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Early-Stage Development Program | Canada Media Fund (CMF):

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Value

up to $40,000.

Description

The Early-Stage Development Program allocates funding to creators through a selective process to support the Early-stage of a Project’s creative process.

Eligible Applicants

Early-Stage Development Program: Canadian Broadcaster, Diverse Community Applicant
Any of the following will be considered a “Canadian Broadcaster”:

  • A Canadian programming undertaking, public or private, licensed to operate by the Canadian Radio-television and
    Telecommunications Commission (CRTC);
  • An online service2 owned, controlled and operated by a Canadian CRTC-licensed programming undertaking;
  • An online service3 owned, controlled and operated by a Canadian broadcasting distribution undertaking (“BDU”), licensed to operate by the CRTC; and
  • CRTC-licensed VOD services.

Eligible Expenses

Allowable Eligible Costs in this Program shall be the following:

  • Writing (Treatment, Outline, Bible, or Script);
  • Scriptwriting consultant;
  • Story editor;
  • Preliminary research;
  • Travel costs for research or to meet with national/international production partners (limited to 2% of Eligible Costs);
    and/or
  • Printing and collating costs.

Deadline Date

Application period: September 26 – October 12, 2023.

Contact

Contact Name: Canada Media Fund

Phone Number: 1-800-567-0890

E-mail Address: cmf.fmc.coordination@telefilm.ca

Website: https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/early-stage-development-program/

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