Alberta Media Fund — Post-Production, Visual Effects and Digital Animation Grant
Highlights
This program is designed for businesses like yours that specialize in post-production, visual effects, and digital animation. By applying, you can receive funding to cover 18% of your eligible labour costs, which can significantly reduce your expenses and help you grow your business.
Why Apply?
- Financial Support: Up to $200,000 in grant funding per year.
- Flexibility: You can submit an unlimited number of applications.
- Dual Funding: Eligible for both this grant and the Alberta Made Production Grant.
Benefits
- Boost Your Workforce: Employ more Alberta talent.
- Expand Your Services: Cover costs for video and audio editing, visual and sound effects, and digital animation.
- Ease of Qualification: If your business is incorporated or registered in Alberta and provides services to third parties, you likely qualify.
Applying is straightforward, and approval can provide the financial boost you need to take your projects to the next level.
Financing Details
Type of Financing: Grant
Repayment Terms and Interest Rates:
- No repayment required.
- No interest rates apply.
Eligible Expenses:
- Invoiced costs for eligible Albertans performing eligible activities on eligible projects.
- Activities such as editing of video and audio, subtitling and closed-captioning, creation and editing of visual and sound effects, and digital animation.
Ineligible Expenses:
- Non-Albertan expenses.
- Labour and non-labour expenses related to ineligible projects or activities.
- Productions that solicit funds, mass reproduction of pre-recorded audio and video material, archiving for corporate purposes, pornography/adult entertainment, internal corporate use productions, and productions contrary to public policy.
Fees:
- No fees associated with the program.
Qualifications
- Must be incorporated in Alberta under the Business Corporation Act, or registered as an extra-provincial company in Alberta and be in good standing with the Corporate Registry.
- Alternatively, must operate as a sole proprietorship with a registered trade name in Alberta.
- Must be in good standing in all respects with funding received from the Government of Alberta, including the Alberta Media Fund (AMF).
- Must provide services for arm’s length, third-party organizations on a regular basis.
- Projects must have a minimum eligible invoice value of $500.
Must submit projects to the AMF within 60 days of the post-production end date, invoice date, or signature date on the deal memo with a production company.
Disqualifications:
- Productions that solicit funds.
- Mass reproduction of pre-recorded audio and video material on magnetic or optical media, such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, tapes, or cartridges.
- Archiving for corporate, institutional, and preservation purposes.
- Pornography/adult entertainment.
- Productions made for internal corporate use.
- Productions where support would be considered contrary to public policy, including the promotion of hate against an identifiable group and the exploitation of sex, violence, horror, or cruelty.
- Non-Albertan expenses.
- Labour and non-labour expenses related to ineligible projects or activities.
Description
This program offers your business a chance to receive funding that covers 18% of your eligible labor costs for post-production, visual effects, and digital animation projects. This means you can get financial support to pay your Alberta-based employees working on these projects.
You can use the money for:
- Editing video and audio
- Subtitling and closed-captioning
- Creating and editing visual and sound effects
- Digital animation
Your business can apply for multiple projects, but the total grant amount you can receive in a year is capped at $200,000. Each application must request at least $500 in funding.
This grant helps you reduce labor costs, allowing you to invest more in your projects and grow your business. It’s a great way to support your team and enhance your production capabilities.
Program Steps
Review the Guidelines: Read the Post-Production, Visual Effects, and Digital Animation Grant Guidelines to ensure you understand the requirements.
Create an Online Profile: If you are a new applicant, request access to set up an online profile. Complete the Front Office Registration form and email it to [email protected]. You will receive your login credentials via email.
Begin the Application Package: Log in to the Online Grant Application System to start your application. Use the Guide for Application Submission for assistance.
Prepare the Required Documentation: Gather the necessary documents to complete your application. These include:
- Financial documents: income statement and balance sheet for corporations or the CRA T2125 for sole proprietors.
- Residency confirmations for eligible employees.
Submit Your Application: Ensure your application and all supporting documents are submitted through the Online Grant Application System by 11:59 pm on the final day of intake (March 1st). If the deadline falls on a statutory holiday or weekend, it will be extended to the next working day. Note that faxed, emailed, mailed, and incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Await Notification: After submission, you will be notified in writing about the result of your application.