Canada Feature Film Fund - Development, Production and Marketing Programs

The spirit and intent of the Canada Feature Film Fund’s development, production and marketing programs (the Main programs) is to encourage the making and marketing of Canadian feature films that have high box office potential, while supporting a range of genres, budgets, companies and regions.

New:
Telefilm Canada issues new call for French-language projects from regional production companies in Quebec. Consult the guidelines below or read the press release.

*The new Business policies for the various funds administered by Telefilm Canada are gradually being posted and may be consulted by clicking here. These documents provide clear and transparent descriptions of the standard practices that are followed when reviewing applications. Therefore, it is important that you read the ones that apply to your application in addition to the guidelines.

Contacts

Guidelines

Guidelines (Development and Production Programs for French-language productions)

Guidelines (Development Program for English-language productions)

Frequently Asked Questions (Development Program For English-language productions)

Guidelines (Production Programs for English-language productions)

Guidelines (Marketing Program for English and French Language Productions)

Guidelines (Initiative - For Quebec production companies located in the regions - French-language productions)

Business Policies

Consult the business policies related to Canada Feature Film Fund

Forms

Declaration of email address

Application for Development Financing (French-language productions)

Application for Development Financing (English-language productions) via eTelefilm only

Application – Projects already selected at the Fonds Francophone d’Aide au développement cinématographique

Application for Marketing Assistance

Application for Production Financing

Submit and track your application online using eTelefilm

Declaration of Related-party Transactions

Declaration of Related-party Transactions at Final Costs

Canadian Content Affidavit

Canadian Status of Corporation and Corporate Information Affidavit

Application Dates

Please take note that as of August 20, 2010, Telefilm Canada’s Western and Ontario & Nunavut offices will stop accepting applications to the Canada Feature Film Fund’s English-language Development, Regional Production programs for the remainder of this fiscal year.

*For the Development projects with deadline October 4, 2010, referred to below, please note that clients may submit : a maximum of two [2] projects per production company or a maximum of one [1] project for new production companies that have not previously been eligible.

April 6, 2010 - Development projects - deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : French

April 6, 2010 - Development projects - deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : English

September 7, 2010 - Production projects for 2011-2012 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : French

September 7, 2010 - Production projects for 2011-2012 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : English

October 4, 2010 - Development projects - deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : French

October 4, 2010 - Development projects - deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : English

January 31, 2011 - Production projects for 2011-2012 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : French

January 31, 2011 - Regional production projects for 2011-2012 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : English

Useful Tools

Telefilm’s Standard Development Budget Template (French-Language Projects)

Telefilm’s Standard Development Budget Template (English-Language Projects)

Telefilm’s Standard Production Budget Template

Affidavit Form for Final Costs Less Than $200,000

Feature Film – Development – Final Cost Report Template

Explanation of Cost Report Variances – Template

Exploitation Report - Production (Standard Form)

Exploitation Report - Distribution (Standard Form)

Short Exploitation Report (Standard Form)

Development and Other Production Challenges: A Producer's Handbook

Funding Results

April 2008 - Telefilm Canada finances the production of 10 English-language projects

February 2008 - Telefilm Canada supports seven promising French-language features

December 2007 - Telefilm Canada finances the production of 11 English-language projects

August 2007 - Telefilm Canada finances the production of seven English-language projects

June 2007 – Selective Component, Fiscal 2007-08 - French Operations and Quebec Office

April 2007 - Telefilm Canada supports 14 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

February 2007 - Telefilm Canada announces funding for 10 new movies

November 2006 - Telefilm Canada supports 13 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

News Releases

April 30, 2010
Telefilm Canada grants more than $25 million in funding to French-language feature films for 2010-2011 through the Canada Feature Film Fund

April 15, 2010
Telefilm Canada announces support for Sarah Polley’s new feature film, Take This Waltz

December 4, 2009
Telefilm Canada finances 17 English-language feature films through the Canada Feature Film Fund

December 3, 2009
Telefilm Canada announces its support for 10 French-language feature films through the Canada Feature Film Fund

June 19, 2009
Canada Feature Film Fund
Téléfilm Canada announces support for 7 French-language feature films

February 26, 2009
Canada Feature Film Fund – Fiscal 2009-10
Telefilm Canada announces support for 7 French-language feature films

November 19, 2008
Telefilm Canada finances the production of 12 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

July 9, 2008
Telefilm Canada finances the production of 3 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

June 27, 2008
Canada Feature Film Fund 2008-09
Telefilm Canada backs seven daring French-language features

November 15, 2007
Canada Feature Film Fund 2007-2008 – development support
Telefilm Canada issues call for French-language Canadian-majority international co-production projects

August 3, 2007
Telefilm Canada finances the production of seven English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

June 15, 2007
Canada Feature Film Fund – Selective Component – Fiscal 2007-08
French Operations and Quebec Office supports production of six new feature films

April 5, 2007
Telefilm Canada supports 14 English-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

February 22, 2007
Canada Feature Film Fund 2007-2008
Telefilm Canada announces funding for 10 new movies

October 23, 2006
Telefilm Canada announces key changes to the Canada Feature Film Fund in collaboration with the Working Group for the French-language market

October 23, 2006
Telefilm Canada announces key changes to the Canada Feature Film Fund in collaboration with the Working Group for the English-language market

June 15, 2006
Canada Feature Film Fund – Fiscal 2006-07
Telefilm Canada funds films by Denys Arcand and Bernard Émond and supports five other feature films

May 16, 2006
Telefilm Canada’s Executive Director to expand his responsibilities

March 16, 2006
Canada Feature Film Fund – Telefilm Canada’s Quebec Office
Application deadline extended to March 23, 2006

March 14, 2006
Canada Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada supports the development of 83 feature films

March 1, 2006
Telefilm Canada selects seven promising French-language projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

December 19, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund 2006-07
Quebec and French Operations Office announces two deadlines for feature film development

November 24, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada supports 73 development projects

September 20, 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y. is Canada's pick for the Oscars® in 2006

July 20, 2005
Telefilm Canada selects 14 promising projects through the Canada Feature Film Fund

July 8, 2005
Sébastien Rose’s La Vie avec mon père wins audience award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

June 30, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund 2005-2006
Telefilm Canada supports 12 feature films

June 14, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund, fiscal 2006-2007
Telefilm Canada moves forward its application deadlines for French-language productions

April 28, 2005
Trailer Park Boys: Hitch their trailer to the big screen
Telefilm Canada announces feature film of successful television series

April 27, 2005
Telefilm Canada at ShowCanada 2005
Partnering for audiences with Canadian distributors and exhibitors

April 4, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund 2005-06
Telefilm Canada’s Ontario & Nunavut Regional Office Selects Three English-language Features

April 4, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund 2005-06
Telefilm Canada’s Western Region Selects Two Features

March 29, 2005
Canada Feature Film Fund 2005-06
Quebec Office Selects Seven Features for Funding

February 22, 2005
Montréal International Film Festival
Telefilm Canada and SODEC Reaffirm Their Support

June 28, 2004
Canada Feature Film Fund
Telefilm Canada Greenlights Four Promising English-Language Features

Contacts

See offices contact information

Stuart, Anne-Marie
Ontario

Picard, Isabelle
Quebec

Vidal, Véronique
Quebec

Porter, Jennifer
Western Region

Voogt, Patricia
Atlantic Region