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Montréal, September 18, 2017— The Canada Media Fund (CMF) congratulates the winners of the 32^nd Gémeaux Awards, which were recognized on separate ceremonies on September 14 and 17. With these awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) recognizes the outstanding work of industry professionals in the French language market.

Toronto, September 11, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and NZ On Air announced today the renewal of their partnership, now in its fourth year, to encourage the coproduction of digital media content between Canadian and New Zealand creators.

Toronto, September 8, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa, announced today the signing of an agreement to establish a dedicated incentive for the codevelopment of audiovisual projects between Canadian producers and South African producers.

Toronto, August 28, 2017 — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) released today its bilingual annual report for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The report details the various programs and initiatives the CMF undertook in the past year to support Canada’s audiovisual industry. The results of the CMF funding programs, as well as its extensive research and promotional initiatives serve as clear examples of the key role the organization plays as a driver of Canada’s growing digital economy and supporter of our nation’s cultural diversity. 

Toronto, August 25, 2017 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today an investment of $5.5M to 14 convergent projects that applied for funding through the 2017-2018 English Point-of-View (POV) Program. The English POV Program is designed to encourage one-off point-of-view documentary production in the English-language market. 

Toronto/Bogotá, August 24, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF), Proimágenes Colombia (Proimágenes) and MinTIC (Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia) announced today results of their codevelopment financing incentive of nearly $300,000 for four interactive digital media projects through the Canada-Colombia Codevelopment Incentive for Web Series and Other Digital Media Projects.

Cologne DE, August 23, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), the body responsible for film funding and media business development in the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, announced today an agreement to establish an incentive for the codevelopment and coproduction of digital media projects between Canadian producers and German producers based in Berlin-Brandenburg.

Toronto, August 18, 2017 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today a total contribution of $8.9M to 17 convergent projects that applied for production funding through its Aboriginal Program.

Toronto, August 16, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Jerusalem Film Fund at the Jerusalem Development Authority have introduced digital media projects in the drama genre to the list of projects eligible for funding through the Canada-Jerusalem Codevelopment and Coproduction Incentive. The deadline to submit an application to this program remains unchanged: October 19, 2017.

Toronto, August 2, 2017 – As announced in November of 2016, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is continuing the process of amending all active Rich and Substantial Digital Media tags in order to comply with the technical specifications of the Adobe suite of products.