(Via CNW) As we mentioned earlier, Telefilm has announced the names for the Micro-Budget Production Program. This supports emerging filmmakers, recommended by educational institutions and film cooperatives, in the making of their first feature films. (“Micro”, BTW, means no more than $250,000.)
2015-2016 Micro-Budget Production Program Finalists
New Official-Language Minority Communities component
- A, Mitchell Stafiej (director, screenwriter), Daniel Dietzel (producer), Quebec, partner: Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University
- Memory Is Our Homeland, Jonathan Durand (director, screenwriter, producer), Quebec, partner: Institut national de l’image et du son (INIS)
- MIA, Jeremy Guenette (director, screenwriter, producer), Gabriel Lévesque (screenwriter, producer), Manitoba, partner: On Screen Manitoba
Aboriginal component
- The Edict, Benjamin Ross Hayden (director, screenwriter, producer), Manitoba, partner: Adam Beach Film Institute
- River of Silence, Michael Auger (director, screenwriter, producer), Danette Chalifoux (screenwriter, producer), partner: Bosa Centre for Film & Animation, Capilano University, British Columbia
Main component
- Cardinal, Greyson Moore (director, screenwriter), Aidan Shipley (director), Kristy Neville, Marianna Margaret, Justin Elchakieh (producers), Ontario, partner: Ryerson University
- Feuilles mortes, Thierry Bouffard, Steve Landry, Édouard Tremblay (directors, screenwriters), Jean-François Dugal, Éric Denis, Charles Gaudreau (producers), Quebec, partner: Spirafilm
- The Hanging Tree, Marshall Axani (director, screenwriter), Diana Donaldson (producer), British Columbia, partner: Bosa Centre for Film & Animation, Capilano University
- The Land of Rock and Gold, Janine Windolph, Daniel Redenbach (directors, screenwriters, producers), Saskatchewan, partner: University of Regina
- Play Your Gender, Stephanie Clattenburg (director, screenwriter), Sahar Yousefi (screenwriter, producer), Nova Scotia, partner: Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative
- The Space Between, Amy Jo Johnson (director, screenwriter), Jessica Adams (producer), Ontario, partner: Canadian Film Centre
- The Stand Up Man, Aram Collier (director, screenwriter), Tony Lau (producer), Ontario, partner: York University
- The Sun at Midnight, Kirsten Carthew (director, screenwriter), Amos Scott (producer), Northwest Territories, partner: Western Arctic Moving Pictures
- The Train Whistle Does Not Blow, Ashley McKenzie (director, screenwriter), Nelson MacDonald (producer), Nova Scotia, partner: National Screen Institute (NSI)
- Une fille comme moi, Kristina Wagenbauer (director), Geneviève Simard (screenwriter), Quebec, partner: Institut national de l’image et du son (INIS)