Fabienne Colas receives $3 million in funding from Canada to create the Festwave Institute for Black Talent

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Fabienne Colas receives $3 million in funding from Canada to create the Festwave Institute 
for Black Talent With support from the Government of Canada's Ecosystem Fund, announced 
the launch of the Festwave Institute, a national, full-spectrum institute to support 
underserved Black entrepreneurs in the film and television industry through a entrepreneurship
training and skills building to enable them to seize new opportunities in the film and 
television industry.
After 17 years of social, cultural and economic impact in Canada and around the world, 
welcoming more than 2 million festival-goers, supporting and presenting more than 5,000 
rtists, granting scholarships and excellence to film professionals from here and abroad, 
the Fabienne Colas Foundation has now created a greater platform to train the next generation
of underrepresented film and television professionals.

The Fabienne Colas Foundation has established itself as a driving force in the Canadian
film landscape through its highly successful movement of Black Film Festivals in Montreal,
Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver.