Amount:
$5,000.00
Type of Program:
Grant
Description:
The Promotion Program’s General Admission Stream is designed to provide streamlined funding to small and emerging film festivals across the country that stimulate audience demand for Canadian content.
This Stream also aims to support a balanced portfolio of festivals in terms of regional representation and type of festival (including, for example, festivals whose main mandate is to showcase and promote works of creators from underrepresented groups who have not historically had equitable access to industry opportunities).
Comments on Funding:
Funding will be in the form of a non-recoupable contribution of an amount of a total of $5,000. Telefilm’s contribution must be used to cover direct expenses relating to the programming, promotion, delivery and administration of the festival.
When It Ends:
Intake opens on January 17, 2022
Deadline:
January 21, 2022
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
This Stream aims to support film festivals in Canada:
Applications Steps:
All applications must be submitted online via Dialogue and include the Canadian status declaration and incorporation documents (or if the applicant is a non-profit organization, the articles of constitution). Please note that incomplete applications will be automatically rejected.
All first-time applicants are encouraged to contact the resource-person for their region at info@telefilm.ca before applying.
Applications under this Stream must be submitted during the appropriate application period indicated on the Stream’s webpage, based on the dates during which the festival is held.
Applicants may only submit one application for the same festival, either under the Limited Edition Stream or under this Stream.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
- 1Constitutive documents for the applicant corporation;
- 2Corporate declaration.
Other Things to Note:
- 1This deadline is for festivals taking place between April 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022.
- 2The Reopening Fund, announced by the Government of Canada on June 28, 2021, will provide $200 million over two years through existing programs to support Canada’s festivals, cultural events, outdoor theatre performances, heritage celebrations, local museums, amateur sport events, and more.
- 3Telefilm Canada was mandated to administer $10 million over two years to support film festivals across the country recover and enhance their online and in-person activities. Such reopening funds will be distributed through Telefilm’s Promotion Program via the General Admission Stream, the Limited Edition Stream and the Open Access Stream.
- 4Guidelines updated on December 2, 2021.
