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Support for Export and Cultural Outreach – Sodexport – Section 3.6: Support for Innovative Promotion Strategies

Programme d'aide à l'exportation et au rayonnement culturel – Sodexport – Volet 3.6 : Soutien aux stratégies innovatrices de promotion

Funder

SODEC

Program Type

Distribution

Deadline

Rolling

Type of Aid

Grant

Financial Aid

100%, up to $25,000

Description

This section of the program supports innovative promotion initiatives during the foreign release of feature-length works of fiction, animation, and documentaries from Quebec in order to increase their capacity to reach their target audiences. Commercial releases include any emerging or existing distribution platforms.

Open To

  • Distribution companies
  • Production companies

Criteria

  • Applications must be submitted at least two months before activities begin
  • In the case of films being exhibited in theatres, applicants must provide a list of screening rooms (a minimum of ten)
  • Applicants must have fulfilled their obligations towards SODEC for funding received through this or any other program
  • Applicant companies must partner with a foreign distribution company that fulfills the following criteria:

  • It must hold commercial distribution rights for a film in the territory and markets targeted by the application

  • It must guarantee a significant financial engagement to support an innovation promotion strategy

  • It must demonstrate expertise in the commercial distribution of feature-length works in the targeted territory and markets

Eligible Expenses

  • The director’s economy class transportation costs
  • Costs related to carrying out activities and producing creative and original promotional tools, in compliance with the description of this section of the program

Supporting Documents

  • Completed SOD@ccès online application form
  • Promotion strategy detailing the activities and tools being deployed, a description of the market(s) in the targeted foreign territory, the expected duration of the exhibition, as well as attendance projections
  • Budget and funding structure
  • Master file, including:

  • Copies of the governing documents, certificate of constitution, articles of incorporation, declaration of registration, certificate of amendment and partnership or shareholders agreement (if applicable)

  • Shareholders and directors identification form

  • Organizational structures for the applicant company and, if applicable, any affiliated companies, including shareholders

  • Curriculum vitae of the applicant company’s executives

  • Financial statements