Creative Saskatchewan - Feature Film & TV Production

• Written evidence of a relevant market trigger or distribution agreement of fair market value
• Evidence of a minimum of 50% confirmed financing, or 70% confirmed financing if the project budget is over $1 million

Who is eligible?

• Active practitioners in the film and television industry
• Individuals or corporations
• Production companies incorporated in Saskatchewan or federally incorporated and registered in Saskatchewan
• Inter-provincial co-productions and co-ventures

Who is not eligible

• Production companies that hold a broadcasting licence issued by the CRTC or deal at non-arm’s length with a corporation that holds one

Eligible expenses

• Goods or services purchased and consumed in Saskatchewan, including air travel that departs and arrives within Saskatchewan provincial borders and qualifying air travel outside the province for a Saskatchewan crew contracted to perform a service essential to the production
• Goods or services receipted or performed in Saskatchewan
• Labour expenses that are industry-standard, essential to the production, and incurred from the commencement of production to the end of post-production (delivery)
• Labour paid to an individual who was a resident of Saskatchewan on December 31 of the year of production or the year before production, incurred in the taxation year and paid no later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year
• Union and guild fringes, kit rentals, cell phones, car rentals, and meal allowances, if taxable in the hands of an eligible individual

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Capital expenditures and expenses related to any other projects
• Meals or entertainment, except food and non-alcoholic beverages provided to individuals working on the project at a studio or location set on a day that filming takes place; alcoholic beverages; living expenses other than eligible accommodation expenditures
• Remuneration determined by reference to profit or revenue; Workers Compensation, CPP and EI premiums; benefits paid by the employer but not taxable to the employee
• Fees for goods or services subcontracted by Saskatchewan companies to out-of-province individuals, businesses, or organizations
• Projects funded through the Micro-Budget Production Grant or Web Series Grant; news, current events or public affairs programming, community cable programming, talk shows, sports event or activity, productions that solicit funds, pornography, advertising contracted by Saskatchewan Government Entities or distributed only within Saskatchewan, advertising projects with budgets under $100,000, productions produced primarily for industrial or institutional purposes and targeting internal audiences, productions other than documentaries with more than 25% stock footage, software/programming applications, and video distribution platforms or aggregators

• Priority for dramatic projects with majority principal photography in Saskatchewan.
• Priority for documentaries with 75% of post-production in Saskatchewan.
• Priority for projects showing high economic return for Saskatchewan.
• Low-priority applications may be waitlisted.

• Applications for productions in which the majority of principal photography takes place in Saskatchewan can expect to receive results approximately 4 to 6 weeks from the application acceptance date
• Results will be delivered by e-mail and will be available in GMS
• Approved applicants receive a Letter of Commitment
• Payment schedules are contingent upon Creative Saskatchewan’s risk assessment of the application and identification of milestones the production must meet, and will be outlined in the Letter of Commitment

• Successful recipients of either the Saskatchewan Stream or the Service Production Stream may apply for additional funding through the Apprenticeship Stream
• Applicants do not need to wait until one grant is completed before starting another application