Fifteen percent of the Government of Canada’s CMF allocation of the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund will be invested through targeted initiatives to ensure equity, including by region, language, and underrepresented groups.
This is part of the $500M the Government of Canada is making available through the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport organizations.
The Government of the country will contribute $88.8M to the CMF and $27M to Telefilm to administer funds that mitigate the impact of the pandemic on Canada’s production sector.
The Polish Producers Alliance and the streamer announced the creation of a new Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help the hardest hit workers in the television and cinema industry due to the productions shut down in the country.
The company has established the Covid-19: LLA Employee Emergency Assistance Fund to provide a relief to eligible employees and their families who are facing unforeseen financial distress or an emergency hardship as a result of the pandemic.