Production Program

• Articles of incorporation or, for individual applicants, a resume
• Incumbency Certificate – Schedule B for business applicants
• Production budget top sheet and, for post-production applications, a detailed cost report
• Creative package, audience marketing and distribution plan, and key creative team document
• Production or post-production schedule, plus a script package or documentary story and character breakdown as applicable

Who is eligible?

• B.C.-based audiovisual production companies
• Canadian audiovisual companies with head offices in British Columbia
• B.C.-led inter-provincial co-productions
• B.C.-led international treaty co-productions

Who is not eligible

• Companies applying with scripted television series projects.
• Companies applying with web series, short films, or Movies of the Week.
• Companies producing pornography, talk shows, news, live sports events, game shows, reality television, or advertising.
• Applicants seeking support from both streams for the same project in the same funding round.
• Projects intended only for release outside Canada.

Eligible expenses

• New production costs that follow Telefilm Canada or Canada Media Fund industry standards.
• Producer fees and overhead, up to 10% of the budget each.
• Post-production technology and facility costs, including post-production supervision, special effects, and colour grading.
• Editing, title creation, music composition, sound editing and mixing, voice-over work, versioning, mastering, and output materials.
• Master copies, some screening formats such as DCP, translation, language support, and accessibility costs during post-production.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Costs incurred before Creative BC receives the application.
• Producer fees above 10% of the budget and overhead above 10% of the budget.
• Scripted television series, web series, short films, and Movies of the Week.
• Pornography, talk shows, news, live sports events, game shows, reality television, and advertising.
• The same project cannot apply to both streams in the same funding round.

Eligible geographic areas

• British Columbia

• Creative BC first reviews applications for eligibility and completeness.
• If documents are missing, applicants are contacted and given up to 5 business days to provide them; incomplete or ineligible files are withdrawn.
• Eligible applications are assessed competitively, and the full review process takes at least 12 weeks after the application deadline.
• External advisory panels, and sometimes external readers, score and rank projects using the evaluation matrix before Creative BC makes final decisions.
• Applicants are notified by email, and approved projects must complete contracting requirements such as proof of closed financing and verified chain of title before funding can proceed.

• At least 30% of the funding envelope is targeted to projects led by emerging filmmakers and/or systemically excluded groups.
• No application fee is required.
• Any use of AI in the application or the project must be disclosed.
• Funding decisions are final, and projects with three unsuccessful past applications generally cannot be resubmitted unless an exception is approved.