Telefilm backs Canuck projects starring Radcliffe, Dreyfuss, Monteith

MONTREAL – Canadian films starring Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Dreyfuss and Cory Monteith are among the projects getting a boost from Telefilm Canada.

The federal funding agency says it’s investing $6.4 million in six English-language features from the Atlantic and Ontario-Nunavut regions.

They include the Canada-Ireland co-production “F Word,” a romantic comedy starring Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan and helmed by “Fubar” director Michael Dowse.

TV star Jason Priestley also got funds for his feature directorial debut, “Cas & Dylan,” starring Dreyfuss as a dying man who inadvertently winds up on the lam with a 22-year-old, played by Canadian up-and-comer Tatiana Maslany.

Other films in the pipe include writer-director Gia Milani’s “All the Wrong Reasons,” with Monteith, Karine Vanasse, Emily Hampshire, and Kevin Zegers in an ensemble about severe traumatic stress; and Richie Mehta’s drama “I’ll Follow You Down,” starring Haley Joel Osment, Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell and Victor Garber.

Other projects getting financial support include the coming of age tales “Hold Fast,” directed by Justin Simms, and “Uvanga,” from Marie-Helene Cousineau.