Forum RIDM, in partnership with  TaCIC, franC doc, Bande Sonimage, Spira and Paraloeil, returns with the project development grant for emerging Quebec filmmakers. 

The TaCIC - Tremplin Territoires Grant will support the development of a documentary project and provide guidance to the filmmaker throughout their creative process.

The application is open to emerging Quebec filmmakers with a short, mid-length or long-feature film.

 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Canadian citizenship or permanent residency

• Residency in a Quebec region, outside the Montreal metropolitan area (at minimum of 80 km distance), for at least twelve months.

• To have directed* a minimum of one short film of any kind, with recognized professional distribution;

• To have directed a maximum of one feature-film of any kind;

• Not have directed a feature-film that was distributed professionally and/or a documentary that received funding from a public production assistance program (SODEC, Téléfilm, NFB).

*a scheduled screening in commercial theaters; a screening by a CRTC-licensed broadcaster; a presentation at a recognized festival, with a selective programming process; a screening on a CAVCO-recognized digital platform. Public screenings without a selective process, or screenings at events or in purely corporate, school or institutional contexts are not recognized as professional screenings.

 

The recipient  of the TaCIC - Tremplin Territoires Grant will benefit from:

• Forum RIDM 2024 accreditation, giving access to all professional market activities (excluding One-on-One Pitches), offered by franC doc ; 

• Financial assistance of 500 $ to support the production and development of the documentary project, offered by franC doc ;

• Financial assistance of 500 $ to support the production and development of the documentary project, offered by Bande Sonimage ;

• Production and development advice to perfect the production of the documentary project, offered by franC doc (1 000 $ value) ;

• Advice on creative filmmaking vision, offered by Bande Sonimage (1 000 $ value)

• Advice on the best distribution strategies, offered by Spira, Bande Sonimage or Paraloeil, at the recipient’s discretion (1 000 $ value) ;

• Rental of filming equipment, access to post-production room and/or DCP encoding for a total value of 10 000 $, available from one  of the following partners : Paraloeil, Spira or Bande Sonimage ;

• Support and contact with all partners, to benefit from a network of support and resources to guide the documentary process, offered by TaCIC.

*This grant intended exclusively to support the development of the project submitted at the time of application and is valid for 36 months from the award date (November 27, 2024)

 

The new deadline for application is September 9, 2024.  

 

If you have any questions, please contact forum@ridm.ca.