U.S. streaming giants were already in an uncomfortable position after Canada reined them in with first-time spending obligations to support the production of homegrown movies and TV series.
But as 2023 ends, the country’s TV and telecom regulator is at odds with American streamers over how much cash they are now obligated to fork over to subsidize local film, TV and music producers. During early December regulatory hearings in Gatineau, Quebec, top Canadian execs for Netflix, Apple Canada, Spotify and others bargained over setting a mandatory “initial base” contribution from U.S. digital giants to support local indie producers.
Those talks got hung up over still more hearings and negotiations set for next year to agree on a new definition on what does and doesn’t count as Canadian film or TV programming, or “Canadian content,” to modernize the country’s broadcast laws for the digital age. That new...
But as 2023 ends, the country’s TV and telecom regulator is at odds with American streamers over how much cash they are now obligated to fork over to subsidize local film, TV and music producers. During early December regulatory hearings in Gatineau, Quebec, top Canadian execs for Netflix, Apple Canada, Spotify and others bargained over setting a mandatory “initial base” contribution from U.S. digital giants to support local indie producers.
Those talks got hung up over still more hearings and negotiations set for next year to agree on a new definition on what does and doesn’t count as Canadian film or TV programming, or “Canadian content,” to modernize the country’s broadcast laws for the digital age. That new...
- 12/13/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hot Docs and Netflix have revealed the five Canadian documentary projects that will share Cad 175,000 as part of the Hot Docs Incubator program, the latest instalment of the Canadian Storytellers Project. These five projects will each receive Cad 35,000.
The program, designed to ignite developing doc projects that show creative and market potential, will also engage filmmakers in a series of intensive workshops focused on story, market preparedness, and career or company building.
Work-in-progress scenes of the projects will screen to international decision-makers and Industry delegates at next year’s edition of the Hot Docs film festival.
Heidi Tao Yang, Hot Docs’ director of funds and labs, said: “What makes this new program special is that it expands the scope of support to an underserved group of filmmakers who are mid-career, and the level of these intensive sessions will reflect on the building blocks they have already established. These dynamic, authentic,...
The program, designed to ignite developing doc projects that show creative and market potential, will also engage filmmakers in a series of intensive workshops focused on story, market preparedness, and career or company building.
Work-in-progress scenes of the projects will screen to international decision-makers and Industry delegates at next year’s edition of the Hot Docs film festival.
Heidi Tao Yang, Hot Docs’ director of funds and labs, said: “What makes this new program special is that it expands the scope of support to an underserved group of filmmakers who are mid-career, and the level of these intensive sessions will reflect on the building blocks they have already established. These dynamic, authentic,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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Netflix has given Anishinaabe filmmaker Jaime Wescoup 25,000 in film development financing to mark the U.S. video streamer passing the milestone of 1000 creators completing Netflix-supported film training programs in Canada.
“There’s no one telling these stories. And these stories need to be told,” Wescoup tells The Hollywood Reporter about his documentary in the works about two female First Nations reserve chiefs — chief Kyra Wilson of Long Plain First Nation and chief Angela Levasseur of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.
Wescoup adds both women are role models and trailblazers in moving the yardstick of inclusion of young girls and women in First Nation communities in Canada. “This is something really special because it’s a story of strength and resilience. And both of these chiefs, as women, embody those traits,” he insists.
“Jaime has an important story to tell through the film he is...
Netflix has given Anishinaabe filmmaker Jaime Wescoup 25,000 in film development financing to mark the U.S. video streamer passing the milestone of 1000 creators completing Netflix-supported film training programs in Canada.
“There’s no one telling these stories. And these stories need to be told,” Wescoup tells The Hollywood Reporter about his documentary in the works about two female First Nations reserve chiefs — chief Kyra Wilson of Long Plain First Nation and chief Angela Levasseur of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.
Wescoup adds both women are role models and trailblazers in moving the yardstick of inclusion of young girls and women in First Nation communities in Canada. “This is something really special because it’s a story of strength and resilience. And both of these chiefs, as women, embody those traits,” he insists.
“Jaime has an important story to tell through the film he is...
- 10/19/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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