Emerging talent program

Eligible companies

Companies submitting a project to the emerging talent program must meet the following requirements:

• comply with the definition of a Québec company in film and television production;
• be legally incorporated and duly registered with the Registraire des entreprises du Québec at least one year prior to the application deadline date.
• be represented by an emerging producer who has been delegated clear responsibilities regarding all the artistic and administrative aspects of the project;
• hold all the rights allowing scriptwriting, production and commercialization of the submitted project;
• not be a sole proprietorship.

Eligible projects

To be eligible, a project must meet all the following criteria:

• be a short or feature-length fiction film, or a short, mid-length or feature-length documentary;
• comply with the definition of a Québec production;
• be led by eligible emerging creators;
• comply with the specific project eligibility requirements that apply to it.

Eligible emerging creators

In the context of this program, the term “emerging creators” refers to the roles of producer, director and screenwriter.

To be eligible, an emerging creator must meet all the following criteria:

• have had their tax residence in Québec for at least two years;
• producers must possess the minimum experience required, depending on the type of project submitted and the role occupied, in accordance with the conditions set out in the document Guide for emerging creators – Required experience;
• producers, directors and scriptwriters must not exceed the maximum experience permitted, depending on the type of project submitted and the role occupied, in accordance with the conditions set out in the document Guide for emerging creators – Required experience;
• not be a full-time student in high school, college, undergraduate university or a vocational training program.