Canada Media Fund Backs 10 Web Series

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has invested C$2 million ($1.49 million) to support the production of ten projects as part of its Web Series Pilot Program.

The investment comes as part of a pilot program the CMF put in place to exclusively finance Canadian web series in their second or subsequent season. The program was developed to meet the need for linear content created for online consumption.

A six-member jury selected six web series in English and four in French. One project hails from British Columbia, five are from Ontario and four are from Québec. All ten projects fall in the drama category. The jury was composed of Canadian and international industry specialists, including Jean Michel Albert (Marseilles), Lorenzo Benedetti (Paris), Wendy Bernfeld (Amsterdam), Audrey Pacart (Montréal), Enrique Soissa (Toronto) and Emilia Zboralska (Toronto).