CMF to support six interactive and immersive projects selected for funding through the Indigenous Screen Office’s Interactive and Immersive Program
Toronto and Ohsweken, May 15, 2025 — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced a $500,000 investment in six projects selected for funding through the Indigenous Screen Office’s (ISO) 2024-2025 Interactive and Immersive Program.
The projects are:
- Mekwâc: “Now Is Good”,an immersive art installation by Ontario’s James Monkman Studio Inc. ($87,500 in production funding)
- Ectopia, an interactive art exhibition by British Columbia’s Tooth & Nail Pictures LTD. ($85,000 in production funding)
- Home - Piikaniksaahko (Piikani Land), a VR documentary by 1479865 B.C. LTD. ($122,500 in production funding)
- The Drop, a video game by British Columbia’s Spotted Fawn Productions Inc. ($72,500 in development funding)
- Untitled Evil Within, an XR/VR project by Ontario’s First Nation Creations Productions Inc. ($60,000 in development funding)
- Sunalimat, a VR project by Ontario’s Tiger Mister Productions Inc. ($72,500 in development funding)
Part of the ISO’s Story Fund stream, the Interactive and Immersive Program allocates funds for the development and production of high-calibre videogames, AR/VR/XR works, apps, and immersive and/or interactive projects that include audiovisual content. The CMF came onboard as a partner to this program last fall, bringing its total budget to $900,000.
About Indigenous Screen Office
The Indigenous Screen Office is an independent national advocacy and funding organization serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis creators of screen content in Canada. The ISO’s mandate is to foster and support narrative sovereignty and cultural revitalization by increasing Indigenous storytelling on screens and promoting Indigenous values and participation across the sector.
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 voices, and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors. Visit our website for more information.
Media contact
Jean-François D. O'Bomsawin, Indigenous Screen Office
Director of Communications and Francophone Initiatives
[email protected]
Maxime Ruel , Canada Media Fund
Senior Manager, Communications
[email protected]
