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Canada Feature Film Fund - Development, Production and Marketing Programs

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Please note: Development Programs are currently being reviewed.
No deadline date is available at this time.
More details to come in January 2012.

New business policies for the various funds administered by Telefilm are gradually being published. As these documents provide descriptions of the standard practices that are followed when reviewing applications, we recommend that you read the ones that apply to your application in addition to the guidelines.

 

eTelefilm
All applications to the following programs must now be submitted via eTelefilm, unless Internet access is not readily available:

  • English-language Development
  • English-language Production
  • French-language Development
  • French-language Production

Marketing Program applications are not accepted via eTelefilm.

Available seven days a week from 6 AM to 12 AM (EST), eTelefilm not only reduces the amount of paper applications we receive, but is also more efficient.

Please visit www.telefilm.gc.ca/en/extranet to register today.

Contacts

Guidelines

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

(496 KB)

Guidelines (Development Program for English-language productions)

(169 KB)

Guidelines (Production Programs for English-language productions)

(252 KB)

Guidelines (Marketing Program for English and French Language Productions)

(185 KB)

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

(229 KB)

Business Policies

Consult the business policies related to Canada Feature Film Fund

Forms

Submit and track your application online using eTelefilm

Declaration of email address

(42 KB)

Required Documents List - Development (French-language productions)

(74 KB)

Required Documents List - Development (English-language productions) via eTelefilm only

(69 KB)

Required Documents List – Development (Projects already selected at the Fonds Francophone d’Aide au développement cinématographique)

(74 KB)

Required Documents List - Production

(82 KB)

Application Form - Marketing

(331 KB)

Declaration of Related-party Transactions

(80 KB)

Declaration of Related-party Transactions at Final Costs

(66 KB)

Affidavit - Canadian Content

(146 KB)

Affidavit - Canadian Status of Corporation and Corporate Information Affidavit

(116 KB)

Application Dates

Please note: Development Programs are currently being reviewed. No deadline date available at this time. More details to come in January 2012.

We are no longer accepting English-language Regional Production and Development program applications, with the exception of national packaging.

As well, there are no application deadlines for the Marketing program.


February 2, 2012 - Second Deadline for the 2012-2013 Production Program
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : French

Useful Tools

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

(67 KB)

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

(73 KB)

Telefilm’s Standard Production Budget Template

(199 KB)

Affidavit Form for Final Costs Less Than $200,000

(68 KB)

Feature Film – Development – Final Cost Report Template

(26 KB)

Explanation of Cost Report Variances – Template

(30 KB)

Exploitation Report - Production (Standard Form)

(61 KB)

Exploitation Report - Distribution (Standard Form)

(47 KB)

Short Exploitation Report (Standard Form)

(35 KB)

Development and Other Production Challenges: A Producer's Handbook

(313 KB)

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

Sang, Samantha
Ontario

Picard, Isabelle
Quebec

Maurice, Kate
Quebec

Porter, Jennifer
Western Region

Voogt, Patricia
Atlantic Region