June 17, 2025 - (Toronto/Montréal) – The IPF announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 16, 2025. The Independent Production Fund (IPF) has approved production financing in the amount of over $2.5M for the following 14 companies and television series (8 English language projects and 6 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IPF, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut renew partnership for 2025 Whistler Film Festival Society returns as program administrator Applications Now Open here https://form.jotform.com/251356181411247 June 9, 2025 — Following the success of the inaugural program in 2024, the Independent Production Fund (IPF), in partnership with the Nunavut Film [...]

April 16, 2025 – The Independent Production Fund (IPF) Board of Directors have approved financing for 21 scripted short form series as part of its 2025 Short Form Series Development Program. These series are being developed primarily for digital platforms and channels, with 13 projects in English and 8 in [...]

IPF and CMF renew their joint Short Form Series Development Program Total budget of $600,000, with a maximum of $30,000 per project Updated program guidelines and FAQs now available Application portal opens February 3, 2025, submission deadline March 3, 2025, at 5 PM ET February 3, 2025 – The IPF and CMF have renewed their strategic partnership for the [...]

November 20, 2024 – The IPF Board of Directors has approved production financing for 12 short form series, 8 in English and 4 in French. With combined financial backing from both the IPF and CMF, the total investment in the 12 series is nearly $3M. In March, a record 218 [...]

IPF and CMF Expand Partnership with Short Form Series Production Funding Expanded partnership injects $1M into IPF production program Maximum request for production funding increased to $250,000 Toronto, September 17, 2024 – The Independent Production Fund (IPF) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) are excited to announce the expansion of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2024 — The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is thrilled to announce the participants joining the inaugural IPF Pre-Application Training Program for Northern Producers. This groundbreaking initiative aims to provide northern-based producers with training and support to create a competitive series development funding application. The program [...]

June 12, 2024 - (Toronto/Montreal) – The Independent Production Fund announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 17, 2024. The Independent Production Fund has approved production financing in the amount of over $2.4M for the following 11 companies and television series (7 English language projects [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE First ever joint partnership between the Independent Production Fund, Nunavut Film Development Corporation, Northwest Territories Film Commission and Yukon Media Development Territory based series’ producers & writers will receive critical training and mentorship designed to improve funding application skills Program facilitation will be led by the Whistler [...]

April 16, 2024 - The Independent Production Fund (IPF) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) have approved financing for 33 scripted short form series as part of the 2024 CMF-IPF Short Form Series Development Program. These series are being developed for exploitation primarily on digital platforms and channels. 22 of [...]