Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund has confirmed equity investments to 14 production projects totalling $5,104,200 in the latest funding decisions announced by the Board of Directors.
Projects are listed with company name, producer(s) and confirmed specialty channel TV partners:
1.
Bitten
Entertainment One Television BAP Ltd.
JB Sugar, Margaret O’Brien
Space
2.
BrandMADE
2271169 Ontario Inc.
Andrew Burnstein, Catherine Legge
Discovery Channel (Canada)
3.
Code Breakers
AP Codebreakers Productions Ltd.
Simcha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock Felix Golubev
Vision TV, Discovery Science (USA)
4.
Continuum – Season II
Timely II Productions Inc.
Tom Rowe, Lisa Richardson, Matthew O’Connor, Pat Williams, Simon Barry, Holly Redford
Showcase Television
5.
Dangerous Flights - 2
Pixcom Productions inc.
Jacquelin Buchard, Carole Dufour, Sylvie Desrochers, Nicola Merola, Emmanuell Wiecha, Kelly McClughan
Discovery Channel (Canada)
6.
Fugget About It 2 (14-26)
FAI 2 Productions Inc.
Vince Commisso, Steve Jarosz, Tanya Green, Marissa Collyer
Teletoon
7.
Ice Pilots – Season 5
Omni Film Development Ltd.
Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik, David Gullason
History Television (Canada)
8.
National Park Mysteries
Galafilm Inc.
Arnie Gelbart, Daniel Morin, Sylvia Wilson
Biography Channel, Travel (USA)
9.
Pyros – Season II
Pyros 2 Productions Ltd.
Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik, David Gullason
Discovery Channel (Canada)
10.
Reelside – Season I
FG-REEL inc.
Chris Szarka, Raj Panikkar, Richard Crouse
The Movie Network, Movie Central
11.
Sensitive Skin
Rhombus Media Inc.
Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar, Bob Martin, Henry Normal, Hugo Blick, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
Movie Central, The Movie Network
12.
Tales from the Organ Trade
AP OT Productions Ltd.
Simcha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock Felix Golubev
History Television (Canada), Canal D, HBO (USA)
13.
The Family Farm
Rotating Planet Productions Inc.
Ari A. Cohen
documentary
14.
The Last Place On Earth
Adobe Productions International
Robbie Hart, Jason Rodi
Discovery World HD
The Rogers group of funds offers support to Canadian independent producers with three different types of funding: Rogers Telefund offers loans to Canadian independent producers; Rogers Documentary Fund, Canada’s premier source of funding for documentary films and Rogers Cable Network Fund, an equity investor in Canadian programs with a first play on a Canadian cable channel.
The next application deadline will be January 2013; guidelines and application forms for the Rogers Group of Funds are available online.