Vancouver, B.C. (November 5, 2025) – Today, Creative BC announces the 14 projects that will receive production and post production financing for their long form scripted feature length films, documentaries, and series projects. With grants of $50K to $200K each, this is the sixth round of filmmakers funded through the Production Program (the Program). The Program was announced in 2020 and funded by the Domestic Motion Picture Fund (the Fund) announced in 2020 by the Province of British Columbia.
This round of funding represents a $1,430,000 investment for production phase financing, and these 14 projects bring the total number supported by the Program to 79. The Program allows B.C. filmmakers to complete their projects for broadcast, sale, and distribution. All recipients of the program are B.C. resident individuals, or B.C.-owned and controlled production companies, that own the intellectual property behind their projects.
The Program aims to enhance funding access by eliminating the requirement for a ‘market trigger,’ proof of existing financing to the project through a distributor or broadcaster’s commitment. The result is support for creators at a variety of career stages, and for a mixed slate of projects that do and do not have existing market trigger financing, with many now given the opportunity to leverage this grant in securing further investments.
The Program’s financial support boosts each production’s budget, enhancing its appeal to attract additional investments from private and public funders. This enables projects to move into the production phase and transform fully developed scripts into screen-ready products.
The following projects are this round’s successful recipients:
1. Project: TAKING THE WATERS
When Edie accompanies her mother Dolores to a controversial wellness center in the Swiss Alps, the codependent nature of their relationship is laid bare.
Company: Reign Films Inc.
Producer: Magali Gillon-Krizag, Sara Blake
Amount/Type: $200,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
2. Project: INHERITANCE
Three people—Indigenous, immigrant and settler—battle over control of a vast plot of land. You decide what happens.
Company: Pick The Path Productions Inc.
Producer: Eric Rebalkin, Camille Beaudoin, Marisa Emma Smith, Daniel Arnold
Amount/Type: $50,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
3. Project: SEVENTEEN
Over the course of seventeen hours, the lives of three Indigenous sex workers intersect in the city of Vancouver through chance, relation, and the shared experience of familial and colonial displacement.
Company: Seventeen Productions Inc.
Producer: Justin Ducharme, Tyler Hagan, Olivia Marie Goloksy
Amount/Type: $120,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
4. Project: FIRESKY
A dark comedy that follows the inept employees of a company with secretly vile intentions.
Company: Firesky Films Inc.
Producer: Kyle Rideout, Josh Epstein
Amount/Type: $50,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
5. Project: JUDAS TREE
Sabä, an Iranian Canadian rug restorer, must decide whether to testify against her former interrogator, a choice with immediate consequences.
Company: Understory Films Inc., Musubi Arts Inc.
Producer: Sepehr Samimi, Nach Dudsdeemaytha
Amount/Type: $120,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
6. Project: STRANGER IN TOWN
After an explosion of violence causes Ruth to flee the fundamentalist sect that’s been her only home, she finds herself alone in a world both alienating and liberating.
Company: Stranger in Town Films Inc.
Producer: Amber Ripley
Amount/Type: $175,000, Scripted Feature Length Content
7. Project: I, MIGRANT
A documentary exploring the resilience and dreams of Indian immigrants pursuing a new life in Canada.
Company: Goodness Pictures Ltd.
Producers: Alex Sangha, Vinay Giridhar
Amount/Type: $50,000, Documentary or Factual Content
8. Project: SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
In an age of growing isolation, particularly among seniors, this documentary offers a view into the world of companion robotic pets.
Company: Norita Films Inc.
Producer: Milena Salazar
Amount/Type: $50,000, Documentary or Factual Content
9. Project: FINDING JODI
A teenage girl’s unsolved disappearance draws a citizen investigator into a web of violence and buried secrets, forcing her to risk everything to expose the truth.
Company: Studio BRB
Producers: Jenni Baynham, Ashley Glover
Amount/Type: $120,000, Documentary or Factual Content
10. Project: MENOPAUSE: COMING IN HOT
When a strong-willed perimenopausal filmmaker is told there isn’t a lot of help available for her symptoms, she pursues a quest that makes her relearn everything she thought she knew about aging.
Company: Kate Green Productions Inc.
Producer: Kate Green, Amber Orchard, Olivia Fellows, Jessica Young
Amount/Type: $20,000, Documentary or Factual Content
11. Project: NORTHERN STARS
Sharon Firth, former Olympian and Indigenous trailblazer, embarks on a cross-country skiing challenge to honour the passing of her twin sister.
Company: NS Documentary Productions Inc.
Producer: Jim Shockey, Erik Virtanen, Mike Wavrecan
Amount/Type: $50,000, Documentary or Factual Content
12. Project: SUPERNATURALS
Joleen Mitton, founder of the world’s first all-Indigenous modelling agency, leads models, designers, and supporters to redefine how Indigenous people are seen in fashion.
Company: Fashionable Productions Inc., InnoNative, Grand Scheme Productions Inc.
Producers: Michael Grand, Patrick Shannon, Kerriann Cardinal
Amount/Type: $200,000, Documentary or Factual Content
13. Project: RELAX, OPEN YOUR EYES
After the tragic death of a member of her Cryonics community, Carrie Wong becomes determined to create life everlasting for her family by investing their life savings to build an experimental medical facility.
Company: Ice Cold Films Inc., Grand Scheme Productions Inc.
Producer: Michael Grand
Amount/Type: $120,000, Documentary or Factual Content
14. Project: LOWERCASE
This documentary follows acclaimed poet jaye simpson’s odyssey through the tribulations of their childhood in the Canadian foster care system.
Producers: Jeff Petry, Nathan Drillot
Amount/Type: $105,000, Documentary or Factual Content
View a list of the recipients by program online here.
To learn more about the Production Program, visit Creative BC’s website: https://creativebc.com/funding-programs/domestic-motion-picture-programs/production-program/
Applications for Round 7 are currently in process as of November 2025. This recipient announcement covers projects funded through the Round 6 intake, which ran from February 6 to March 20, 2025.
Quotes:
Honourable Anne Kang, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
“It’s inspiring to see more B.C. stories brought to life by such talented filmmakers. These projects reflect the passion and hard work of those behind and in front of the camera, as well as this government’s commitment to B.C.’s domestic sector. I’m proud that our government supports local filmmakers in taking their work to the next stage and sharing it with audiences here at home and around the world.”
Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC
“Congratulations to the 14 recipients of the sixth round of this highly competitive program! We are grateful to the Province of British Columbia for this continued investment into B.C. talent. With 79 projects supported to date, this funding is vital in helping domestic filmmakers transform their visions into market-ready finished works. This support strengthens the development of competitive content and boosts the international visibility of B.C.-owned intellectual property.”
Michael Grand, Grand Scheme Productions Inc., Program Recipient
“InnoNative, Grand Scheme, and the team behind documentary series SUPERNATURALS are super grateful to receive funding from Creative BC’s Production Program. This financing puts us in position to execute on the ambitious creative vision for this series, travel with our lead characters and follow their quest across BC and Canada, and it allows for a higher level of training and mentorship for entry level crew and emerging talent.”
Media Contact:
Creative BC
Lisa Escudero
media@creativebc.com
+1 604-730-2235
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About Creative BC
Creative BC is an independent non-profit society created and supported by the Province to sustain and help grow British Columbia’s creative industries: motion picture, interactive and digital media, music and sound recording, and magazine and book publishing. The society delivers a wide range of programs and services with a mandate to expand B.C.’s creative economy. These activities include: administration of the provincial government’s motion picture tax credit programs; delivery of program funding and export marketing support for the sector; and provincial film commission services. Combined, these activities serve to attract inward investment and market B.C. as a partner and destination of choice for domestic and international content creation. The society acts as an industry catalyst and ambassador to help B.C.’s creative sector reach its economic, social, environmental, and creative potential both at home, and globally. Website: www.creativebc.com