Canada-Oz Co-Pros Secure C$700,000 in Funding

TORONTO/SYDNEY: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Australian government through Screen Australia have unveiled a financing incentive of more than C$700,000 for a trio of interactive digital media co-productions.

The Canada-Australia Interactive Digital Media Incentive supports projects that go beyond traditional screens, with content available across various media platforms. The program is meant to encourage creative producers from each country to partner on experimental digital productions by facilitating the creation of innovative narrative pieces.

The projects that will receive funding are The Westbury Faery, a co-pro between Canada’s Log Cabin Productions and Australia’s Plot Media; Teenage Jesus—Metal Messiah, from Canada’s The Goggle Media Group and Oz’s Closer Productions; and Inanimate Alice; Perpetual Nomads, co-produced by Canada’s Ian James Harper and Australia’s Mez Breeze Design.