film.

Since I work in the industry, people are always asking me how to get started.

Number one piece of advice? Get professional help. Organisations like LIFT offer workshops, discount equipment rentals, and networking (vital to finding an experienced DoP or editor to work with).

"Yes, yes," you say. "But how do I get money?"

Funding Agencies

Funding from Federal Government Sources

Business Development Bank of Canada: Cultural Industries Development Fund

Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office

CBC Newsworld's Rough Cuts

The Canada Council for the Arts

Canadian International Development Agency

Canadian Television Fund

Heritage Canada Canadian Studies Program

Telefilm Canada: Multiculturalism Program

National Film Board of Canada: Filmmakers Assistance Program

Funding from Provincial Sources

Alberta Foundation for the Arts

British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Film

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Manitoba Arts Council

Manitoba Film and Sound

New Brunswick Film

Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

Newfoundland & Labrador Film Development Corporation

Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation

Ontario Arts Council

Ontario Media Development Corporation

Saskatchewan Arts Board

Saskfilm & Video Development Corporation

Société de développement des entreprises culturelles

TechPEI

Yukon Arts Branch

Yukon Film Commission

Funding from Municipal Sources

Edmonton Arts Council

Toronto Arts Council

Private Canadian Funding Sources

Bravo!FACT for arts-based shorts, 6 minutes or less

Reel World Film Festival: Tony Stoltz Completion Fund for a Canadian Producer for film work that reflects racial and cultural diversity

A-Channel

Bell Canada Broadcast and New Media Fund

Bulloch Equicap

Canadian Independent Film & Video Fund (CIFVF)

BCE-CTV Benefits

EMMEDIA

Rogers Telefund

Rogers Documentary Fund

Further Funding Information

A Guide to Federal Programs for The Film and Video Sector.

Canadian Television Financing, by Felice Gorica- Centennial College Press, Scarborough, Ontario, 1999.

Moving Pictures Media. Film Canada Yearbook. Port Perry Media, 2001.

Hope this helps!

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