Funding for feature films in Canada ranges from government agency grants and forgivable loans to tax credit incentives and private equity investing.
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Production Funding in Canada |
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Each of the federal and provincial governments in Canada provides indirect funding through tax credits, and/or direct funding through grants and forgivable loans to the creators of feature films. Private funding is also available to encourage the creation and distribution of Canadian feature film productions. The following guide describes many of those resources and is a starting point to explore the available funding opportunities.
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Telefilm is a federal Crown corporation established in order to foster the development of all aspects of the Canadian film and television industry. Telefilm is the single most important source of direct government financial assistance to private sector Canadian film productions. Telefilm provides assistance in the form of equity investments, interest free and low interest loans, development and interim financing to Canadian film and television productions which have significant Canadian creative, artistic and technical content and which meet certain published criteria. In particular, through the Canadian Feature Film Fund (CFFF), Telefilm supports the development, distribution and production of Canadian film with financing “envelopes” for qualified producers and distributors.
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Two tax incentives – the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit – provide indirect federal government funding for qualified films. Foreign as well as domestic producers may be eligible for the funding.
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Provincial Tax Credits and Incentives |
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Canadian Private Sector Funding |
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The following private sector incentives are available for producers of Canadian feature films.
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 International Treaty Co-Productions |
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Canada is a party to approximately 50 film and/or television co-production treaties that are in effect in 53 countries, excluding the United States. (No co-production treaty currently exists between Canada and the United States, and no such treaty is anticipated in the near future.) The most frequent co-production activity has traditionally been (and continues to be) with the United Kingdom and France.
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Special Opportunities for Canada's Culturally Diverse Communities |
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The following is a list of funding, tax credits and incentives available to Aboriginal, multicultural and multilingual communities in Canada. For more detailed information about these initiatives, please click on the links below.
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