MONTREAL — Following the Department of Canadian Heritage’s announcement last month that the Short-Term Compensation Fund (STCF) for Canadian audiovisual productions is being extended until March 2022, Telefilm Canada today announced the new opening date for applications is March 4, 2021 for coverage starting on or after April 1, 2021.
“Producers who have already applied to the STCF for a project that begins shooting before March 31, 2021 and extends beyond that date must reapply for the portion that takes place after March 31, 2021,” reads Telefilm’s industry advisory. “This measure has been put in place to allow all eligible producers to apply on the new opening date…Applications under the STCF will be processed on a first come, first served basis, incumbent on earliest date of start of principal photography.”
The updated STCF guidelines and the pre-eligibility attestation form are available on Telefilm’s website here.
The extended STCF program will begin accepting applications at 11 a.m. ET on March 4, and will close on March 31, 2022 or whenever the available funds allocated to the STCF have been exhausted (whichever comes first).
Telefilm says it will continue to accept new applications for projects with principal photography starting before March 31, 2021.
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