Deadline: 4 August 2024
The Hot Docs and the Slaight Family Foundation are delighted to announce applications for Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund dedicated to filmmakers telling engaging, high-quality stories that embrace music artists in all its forms and that demonstrate Canadian music’s role in the world.
In May 2020, Hot Docs and the Slaight Family Foundation founded the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, the first of its kind in Canada.
Funding Information
- The Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund will financially support 3-5 documentary projects a year with amounts ranging from $15,000 – $60,000 CAD. Successful applicants will receive creative and professional development support.
Project Criteria
- Projects must:
- Be considered one of the following:
- International production companies making films about Canadian musical artists (max. 1 per year)
- Canadian productions, co-pros or treaty productions making films about Canadian musical artists
- Canadian productions, co-pros or treaty productions making films about International musical artists (max. 1 per year)
- Be majority owned by the applicant.
- Be a one-off (i.e. series are not eligible)
- Be of high quality and suitable for theatrical release, broadcast or online release to audiences.
- Be considered one of the following:
- Only a maximum of 1 project that fits within these two descriptions will be considered per granting cycle.
- All projects must not be:
- Proposals that are school, institute or university course work; or are TV series, web series or fiction pieces.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must:
- Be a corporation unaffiliated with any licensed network or programming undertaking.
- Be the primary rights holder of the project.
- Be in good standing with Hot Docs by application date.
- Have previously produced one of the following: a documentary or fiction film commercially released; a documentary or fiction film and/or series broadcast on television. The Funds will occasionally consider an applicant that does not meet this specific requirement, provided a senior producer is meaningfully attached to the project as confirmed in writing.
- The Selection Committee may invite a project to be resubmitted. This decision is made solely by the Selection Committee. These candidates will be notified directly.
For more information, visit Hot Docs.
