Montreal and Toronto, February 25, 2020: The Board of Directors of the Bell Fund has announced its decisions for the January 6, 2020 deadline for the Slate Development Program. Over $1.6 million in funding has been approved to support IP development budgets totaling over $2.8 million. This funding supports 32 independent production companies including 22 […]
Updates
Bell Fund 2020 Program Deadlines
In 2020 there will be two opportunities to apply to Bell Fund for short form digital series; April 6th and September 28th. A distinction will not be made between fiction and non-fiction; these two deadlines are open to both and applications will be evaluated together. The merging of fiction and non-fiction allows producers two opportunities […]
Bell Fund announces decisions for the September 24, 2019 Deadline for the Short-Form Digital Series (Non-Fiction) Program and the 2019 TV Program
Bell Fund announces decisions for the September 24, 2019 Deadline for the Short-Form Digital Series (Non-Fiction) Program and the 2019 TV Program. Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, November 19, 2019: The Board of Directors of the Bell Fund has announced its decisions for the September 24, 2019 round of applications for the Short-Form Non-Fiction Program. […]
Claire Dion is retiring from the Bell Fund on December 20th, 2019.
For immediate release Toronto, Montréal, 30 October 2019 After more than two decades championing Francophone independent production Claire Dion will retire from her role as Associate Director of the Bell Fund on December 20th.The Bell Fund launched in 1997 with a mission to develop and produce innovative and interactive digital media associated with TV. Claire […]
Slate Deadline Extended and Webdocs Update
We wanted to advise you of some upcoming changes to two of our programs. 1. The webdocs development pilot program has been completed. In 2017 we received one time funding for this stand alone program which allowed for the development of 13 interactive documentary prototypes. Beginning in 2020 we will still be accepting applications for […]