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COVID Collateral

COVID Collateral

COVID Collateral is a Canadian documentary film released in 2024 produced by Matter of Fact Media and Coronavan Productions.[1] It was produced under the working title Coronamania: Locked Down and Divided.[2]

History

The National Post published a review of COVID Collateral on June 17, 2024, authored by Jamie Sarkonak.[3]

The Cato Institute hosted a screening of the film on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. A panel discussion took place after the screening featuring Jay Bhattacharya, Robert Redfield, and Ryan Bourne, moderated by Jeff Singer.[4]

Beginning in September 2024, Matter of Fact Media attempted to launch five separate advertising campaigns on Google and YouTube, the majority of which were allegedly rejected due to "Unreliable claims," "Shocking Content," "Clickbait," and "Election advertising in the United States." The film's producer, Vanessa Dylyn, described this as "targeted censorship" by Google, following the company's September 2025 admission that "they had censored lawful content about COVID-19 under pressure from the Biden administration."[5]

Participants

Name Role Notes
Vanessa Dylyn Producer, director and writer[1:1] -
Lydia Ainsworth Composer -
Billie Mintz Co-director and co-writer Innov8r, National Geographic
Issa Shah Cinematographer SubPac, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Marcus Valentin Editor and co-director -
Scott Atlas Key expert[6] Hoover Institution, Stanford University, White House Coronavirus Task Force
Roman Baber Key expert Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Jay Bhattacharya Key expert Stanford University, Great Barrington Declaration
Paul D. Thacker Key expert Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Jeffrey Tucker Key expert Brownstone Institute, American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), Great Barrington Declaration
Jenin Younes Key expert New Civil Liberties Alliance

Funding

The film received funding from New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD) and the Canada Media Fund,[2:1] as well as crowdfunded donations through PayPal and the Plum Blossom Centre.[7]

  1. The Team. COVID Collateral. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240502183040/https://covidcollateral.com/the-team/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Programs Funded 2018-2019 to 2023-2024. (2023, October 24). Canada Media Fund. https://web.archive.org/web/20240219125637/https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/programs-funded-2018-2019-to-date/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Sarkonak, J. (2024, June 17). “Covid Collateral” puts spotlight on pandemic-era incompetence. National Post. http://archive.today/2024.06.17-111644/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-covid-collateral-puts-spotlight-on-pandemic-era-incompetence ↩︎

  4. Dylyn, V. (2024, July 3). Covid Collateral Goes to Washington! Mailchimp; Matter of Fact Media. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903215059/https://mailchi.mp/4bfd897f5ba9/covid-collateral-goes-to-washington ↩︎

  5. Dylyn, V. (2025, October 3). Google Censored a Major Covid Documentary. Now They’re Admitting It. Mailchimp; Matter of Fact Media. http://archive.today/2025.10.03-172108/https://mailchi.mp/c5870a468ba7/google-censored-a-major-covid-documentary-now-theyre-admitting-it ↩︎

  6. Key Experts. COVID Collateral. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.05.02-183815/https://covidcollateral.com/key-experts/ ↩︎

  7. Donate. COVID Collateral. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.05.02-185158/https://covidcollateral.com/donate/ ↩︎