Telefilm Canada Launches Investigation Into Top Film Executive Following Misconduct Claims
Canadian government funding org Telefilm has launched an investigation into one of its top film executives following allegations of misconduct.Telefilm has faced extensive backlash in the last week after Canadian independent filmmaker Pavan Moondi, who is now based in Los Angeles, raised questions about the org’s selection criteria for funding and demanded clarity around its diversity standards.Moondi — a former “Schitt’s Creek” story editor and writer-director of feature films such as 2017’s “Sundowners” — took to Twitter on July 3 to share his experiences with Dan Lyon, Telefilm’s feature film executive for Ontario and Nunavut, whom Moondi named in an extensive thread that used screenshots of a recent email exchange between the two.I will share with you today's email exchange with Dan Lyon, the Feature Film Executive for Ontario. If you don't know Dan, he is *the* guy, who basically makes or breaks you if you want to ...