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Bell Media’s MuchFACT (A Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) announced the 29 fund recipients from the June 1, 2024 music committee meeting. With more than 180 applications considered, a total of $573,870 was awarded to Canadian musicians in the following categories: Music Content Package, Music Videos, Online Projects, and Digital Tools.
This year, MuchFACT-funded music videos received 23 nominations at The 2016 IHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards representing more than $530,000 in investment. Nominated artists include Belly f. The Weeknd, Grandtheft f. Lowell, Humans, John River, Majid Jordan f. Drake, SonReal, and Young Empires.
MuchFACT fund recipients from the June 1, 2024 music committee meeting are as follows:
MUSIC CONTENT PACKAGE
Humans
MUSIC VIDEOS
Dragonette – “Lonely Heart”
John River – “Pray For Me”
Kiki Rowe – “Trust Issues”
REZZ – “Paranoid”
Ria Mae – “Ooh Love”
Roy Wood$ – “Go Go Go”
Ryan Hemsworth – “Holy”
Sam Roberts Band – “If You Want It”
Serena Ryder – “Got Your Number”
Somewhere Else f. Majid Jordan – “Move Together”
SonReal – “No Warm Up”
Tanya Tagaq – “Centre” and “Retribution”
The Strumbellas – “We Don’t Know”
Torro Torro f. Aylen – “Designed 4 U”
ONLINE PROJECTS
AMAARA – “Black Moon”
AudioOpera – “Forever”
Christian Hudson – “Four Leaf Clover”
Dan Mangan – “Race to the Bottom”
Harrison – “Checkpoint Titanium”
Lais – “Cocaine Rain”
Mozart’s Sister – “Moment to Moment”
Saya for “Wet Dreams”
Sway Clarke II f. Tycho – “Tangerine”
The Dirty Nil – “Friends In The Sky”
Tokyo Police Club – “PCH”
DIGITAL TOOLS
Daniel Caesar
Lowell
Michelle Treacy
Bell Media’s MuchFACT has helped to launch the careers of some of Canada’s best and brightest artists, including A Tribe Called Red, Arcade Fire, Arkells, Barenaked Ladies, Carly Rae Jepsen, Celine Dion, Down With Webster, Dragonette, Feist, Grimes, k.d. lang, Keys N Krates, k-os, Majiid Jordan, Matt Mays, Metric, Mother Mother, Nelly Furtado, Sam Roberts, Serena Ryder, The Tragically Hip, and many more. MuchFACT has also had a great impact on developing Canadian directors, many of whom have gone on to direct award-winning music videos, as well as feature films and documentaries.
The next deadline for submitting MuchFACT applications is Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications can be submitted at www.muchfact.ca.
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