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The Northwest Territories relaunched its Producers' Incentive Program with $200,000 in annual support, increasing available grants to $15,000 for early project work and $35,000 for development. The redesigned program gives local film and digital media producers more support for preparing projects and securing production partners.
The Supreme Court upheld a qualitative, holistic assessment of substantial copying in Cinar v. Robinson. Differences between two television series didn't erase the combination of protected expression taken.
The BC Human Rights Tribunal declined to dismiss a film makeup artist complaint concerning allegedly racialised exclusion from set work and union decisions about a makeup working group. The allegations must be tested at a hearing.
In 2026 CB 9, the Copyright Board approved a revised television retransmission tariff after an appellate remittal. The decision changes settlement and recordkeeping terms without reconsidering the underlying royalty rates.
Two CRTC policies reshape the financing and discoverability of Canadian and Indigenous film and television. The rules distinguish large broadcasters and streamers, with tailored conditions of service still to follow.
Telefilm Canada opens its next General Admission Festivals Program intake on October 20, 2026, for eligible festivals running from April 1 to September 30, 2027. The application window closes October 27.
NWT funding for larger arts projects recognizes the practical cost of presenting work across communities, from artist fees and equipment to travel and venues.
Toronto's Rendezvous with Madness festival will feature the debut of a National Film Board documentary about anxiety and a second film exploring family grief and intergenerational trauma.
The Copyright Board settled payment and recordkeeping questions for the 2014 to 2018 television retransmission tariff after an appellate remittal.
The settlement date determines when royalties come due and when interest increases. The Federal Court of Appeal ordered the Copyright Board to revisit its unexplained 2019 payment date.
Five national screen organizations have commissioned a survey of how Canada's audiovisual industry finds and uses audience information.
At Planet in Focus later this month, an experimental film about dismantled offshore rigs and a Nunavut documentary about food security will use different visual languages to explore people's ties to the environment.
Telefilm, the Indigenous Screen Office and independent cinemas backed a one-day national screening initiative that paired Indigenous films with local audience engagement.
Telefilm Canada's 2026 Talent to Watch funding backs 16 first-feature projects across drama, documentary and genre film, selected from 136 applications.
The Supreme Court upheld a qualitative, holistic assessment of substantial copying in Cinar v. Robinson. Differences between two television series didn't erase the combination of protected expression taken.
A film is built collaboratively, yet its distinctive creative expression needs protection. Canada's film institutions and copyright disputes reveal why both realities matter.
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