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Development Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
Project Eligibility
To be eligible for support, projects must:
- be new and original (second or subsequent seasons of a series are not eligible);
- be conceived as scripted, episodic short-form dramatic content with a minimum of three episodes and episodic running times that are less than 20 minutes;
- not have already applied for production financing;
- have a confirmed creative team at the time of application including producer and writer; a qualified and experienced story editor or development executive (who is a separate person than the writer and producer) must be confirmed on the creative team at the time of application.
- 75% of the project’s eligible expenditures must be Canadian costs;
- be scheduled so as to provide all required deliverables to the IPF and the CMF by October 2, 2025
- all rights and options for the development, production and exploitation of the project must be acquired by the eligible Applicant exclusively for at least 24 months and the project is, and remains throughout its production, under Canadian ownership and Canadian executive, creative and financial control; and
- be developed in either English or in French.
To be eligible for support, Applicants must:
- be an independent production company that:
- is for-profit: (i.e. a taxable Canadian corporation, within the meaning of the Canada Income Tax Act);
- is Canadian-controlled as determined for the purposes of sections 26 to 28 of the Investment Canada Act;
- has its head office based in Canada; and
- does not meet the definition of In-house or Broadcaster-Affiliated, as set out in s.2.2 of the CMF’s Development Program Guidelines.
- have an attached confirmed Canadian writer.
- Either the producer or writer must have previous credited experience (as a producer or writer) on scripted episodic or short form content (including short films);
- in cases where the producer and writer/creator are the same person, this person must have previous credits as either a producer or writer on scripted episodic or short form content (including short films)
- agree to participate at training events with industry experts, which may be organized by the IPF or its industry partners
- be limited to one (1) application per year
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