A statement from Telefilm does not name the employee, citing privacy concerns, but the investigation comes after allegations surfaced on social media about the conduct of Telefilm feature-film executive Dan Lyon
Last Friday, Canadian writer-director Pavan Moondi posted a series of tweets criticizing Lyon’s “opaqueness” in his decision-making at the Crown corporation, and his reasons for rejecting funding for two of his projects.
D’Agostino said she spoke about the incident in the film “#MeAfterToo” in 2019 and sent an email to Telefilm HR asking about filing a formal complaint, but no one emailed her back.Lyon has not responded to requests for comment. Telefilm responded to BIPOC TV & Film in a statement on Wednesday, addressing its questions about diversity and inclusion within the agency, and noting it cannot provide detailed numbers to the group’s questions about certain funding, “as the data was not collected.” However, it did provide other statistics, including those for projects funded from its Indigenous stream, and data collected in the recent COVID-19 Top-Up for underrepresented communities.
“I don’t know exactly how long he’s even been in that role, but it’s been long enough to shape entire generations and what we perceive as a ‘Canadian film,”’ tweeted Moondi, who’s written and directed three feature films: “Everyday is Like Sunday,” “Diamond Tongues” and “Sundowners.” He’s also written for series including “Schitt’s Creek.”The Los Angeles-based filmmaker also shared emailed correspondence he had with Lyon about why he didn’t get funding for his projects.
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