Telefilm Canada, the country's top film financier, has vowed to fix a two-tiered industry where privileged producers receive generous and automatic funding long kept out of reach of Canadian filmmakers from BIPOC communities. "We're being very mindful to not leave any voices behind and to support this impactful industry for today and for the future with, yes, an eye to equity and dismantling what would have been previously barriers to access," Telefilm executive director Christa Dickenson tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Each year, Telefilm pours around $100 million into homegrown movie development, production and marketing on behalf of the federal government.
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