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Slate Development Pilot Program | Canada Media Fund (CMF)

November 21, 2024

Value

Track Record Applicants: $3,835,000; Alternative Access Applicants: $1,575,000

Description

The Slate Development Pilot Program is a pilot initiative designed to offer more flexibility to Applicants and allow them to choose and fund their English and French development Projects without the requirement of an attached Canadian Broadcaster (or other triggering entity).

Beginning in 2024-2025, the Program will fund two separate pools of Eligible Applicants with two distinct processes:

  • Track Record Applicants: First Come, First Served
  • Alternative Access Applicants: Selective

Eligible Applicants

An Eligible Track Record Applicant:

  • Has not received funding from the Slate Development Pilot Program in 2022-2023 or in 2023-2024;
  • If they received an SDE Allocation from the Program in 2021-2022, at least one of their Projects that used the SDE
    Allocation has moved to production and reimbursed the CMF that portion of the advance;
  • Has received a funding commitment from the CMF in the past five (5) Program years (2019-2020 to 2023-2024) for
    at least:

    • one (1) development project and one (1) production project; OR
    • two (2) production projects. AND
  • Meets the applicable minimum CMF-reported gross sales requirement noted in Addendum A.

An Eligible Alternative Access Applicant:

  • Has never received funding from any year of the Slate Development Pilot Program; AND
  • Meets the applicable requirements/qualifications noted in Addendum A.

Eligible Expenses

An Eligible Project to the Program must meet:

  • The Eligible Project criteria in section 3.2 of the Linear Content – Core Development and Predevelopment
    Guidelines;
  • Any applicable specific eligibility criteria noted in this section; and
  • Any applicable further requirements/qualifications noted in Addendum A.

Deadline Date

Closing Date: November 21, 2024

Contact

Contact Name: CMF Program Administrator, Telefilm Canada

Phone Number: 1-800-567-0890

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

Website: https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/

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