More Shaw Media/Hot Docs Funds recipients named

July 27, 2011 by Barry Walsh

Eleven Canadian documentary projects have been named as recipients of the latest round of Shaw Media-Hot Docs Documentary Funds grants and no-interest loans.

The amounts received by the projects add up to CDN$242,000 (US$256,600) for this seventh round of disbursements. In total, 73 projects have received CDN$1.8 million in grants and no-interest loans from the Funds, which consist of a CDN$3 million completion fund and a CDN$1 million development fund.

“The selection committees were enticed by the range of engaging and innovative projects submitted by talented teams from across the country, and it is our pleasure to be able to provide support for films in the face of an increasingly challenged documentary marketplace,” said Elizabeth Radshaw, Hot Docs Forum and market director.

Six projects receiving $182,000 in completion grants are as follows:

Buzkashi!

Producers: Micheline Shoebridge, Najeeb Mirza

Executive Producers: Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin

Director: Najeeb Mirza

Production Company: Buzkashi Productions, Inc.

 

The Lost Highway

Producers and Directors: Derreck Roemer, Neil Graham

Production Company: Insurgent Project 1 Ltd.

 

The Manor

Producer: Paul Scherzer

Director: Shawney Cohen

Production Company: Six Island Productions Inc.

 

Team Bones

Producer and Director: Alan Code

Production Company: Nah Ho! Productions Inc.

 

The Waiting Room

Producer: Yanick Létourneau, Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque

Executive Producer: Yanick Létourneau

Director: Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque

Production Company: Périphéria Productions Inc.

 

The World Before Her

Producer: Ed Barreveld, Cornelia Principe

Director: Nisha Pahuja

Production Company: Storyline Entertainment

 

Five no-interest loans totalling $60,000 were awarded to the following projects:

First Lady, Rebel War

Producers and Executive Producers: David Paperny, Cal Shumiatcher

Director: Jodie Martinson

Production Company: Paperny Films Development (2) Inc.

 

Hadwin’s Judgment – The Making of an Environmental Terrorist

Producer: Elizabeth Yake

Director: Sasha Snow

Production Company: True West Films

 

How to Build a Time Machine

Producers: Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon

Executive Producer: Michael McMahon

Director: Jay Cheel

Production Company: Primitive Entertainment

 

Land Hungry

Producers: Deborah Parks, Nadine Pequeneza

Director: Nadine Pequeneza

Production Company: HitPlay Productions Inc.

Toronto 18

Producer and Director: David York

Production Company: 52 Media Inc.

 

The Shaw Media-Hot Docs completion fund selection committee included Charlotte Engel, founder and president of Rock Yenta Productions; Sarah Jane Flynn, senior director factual content and Shaw Media; and Radshaw.

The development fund selection committee included Radshaw; Maria Farano, production executive for factual content at Shaw Media; and Justine Pimlott, producer and director at Red Queen Productions.

The application process for the second round of 2011 funding will open in September, with a deadline of October 26, 2011. For further information, visit hotdocs.ca/shawmedia.

Tags: Buzkashi!, Elizabeth Radshaw, First Lady, Hadwin’s Judgment – The Making of an Environmental Terrorist, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, How to Build a Time Machine, Land Hungry, Rebel War, Shaw Media, Shaw Media-Hot Docs Documentary Funds, Team Bones, The Lost Highway, The Manor, The Waiting Room, The World Before Her, Toronto 18

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