Alberta Media Fund: Alberta Made Screen Industries Program — Post-Production, Visual Effects and Digital Animation Grant (PPG)
The Post-Production, Visual Effects and Digital Animation Grant (PPG) provides funding to help cover labour expenses for Alberta organizations involved in the development and delivery of post-production services in Alberta, including visual effects and digital animation.
This funding, under the Alberta Media Fund (AMF), supports the growth and sustainability of Alberta’s post-production sector by helping eligible companies employ Alberta talent.
Offered by Ministry of Arts, Culture and Status of Women
Amount
Up to $200,000
18% of the total eligible invoiced labour, to a maximum of $200,000 per organization (and its affiliates) per budget year; at least $500 requested per application
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Who can apply
To be eligible to apply, your organization 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 or operate as a sole proprietorship with a registered trade name in Alberta. All applicants must be in good standing in all respects with funding received from the Government of Alberta including the AMF
- be able to demonstrate that the organization provides services for arm’s length, third party organizations on a regular basis
Eligible projects
Eligible projects or activities include but are not limited to:
- editing of video and audio
- subtitling and closed-captioning
- creation and editing of visual and sounds effects
- digital animation
- projects produced primarily for distribution to a public audience
- projects that have been submitted 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
- projects that have a minimum eligible invoice value of $500
Not eligible:
Ineligible projects
Projects that are not eligible for funding include but are not limited to
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
exploitation of sex, violence, horror or cruelty
About the funding
A grant which represents 18% of the total eligible invoiced labour will provide funding to applicants.
Applicants may receive funding for both the PPG and Alberta Made Production Grant, if eligible.
You can submit an unlimited number of applications, however the maximum amount an organization or their affiliates can receive in grant funding per budget year is $200,000.
Submissions with a combined total of eligible Alberta invoice values less than $4,000 and a minimum per project value of less than $500 will not be considered.
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The grant amount requested per application must be at least $500.
Invoiced costs for eligible Albertans performing eligible activities on eligible projects.
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