Ontario Creates Film Fund Production Program – Canada

Ontario Creates encourages applications from companies that are led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour) or Francophone individuals and applicants that otherwise meaningfully meet the provincial definition of diversity.

The Film Fund diversity enhancement will utilize the provincial definition of diversity which recognizes that the dimensions of diversity include, but are not limited to:

• Ancestry, culture, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, language, physical and intellectual ability, race, religion (creed), sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic status.

Objectives

• The prime objectives of the fund are to:
  • increase investment and jobs in Ontario by Ontario-based feature film production companies;
  • increase the number of high quality, original feature films produced in Ontario by Ontario-based production companies; and
  • assist in capitalizing Ontario-based feature film production companies.

Funding Information

• Funding for dramatic features will be capped on a tiered basis according to Ontario spend (labour and non-labour):
  • Ontario Spend: $5 M and up – Maximum Request: $400 000
  • Ontario Spend: $3 M and $4,999 – Maximum Request:  $300 000
  • Ontario Spend: $1 M and $2,999 – Maximum Request:  $250 000
• Funding for documentary films at all budget levels is capped at $150,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Ontario Creates welcomes applications from disabled people, deaf people, and people who have barriers to accessing technology.
• Applicant Eligibility
  • The Production Company must be:
    • incorporated in Ontario or incorporated federally and registered in Ontario;
    • be able to demonstrate a principal place of business in Ontario for at least one year prior to the deadline.
    • Ontario-based – have a principal place of business. The applicant must meet the following:
      • applicant must be eligible to pay corporate income taxes in Ontario;
      • Ontario address is listed as head office in T2 filing; and,
      • Ontario address must be a stable and non-temporary establishment where the applicant can demonstrate that the location is under the corporation’s control and the space can be objectively identified with the corporation. For example:
        • maintenance of an office for which the corporation pays rent or compensates employees;
        • presence of office equipment;
        • the place of business is listed as the corporation’s residential address in the telephone directory;
        • substantial quantities of the corporation’s goods are kept on the property.
    • a Canadian-owned and controlled organization as defined in the Investment Canada Act (Canada).
    • The Individual Producer(s) must:
      • be Ontario residents and Canadian citizens within the definition of the Citizenship Act or permanent residents within the definition of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).
      • have previously produced at least one of: a dramatic or documentary feature film theatrically released in Canada; a television movie, a dramatic or documentary series, or, two one-hour documentaries that have been broadcast in Canada.

For more information, visit Ontario Creates.