Important Update to B.C.’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs On March 4, 2025, the Minister of Finance announced the following budget proposal to British Columbia’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs, subject to the approval of the legislature: Increase the Film...
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Parent companies that have received support – either directly or indirectly through their subsidiaries – in 2017-2018, 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 are eligible to receive funding following a formula outlined in the criteria.
If an Eligible Applicant has received funding in the previous three years from more than one of either the CMF, Telefilm Canada, or the Canada Council for the Arts, the Applicant must apply to the organization which provided the highest amount of funding over the past three-year period.
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