Medium to Large-Scale Festivals Program

Who is eligible?

Canadian-controlled corporations who have their head office in Canada and operate within the film, television, or digital media sectors. They must have experience and expertise in organizing film festivals or markets and the festival must be long-established, having held at least 7 editions and a minimum total activity budget of $300,000 CA.

Eligible expenses

The grant program allows for coverage of specific expenses associated with the organization and execution of the eligible film festival activities.

• Costs directly related to programming the funded activities.
• Communication and promotion costs associated with the funded activities.
• Production expenses related to presenting the funded activities to target audiences.
• Reasonable administrative costs directly linked to the funded activities, including prorated essential organizational expenses such as rent, staff salaries, equipment rentals, and other maintenance costs, not exceeding 25% of total direct costs.

Eligible geographic areas

This grant targets Canadian-controlled corporations with their head offices in Canada. Therefore, all geographical areas within Canada are eligible.

• All provinces and territories in Canada.

Additional relevant details for this grant include:

• Applications must be submitted in the Dialogue platform, and incomplete submissions may be automatically rejected.
• Telefilm reserves the right to adjust the funding conditions and guidelines at its discretion to ensure alignment with program objectives.
• Funds are allocated subject to availability from governmental and other sources, and acceptance of funding is contingent upon compliance with Telefilm's business partner code of conduct.
• The funding awarded is a non-repayable contribution, intended to cover only eligible costs as described in the annexed guidelines.