week 1
Generally considered money that you get to keep, no strings attached
what is Funding
Which Broadcaster does not use their envelope for documentaries
Crave
These are CMF funds directly paid to the Producers(not part of the envelope allocation)
First come first serve and Selective programs
What are the 7 phases of a Canadian Financing plan
1. Trigger License AKA First Window (can be License fee or Canadian Distribution Minimum Guarantee)
2. Second or Third Window in Canada -Like a French version license fee or local provincial broadcasters if the broadcaster is not national
3. Foreign Pre-Sale and/or Foreign Distributor MG
4. Equity Investments
5. Recoupable Advancements
6. Grants
7. Tax Credits
Money paid to a producer by a broadcaster for the right to air a production on television in a defined territory over a defined term.
Broadcaster Licensing fee
Money that needs to be repaid- sometimes comes with an ROI
What is Financing
what are the requirements to receive a broadcaster envelope,.
-Incentivizes broadcasters to license female-lead productions
-incentivize broadcasters to license BIPOC productions
-Binding the broadcaster to the terms of the licensing agreement: including the length of term, The length of exclusivity, the language rights acquired, and broadcaster release in Canada
-Mandating a minimum requirement for the license fee
What is a region defined as
Anything 150km outside of Toronto & Montreal
Name the 7 assessment Criteria for Selective Programs
Community: Team is committed to creating content responsibly and thoughtfully to ensure the community is engaged or hire locally
Sustainability: Producer committed to steps related to environmentally sustainable
Creative elements: include subject matter, themes, originality, cultural significance, representation, creative and budget matching
Program Objective: Knowing what fund you're applying for and does the project match those criteria
Audience potential: are you drawing in the audience with the marquee talent and robust marketing plan?
Team: Do the production Team and Key Creatives have a proven track record.
Market Interest: Demonstrate through financial commitments of broadcasters, platforms and distributors, and through a broadcaster envelope contribution
Money that is given to produce a project, but that is expected to be recouped when the show begins generating revenues.
Equity Investments
These are companies created for the purpose of producing the project- they are corporation not own by a broadcaster, Government Agency or major studio
What is an Independent Producer aka ProdCos
The BE Allocation is based on the volume of sales year over year, This envelope is to help small indie streamers who do not have a large subscription base but still offer Canadian programming to maintain their status as a Canadian streamer/ Broadcaster
What is Alternative Access
What is the purpose of the first come first serve
Awarded to producers as a bonus or incentive for carrying on business in an underserved area of the country.
-help boost smaller local economies
-Provide added financial aid where the resources are less readily available
-support Producers in minority language groups within the province
Selective eligibility POV Program criterias
-Is a one-off Amateur point-of-view Documentary
-Director takes us on a journey
-Often serve as a narrator to the story
-Investment combo LFP and EIP depending on the size of CMF's total contribution
-Contribution lesser of 49% of the Project's Eligible cost or $ 400 000
A loan given against funding that is already in a producer's financing structure but that has not yet entered your bank account.
Interim Financing
For the purpose of funding and regulatory of certification in Canada, an entity that transmits or retransmits programs for public reception
What is a broadcaster
Money collected from broadcasters through subscription fees and redistributed to all eligible broadcasters. It's also topped up by the Federal government to ensure that money remains in Canada to support local creators. It is replenished by Canadian Producers through ROI on successful projects where this is marked as Equity interest
what is the CMF broadcaster envelope
What are the Language Funds
Anglophone Minority Incentives: For Anglophones Producers located in Quebec
French Minority Incentives: Francophone Producers Located outside of Quebec
Selective Indigenous Program names both the Applicants and Project eligibility criterias
Applicants
-51% of the company ownership and project copyright must be controlled by Producer that is First Nationals, Inuit, Metis
-Indigenous Owners exercise full creative, executive, artistic, technical and financial control of the eligible project
Eligible projects
-Director/ Screenwriter must be Indigenous
-Investment is combo of LFP and EIP depending on size of CMF contribution
-Amount of lesser of 60% of Eligible cost or $750 000 for Drama/Animation or $550 000 for Documentaries, Variety, Performing arts and kids
Money that is given in anticipation of revenues to be made on the backend such as a public grant or a distribution MG.
Recoupable Advances
If the first in is a broadcaster or a Distribution MG it will be called a specific term as it is frequently required to access both public and private funds
What is a Trigger
Is a big driver of Canadian funding with the consideration of "is it Canadian". On the creative side which means" For Canadians by Canadians". On the funding side this means meeting the definition as laid out by the CRTC.
State the three requirements and the roles + the points that will add to the certification
What is CANCON
Requirements
-> Producer must be Canadian
->75% of the project expenses are spent in Canada/ on Canadians
->have at least 7/10 CANCON
Writer 2pts
Director 2pts
First lead 1pts
Second lead 1pts
Director of Photography 1pts
Editor 1pts
Art Director/ Production Manager 1pts
Composer 1pts
What are the regional bonus'
English Regional Production Bonus: all areas outside of Toronto excluding Quebec, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik &Yukon
Northern production Incentive: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik &Yukon
Quebec French Regional Incentives
Selective eligibility Programs for People of Racialize Communities criterias
-At least 51% of the company ownership and project copyright are retained by Producer who is a member of a racialized community (not Indigenous there's a separate fund)
-Director/Screenwriter must be a member of a Racialized community
-Investment is a combo of LFP and EIP depending on size of CMF contribution
-Amount is the lesser of 60% of eligible cost or $750 000 for Drama/Animation or $550 000 for Documentaries, Variety, Performing Arts and Kids
Money guaranteed to a project by a distributor for the rights to distribute the show in a given territory. Also know as distribution advance
Distribution Minimum Gurantee