The Quebec cinema community is demanding from the Trudeau government a permanent increase of $50 million in Telefilm Canada’s annual budget and an increase in the proportion of its funding devoted to French-language productions from 33% to 40% of its envelope.
The measures promised during the 2019 electoral campaign by the Liberal Party have been gradually implemented, but are not guaranteed for 2024-2025.
A letter sent on the 1ster November to Prime Minister Trudeau and the Minister of Heritage, Pascale St-Onge, did not give the results hoped for in the federal fall economic statement tabled at the end of the month.
The letter, carried by the Association of Independent Producers of Quebec and signed by more than 80 artists and professionals, from Denis Villeneuve to Christian Larouche, envisages “disastrous” consequences on production in 2024, including a significant decline in filming, without these measures.
To watch on video