The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, confirmed today that $50 million has been added to the initial funding for the Short-Term Compensation Fund for Canadian Audiovisual Productions (STCF). The fund was launched last fall to support audiovisual industry productions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of Canadian provinces and territories have recently made changes to their rules around interprovincial travel, requiring newcomers to self-isolate at their destinations for 14 days. This includes interprovincial travelers. There is, however, an exemption in Manitoba, where cast, crew and other persons directly involved in a film production may be exempted from the 14-day self-isolation requirement if they do not have COVID-19 symptoms. Of course anyone travelling from outside of Canada still needs to isolate for 14 days.
With American Horror Story DOP Michael Goi attached to direct, The Elevator Game is to shoot in Manitoba, Canada in Summer 2021 as a Fearworks production in association with AMP International and Buffalo Gal Pictures.
Today the Province of Manitoba announced that production will be permitted effective 12:01 a.m. on Feb. 12, allowing the film industry to operate fully with physical distancing and other safety measures in place.
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Congratulations to Tina Keeper, one of the 150 recipients of the Manitoba Women Trailblazer Award, organized by the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nellie McClung Foundation.