10 Diverse Language Projects Receive a total of $2.5M

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today $2.5M in funding to 10 convergent projects that applied to the Diverse Languages Program. Since 2010, the CMF has provided $8.9M to 48 projects as part of its Diverse Languages Program.

Each of the 10 projects, all of which are documentaries, includes a television production with digital media components in Italian (3), Mandarin (1), Spanish (5), and multilingual (1).

Click here to view a complete list of new projects that received Diverse Languages funding, including – complete synopses, producer credits, and funding commitments.

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 www.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
416-554-2768
pcampeau@cmf-fmc.ca