Apply for Development Funds for Professional Film, Television or Digital Media Project – Canada

The Development Fund provides funding for a:

• professional film;
• television program; and
• digital media project.

You must:

• have a distribution commitment from a broadcaster, distributor or online platform; and
• demonstrate market demand for the project in the form of a licence agreement or a letter of interest.

Funding Information

• You can receive up to 50 per cent of the costs in your development budget, up to a maximum of $40,000.

What projects are eligible?

• The project must be a professional film, television program or digital media project with an economic benefit to the Yukon.

What projects are not eligible?

• The program does not provide funding for:
  • interactive content not eligible for licensing;
  • user-generated, non-professional videos by amateurs without formal training or experience;
  • news;
  • current events;
  • public affairs programming.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible, your production company must:
  • be incorporated in the Yukon;
  • be registered to conduct business in the Yukon;
  • be in good standing with Government of Yukon Corporate Affairs
  • be majority owned by Yukon residents;
  • have a Yukon business address;
  • be a production company primarily in the business of developing and producing professional media content;
  • be a for-profit company under Canada’s Income Tax Act;
  • have the rights to produce and exploit the project;
  • maintain a financial stake in the project;
  • have a Yukon resident as the producer, including responsibility and control over:
    • the project’s development;
    • the creative, artistic, technical and financial aspects of the project;
    • the selection, hiring and firing of the key artists and creative personnel involved in the project;
    • all expenditures and budget overages related to the project;
    • the project bank accounts; and
    • the negotiation of initial agreements.
• Co-productions
  • A Yukon production company in co-production with a non-Yukon production company can apply for the Development Fund.
  • If the Yukon production company owns less than 51 per cent of the project, the maximum funding amount is reduced proportionately.
  • A Yukon production company must have a share of ownership and producer functions that is at least equal to the share of funding provided by the Government of Yukon.

Ineligible

• Your production company must not be:
  • in the business of broadcasting or distributing content.
  • related to someone in the business of broadcasting or distributing content; and
  • in default with Government of Yukon.

For more information, visit Yukon.