June 16, 2026 - The Independent Production Fund (IPF) has approved production financing totalling over $1.8M for the following 11 companies and television series (6 English-language and 5 French-language). The Cogeco TV Production Program is supported by Cogeco and provides Canadian independent producers with financing for the production of fiction [...]

April 29, 2026 - The Independent Production Fund (IPF) Board of Directors have approved financing for 21 scripted short form series as part of its 2026 Short Form Series Development Program. These series are being developed primarily for digital platforms and channels, with 14 projects in English and 7 in [...]

February 16, 2026 - The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is pleased to announce updated eligibility criteria for the Cogeco TV Production Program, which now accepts applications for scripted television series with a running time of 30 minutes per episode, in addition to the 60‑minute format series and children’s series of [...]

November 27, 2025 – The IPF Board of Directors has approved production financing for 9 scripted short form series, 5 in English and 4 in French. The IPF is providing $2.2M in equity investments to support these projects. In March, the IPF received 225 eligible applications, the highest number to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2025 — The Independent Production Fund (IPF), in partnership with On Screen Manitoba, Creative Saskatchewan, and the Whistler Film Festival Society (WFF), is pleased to announce the participants of the inaugural Pre-Application Training Program for Prairie Producers. Building on the successful launch of the program [...]

September 2, 2025 — The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is proud to announce the selected participants for the second edition of the Pre-Application Training Program for Northern Producers. Following the success of the inaugural program in 2024, this initiative continues to strengthen the capacity of northern-based producers to prepare competitive [...]