Read moreThemba A. Sibeko
I have over 25 years of experience in film, television and video development and production both in South Africa and in the international arena. Having lived and worked in New York City for over 20 years with over 100 productions to my credit I had the opportunity to work with such luminaries as Hollywood actor/Director Bill Duke (A Rage in Harlem, Deep Cover, Sister Act 2), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple), Ruby Dee (American Gangster, Do The Right Thing), Oscar Winner Isaac Hayes (Shaft) to name a few. In 2002 I was appointed CEO of the Gauteng Film Commission . As CEO I brokered the finance and secured locations for the Oscar Nominated “Hotel Rwanda". In 2009 I was Location Consultant on the Oscar Nominated Neil Blompkamp Science Fiction hit “District 9” Executive Produced by Peter Jackson (Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit).
In 2012 I Wrote, produced Vuka Mau Lele , a limited series hit for MNET , that garnered over 3million views on pay cable. In 2016 he created, produced and co-directed The Alliance TV mini-series for etv, reaching a 1,5 Million Households over eight episodes.. In January 2022 I was appointed Executive Director of Enterprise and Skills Development for Cape Town based Lightseed VFX (www.lightseed.co.za)
Read moreTeboho
Busymoon is a 2D animation studio specializing in development, production and post production. we tell stories through fun and colorful animated content.
Read moreJay Daniel Beechinor
JAY DANIEL BEECHINOR (PRODUCER/BUSINESS AFFAIRS) is a Canadian/Irish film and television producer and business affairs executive with over 17+ years’ experience, having produced numerous projects including MOWs, feature films and television series that have aired on Netflix, AMC, SyFy Network, MTV, Lifetime Network, and the Discovery Channel to name a few. Most recently Jay was an Executive Producer on the award-winning documentary Pat Rocco Dared And is currently producing his first animated project called HORRENDOUS.
Read moreMatthew Cervi
Matthew started his career in the entertainment industry over 20 years working in Los Angele for companies like Valhalla Motion Pictures (Terminator, The Walking Dead) and Lighthouse Productions (The Sting, Taxi Driver, Mimic) before moving back to his hometown of Vancouver, BC and producing the Genie and Leo award winning short MILO 55160 starring Patrick McKenna.
Matthew followed that success with his first feature THE COLONY starring Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton and produced his second feature CRUEL & UNUSUAL in partnership with Entertainment One. Matthew’s last feature JUGGERNAUT, starring Jack Kesy, Amanda Crew, David Cubitt and Peter McRobbie was produced in partnership with Canadian distributor levelFILM and Telefilm Canada.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from the USC School of Cinema/Television and attended the Producer’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre.
Read moreKyle Kulyk
Itzy Interactive Inc. is an independent game developer formed in the spring of 2011. As indie developers for 11 years, we excel in using our mastery of the Unity game engine to bring our creations to life. Since the start, we’ve released three, award winning mobile games to Android and iOS via Google Play, Amazon Store and iTunes App store (with a fourth, Mad Devils mobile tie-in title completed) and in May 2021 released our first title on PC, Mad Devils. Our games, both free and paid, have been downloaded on over half a million mobile devices. Mad Devils was released on PC in 2021 and console ports are currently in production. In 2021 we completed work on the prototype for Lucas: Chapter One, our ambitious, multiplayer horror/survival title through the Canadian Media Fund’s Innovation/Prototyping program which is being shown to investors and publishers. In Fall 2021 we started prototype work on Weird O’s, our wacky, multiplayer party game which will wrap prototyping in October 2022. Itzy Interactive continues to expand our team of industry veterans and new talent alike as we utilize our decade of experience and technical skills with Unity development to enable us to bring our creative game vision to game consoles and PC gamers, and to do so with increasing speed and mastery for both PC and mobile platforms.
Read moreLloyd Summers
Founded in 2016 as a game company in Calgary, we specialize in VR (virtual reality), building multiplayer experiences, simulations, and hyper realistic AAA (“Triple A”) video-game level environments across many industries.
Read moreJohnny Cole
I'm a Canadian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter.
Read moreNimrod Shanit
HCXR creates fantastic and transcendent XR experiences combining gamification, biometric data, natural language processing, virtual humans, and 5G Edge Computing. We are experts at matching the myriad of XR formats and technologies to achieve creative objectives.
Read moreWe invite producers interested in finding an international coproducer, as part of a current funding incentive, to create a public profile for their company and a specific project, if applicable. Your profile will be posted within a few days following your submission.
Foreign producers need to find a Canadian partner before accessing any funding in Canada. Projects must have at least one Canadian and one international producer.
International Coproduction Treaties And MOUs
Canada has coproduction treaties and MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) in place with more than 50 countries.
Telefilm Canada administers all coproduction agreements on behalf of the Canadian government. For guidelines and detailed information about treaties and MOUs, click here. To search for Canadian companies or productions registered as official coproductions, click here.
Canada’s Provincial/Territorial Screen Associations
As a collaborative effort with several Canadian funding organizations and industry associations at the national, provincial and territorial level, additional funding, tax credits and local services may be available through this wide network of industry organizations. For a full list of useful links, click here.
