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Fuelling creativity | Stimuler la créativité 🚀

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Canadian prodcos Eagle Vision and Spike & Sadie Media announced development of the kids series Indigenous Ingenuity, a youth-driven factual series celebrating the amazing STEM contributions of Indigenous peoples. More to come from #srfshowcase! #kidscreen #rocketfunded

Canadian prodcos Eagle Vision and Spike & Sadie Media announced development of the kids series Indigenous Ingenuity, a youth-driven factual series celebrating the amazing STEM contributions of Indigenous peoples.

More to come from #srfshowcase! 

#kidscreen #rocketfunded
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Orca Cove Media's Sweet Summer Pow Wow is in post-production! A young Indigenous couple get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the Pow-Wow circuit. Stay tuned for more from #srfshowcase! #kidscreen #rocketfunded

Orca Cove Media's Sweet Summer Pow Wow is in post-production! A young Indigenous couple get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the Pow-Wow circuit.

Stay tuned for more from #srfshowcase! 

#kidscreen #rocketfunded
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From Prospero Pictures and Night is Y, Backspot was featured at TIFF 2023, receiving excellent reviews, being called a “perceptive queer cheerleading drama” and a “sensitive and stylish coming-of-age journey”. Stay tuned for more from #srfshowcase! #kidscreen #rocketfunded

From Prospero Pictures and Night is Y, Backspot was featured at TIFF 2023, receiving excellent reviews, being called a “perceptive queer cheerleading drama” and a “sensitive and stylish coming-of-age journey”.

Stay tuned for more from #srfshowcase!

#kidscreen #rocketfunded
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Spitshine Flicks, Holiday Pictures & FilmOption International are creating Lupe Q and the Galactic Earworms, shooting in 2024. The screenplay has been shortlisted in a number of festivals & won the HG Wells Silver Award at L.A. SCIFI 2022! More to come from #srfshowcase! #kidscreen #rocketfunded

Spitshine Flicks, Holiday Pictures &amp; FilmOption International are creating <a href="/LupeQMovie/">Lupe Q and the Galactic Earworms</a>, shooting in 2024. The screenplay has been shortlisted in a number of festivals &amp; won the HG Wells Silver Award at L.A. SCIFI 2022!

More to come from #srfshowcase! 

#kidscreen #rocketfunded
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It's kickoff season for the international distribution of Tobo & Du Coup Animation's Dounia season 2, as distributor Dandelooo will be taking the series to various markets. Stay tuned for more from the Shaw Rocket Fund Showcase! #srfshowcase #kidscreen #rocketfunded

It's kickoff season for the international distribution of Tobo &amp; Du Coup Animation's Dounia season 2, as distributor Dandelooo will be taking the series to various markets. 

Stay tuned for more from the Shaw Rocket Fund Showcase!

#srfshowcase #kidscreen #rocketfunded
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Tobo & Du Coup’s web series ‘Frida, c’est moi’, inspired by the childhood of cult Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, has been on Télé-Québec since October… and Frida is coming back in an animated film in a few months! More to come from #srfshowcase! #kidscreen #rocketfunded

Tobo &amp; Du Coup’s web series ‘Frida, c’est moi’, inspired by the childhood of cult Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, has been on Télé-Québec since October… and Frida is coming back in an animated film in a few months! 

More to come from #srfshowcase!

 #kidscreen #rocketfunded
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URBANIA and Bonjour's The Postman From Space flew to France, where the series was screened as part of the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2023, it was a finalist in the Children & Youth category of the Rockie Awards! #srfshowcase #kidscreen #rocketfunded

URBANIA and <a href="/Lapasteque/">Bonjour</a>'s The Postman From Space flew to France, where the series was screened as part of the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2023, it was a finalist in the Children &amp; Youth category of the Rockie Awards!

#srfshowcase #kidscreen #rocketfunded
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REMINDER: Distribution reports for the period ending December 31, 2023 are due this week, on February 15, 2024. To submit your report, or if you have any questions, please email [email protected].

REMINDER: Distribution reports for the period ending December 31, 2023 are due this week, on February 15, 2024.

To submit your report, or if you have any questions, please email admin@rocketfund.ca.
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AccessCBC is a CBC initiative for Deaf & disabled creators to provide training, mentorship & financing support to create scripted, unscripted & kids screen-based content. 🚨 Applications for the scripted and kids streams are open until March 15! cbc.ca/mediacentre/pr…

AccessCBC is a <a href="/CBC/">CBC</a> initiative for Deaf &amp; disabled creators to provide training, mentorship &amp; financing support to create scripted, unscripted &amp; kids screen-based content. 

🚨 Applications for the scripted and kids streams are open until March 15! 

cbc.ca/mediacentre/pr…
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Kids are consuming & interacting with more content than ever on digital platforms. While Canadian families accept this new reality, the concern for online safety remains high. We look forward to working with the government on the Online Harms Bill to ensure kids are safe.

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#GangnamProject is now live and free to watch on CBC Gem and BBC iPlayer So much talent in every frame of this heartwarming story set against a backdrop of K-Pop delight. #PillangoProductions Aircraft Pictures Shaw Rocket Fund 🇨🇦 Canada Media Fund CBBC CBC Kids #FederationStudios

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Beyond Black Beauty begins when 15yo equestrian Jolie's Olympic dreams are dashed by her move to a ranch in Baltimore. She wants to escape until she bonds with a spirited horse - Black Beauty. Premieres tonight at 7pm ET/PT on Family Channel! #beyondblackbeauty @sinkingshipent

Beyond Black Beauty begins when 15yo equestrian Jolie's Olympic dreams are dashed by her move to a ranch in Baltimore. She wants to escape until she bonds with a spirited horse - Black Beauty. Premieres tonight at 7pm ET/PT on <a href="/Family_Channel/">Family Channel</a>!

#beyondblackbeauty @sinkingshipent
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Davey and Jonesie feel out of step with their peers and their high school. When they discover their locker is actually a portal to a multiverse, they set off on new adventures! Start streaming #DaveyandJonesiesLocker tomorrow (Mar 22) on Prime Video and Hulu! Blue Ant Media

Davey and Jonesie feel out of step with their peers and their high school. When they discover their locker is actually a portal to a multiverse, they set off on new adventures! 

Start streaming #DaveyandJonesiesLocker tomorrow (Mar 22) on Prime Video and Hulu! <a href="/BlueAntMedia/">Blue Ant Media</a>
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📢 Get ready, get set... apply! The Rocket Portal opens tomorrow, March 27, so you can start your applications for our Content Creation Program. ⏰ Deadline: April 24, 2024 Download the latest guidelines and read the criteria at rocketfund.ca/rocket-funding…

📢 Get ready, get set... apply! The Rocket Portal opens tomorrow, March 27, so you can start your applications for our Content Creation Program.

⏰ Deadline: April 24, 2024

Download the latest guidelines and read the criteria at rocketfund.ca/rocket-funding…
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Near or Far, from Harlow Creative & Wattpad WEBTOON Studios: now on CBC Gem & coming to @cbc YouTube April 6! As cracks in twin sisters Sadie & Lauren's family tree are revealed, they realize their memories of shared moments bear no resemblance to one another. #rocketfunded

Near or Far, from Harlow Creative &amp; <a href="/wattpad/">Wattpad</a> WEBTOON Studios: now on <a href="/cbcgem/">CBC Gem</a> &amp; coming to @cbc YouTube April 6!

As cracks in twin sisters Sadie &amp; Lauren's family tree are revealed, they realize their memories of shared moments bear no resemblance to one another.

#rocketfunded
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The Rocket Fund is now accepting applications for the Content Creation Program, which aims to support the creation of quality content for young audiences across a variety of formats and platforms. ⭐ Contact [email protected] to set up a time to get your questions answered!

The Rocket Fund is now accepting applications for the Content Creation Program, which aims to support the creation of quality content for young audiences across a variety of formats and platforms.

⭐ Contact admin@rocketfund.ca to set up a time to get your questions answered!
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🌏 Happy #EarthMonth! Potato the Chicken is teaching kids all about Earth Month - starting with what exactly it is! Check out Future Chicken for tips from Potato & team throughout April. Watch it on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel, TikTok, and CBC Kids! #rocketfunded

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Our industry is the most influential & powerful medium of communication for kids. We have a responsibility to help them navigate the world. Now we need a movement. Read the piece by Agnes Augustin in Kidscreen, incl. 3 ways we can prioritize kids. kidscreen.com/2024/09/13/opi…

Our industry is the most influential &amp; powerful medium of communication for kids. We have a responsibility to help them navigate the world. Now we need a movement.

Read the piece by <a href="/agnesaugustin/">Agnes Augustin</a> in <a href="/kidscreen/">Kidscreen</a>, incl. 3 ways we can prioritize kids.

kidscreen.com/2024/09/13/opi…
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The Canadian and Indigenous children’s production industry is in crisis. Shaw Rocket Fund 🇨🇦 CEO Agnes Augustin diagnoses the ailing kids’ sector, and suggests a path back to health. Read more in the latest issue of #Indiescreen: cmpa.ca/do-it-for-the-…

The Canadian and Indigenous children’s production industry is in crisis.  <a href="/RocketFund/">Shaw Rocket Fund 🇨🇦</a>  CEO <a href="/agnesaugustin/">Agnes Augustin</a>  diagnoses the ailing kids’ sector, and suggests a path back to health. 

Read more in the latest issue of #Indiescreen: cmpa.ca/do-it-for-the-…
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🏆 We are thrilled for our very own Agnes Augustin, who is being honoured at the @wift's Crystal Awards Gala on November 21, 2024 for Outstanding Achievement in Business! Join us in congratulating Agnes Augustin and her tireless efforts to support the kids media industry! 🎉

🏆 We are thrilled for our very own Agnes Augustin, who is being honoured at the @wift's Crystal Awards Gala on November 21, 2024 for Outstanding Achievement in Business!

Join us in congratulating <a href="/agnesaugustin/">Agnes Augustin</a> and her tireless efforts to support the kids media industry! 🎉