Documentaries: Federal Government

Telefilm Dept: The program, which had helped produce Canadian long-form documentaries for movie cinemas, was reduced to $500,000 earlier this year after the federal government chopped Telefilm s budget by $10.6 million over three years, according to CBC. The theatrical documentary program at Telefilm was considered a major success after supporting documentaries that have become award-winners and festival favourites, such as Reel Injun Reel Indian , Last Train Home, Le Coeur d'Auschwitz, La nuit, elles dansent and Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould and telefilm has struck a deal that will see its program to fund Canadian feature documentaries restored to $1.5 million. Now the federal film funding agency has teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds to continue the program, with a budget of $1.5 million. Each of the partners will donate $500,000 to the fund. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.