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THREE YEAR FUNDING Caribbean Film and Television Producers Gain New Methods of Funding ALYSSA MAHADEO/TORONTO CARIBBEAN
CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution (CTWD), the regions premier distribution platform for Caribbean film and television content, has been privileged to receive a three-year funding obligation to provide eight partial scholarships a year to regional audiovisual content producer for the chance to participate in their renowned CaribbeanTales Incubator Program. Funding is provided on behalf of the REACH Project an initiative with goals to develop sustainable income streams through the monetization of intellectual property. “CTWD’s impressive work in the Caribbean region is perfectly aligned with the REACH’s goals in improving the monetization capabilities of producers of creative content. The Caribbean region is bursting with creative talent, which with guided mentorship and assistance can turn creative intellectual
assets into strategic tools generolss fo ol forr ge gene nerrating and maximizing nnew revenue ew rrev even enue ue streams. We look forward fruitard ttoo a fr frui uittful partnership,” said Ignacio gnac gn acio io L L.. De Leon, Innovation Lead Specialist, ad Sp Spec ecia iali list st,, IDB. Now in it’s sixth year, h yyea ear, r, T The he CaribbeanTales Incubator Protor P Pro ro-gram is a year round program rogr ro gram am that supports the development, opm pmen ent, t, production and institution tion ti on ooff strong, original world-class rld ld-c -cla lass ss content from the Caribbean bean be an aand nd its Diaspora. The program kicks am ki kick ckss off every year during th thee To To-ronto International Film F Festival esti es tiva vall (TIFF), as a training and producd pr prod oduc uc-tion platform, bringing to together toge geth ther er audiovisual content pr producers prod oduc ucer erss to exhibit their skills un under unde derr th thee circumstance of an international erna er nati tion onal al market environment. Continued On Page Pag P agee 10