Grant

Production Program - Indigenous Stream

Government of Canada, Telefilm Canada · Federal (all of Canada)

ClosedTourism & Culture
Funding
30% of costs
Covers 30% of eligible costs, no stated dollar cap
Deadline
Closed
Closed — not accepting applications.
Type
Grant
Covers up to 30% of eligible costs
Company stage
SME
Limited to: Indigenous only. Only applicants in this group can apply.

Overview

Contribution or equity investment covering up to 30% of the production costs of a fictional, feature-length film. An additional $100,000 may be available if the project budget is under $2.5 million and it is shot in a remote location or includes training/mentoring of Indigenous production talent.

Who can apply

  • In addition to the main Applicant and Project Eligibility of the Production program: at least 51% of the project's copyright must be held by a production company majority-owned and controlled by Indigenous persons
  • the project must be under the financial and creative control of Indigenous persons
  • and two of the three key creative team members (producer, director or screenwriter) must be Indigenous.
  • Project must be a fictional, feature-length film.
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What it can pay for

Not specified in the listing.

Past recipients

No public list of past recipients is linked for this program yet.

Official source

Program details change. Always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the official page before you apply.

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Last checked by SeedPort: Aug 14, 2026. SeedPort is not affiliated with the funder. Information is summarized from public sources and may be out of date.