Rogers Documentary Fund

Rogers established the Rogers Documentary Fund in 1996 to foster the growth of documentary film production in Canada in both official languages. Its creation will help sustain Canada’s tradition of quality, independently produced documentary films and videos and ensure that these productions are seen by the widest possible audience. To secure documentary filmmakers the opportunity to make their art, the Fund will provide financing to original, high-quality, provocative and/or controversial documentaries which are licensed for prime time national broadcast. The Rogers Documentary Fund will inject up to $2 million a year into documentary filmmaking in Canada.
The demand for real stories about real people has never been stronger. That´s why we launched the Rogers Documentary Fund – to support the creation of original Canadian documentaries. We also launched a public-private partnership with Telefilm Canada that provides financing to theatrical documen- taries at the production or post-production stage.