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Production Support – Section 1: Selective Aid for Feature-Length Fiction Film Production

Aide à la production – Volet 1 : Aide sélective à la production de longs métrages de fiction

Funder:
SODEC

Deadline:
July 16, 2025

Funding Amount:
65% of the Quebec-based budget, maximum amount varies by production category (see criteria)

Program Type:
Production

Disciplines:Film and television production

Regions:Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Capitale-Nationale, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie, Montréal, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

DESCRIPTION

This section of the program encourages the production of original and engaging feature-length fiction films from diverse genres that have the potential to be influential both in Quebec and abroad.

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CRITERIA

• Available financial aid represents:

65% of the Quebec-based budget for feature-length fiction productions with a total budget of less than $2.5 million

65% of the Quebec-based budget for feature-length fiction productions for feature-length fiction productions with a total budget of $2.5 million or more, up to $4 million (excluding minority co-productions)

65% of the Quebec-based budget for feature-length fiction minority co-productions, up to $350,000

• This section of the program is open to Quebec production companies that produce feature-length fiction and that are judged by SODEC to possess adequate expertise • First-time applicants must contact SODEC at least one month before the submission deadline to determine their eligibility otherwise they will not be considered • Production companies with experience in a specific production format that are submitting a project in another format must contact SODEC at least one month before the submission deadline to determine their eligibility • Fees and salaries for which payment is deferred are subject to written agreements and generally cannot exceed 20% of the total production budget • A single company, including related companies, can apply for one feature-length fiction project per submission deadline, regardless of budget, or two projects if at least one of them is written or co-written by a female screenwriter or director • The producer as well as the director of a project must possess the relevant experience in line with the characteristics of the project being submitted and its budget • Applications must be accompanied by a operating strategy that takes into account the range of tools available, both digital and conventional • Applications must be submitted before the first day of filming • The company and the producer must have screened at least one feature-length fiction production, or any other audiovisual fiction work with an equivalent budget deemed relevant by SODEC, in a professional context in Quebec during the previous eight years • The director must have completed a feature-length fiction production exhibited in Quebec or any other audiovisual fiction work deemed relevant and with an equivalent budget; however, SODEC does reserve the right to consider other career paths of a director when determining the project’s eligibility • Other specific criteria vary according to the nature of the project and its budget (see documentation) • Eligibility for release on CAVCO-recognized broadcast platforms for fiction feature films whose theatrical release has been cancelled but cannot be rescheduled • If selected for the second round of evaluation, a meeting will be arranged with the distributor for each project with a total production estimate of $2.5M or more to provide an opportunity to discuss the project’s promotion and distribution assistance program and marketing strategy (examples of questions and issues to be addressed are available in the Operating Strategy and Preliminary Estimates form)

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EXPENSES

Costs related to the completion of production; postproduction costs, if applicable

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DOCUMENTS

• Updated 2021: SODEC will no longer require the submission of a marketing plan and marketing addendum (marketing estimate), but instead require the completion of the Operating Strategy and Preliminary Estimates form for all projects submitted • Completed SOD@ccès online application form • Contracts, agreements, acquisition of rights

History of chain of title

Rights acquisition contracts for the adaptation of a literary work (book, theatre piece, existing screenplay)

Screenwriting contract(s)

Letter(s) of agreement or contract(s) for director(s)

Any other contracts for acquisition of rights

• Financial elements

Financial structure indicating confirmed and anticipated contributions

Agreements confirming financial contributions that have been obtained

Summary and detailed production budget indicating labour share eligible for tax credits, services, deferrals, and costs outside of Quebec

Declaration of costs outside of Quebec assumed by the Quebec portion of the production, completed and signed by the Quebec producer

• Documents relating to co-productions (see documentation) • Documents relating to postproduction (see documentation) • Creative elements

A summary of the project presenting its central idea

A final copy of the screenplay

Character descriptions

Storyboarding elements and a description of the intended technique (animation only)

A film treatment written by the director(s)

• Production schedule • Filmographies for the screenwriter(s), director(s), and producer(s) • The production company’s filmography • Prior works by the director(s) (if applicable),via submission form • A letter of financial commitment from an eligible distributor (required for feature-length projects with a budget of $3 million and over) • Operational strategy and additional information form • Declaration form for the applicant company • Master file, including:

A description of activities and primary achievements

A business plan

Copies of the governing documents, certificate of constitution, articles of incorporation, declaration of registration, certificate of amendment and shareholders agreement (if applicable)

Information on shareholders/directors

Organizational structures for the applicant company and, if applicable, any affiliated companies

Curriculum vitae of the applicant company’s executives

Financial statements

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Get In Touch With Your Agent

Alain Rondeau

admissibilite@sodec.gouv.qc.ca

514 841-2291, 1 800-363-0401

Alain Rondeau

admissibilite@sodec.gouv.qc.ca

514 841-2291, 1 800-363-0401

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