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Programs & Deadlines

Program Deadlines

Below is an outline of the 2019-2020 CMF Funding Program deadlines.

For details on the key program application dates and deadlines, click below.
Key Program Application Dates and Deadlines

Envelope Programs 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
Development Program: Development Envelope (English & French) April 18, 2019 October 30, 2019 - December 12, 2019
Performance Envelope Program April 18, 2019 October 16, 2019 - December 05, 2019
Alternative Access to the Performance Envelope Program May 23, 2019 - - December 05, 2019
Convergent Stream: First Come First Served Programs 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
Aboriginal Program: Development and Predevelopment May 30, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
Anglophone Minority Incentive May 09, 2019 August 26, 2019 September 05, 2019 December 05, 2019
Development Program: Quebec French Regional Development April 25, 2019 - - January 31, 2020
English and French Early-Stage Development Program June 20, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
English Regional Production Bonus May 09, 2019 September 04, 2019 September 19, 2019 December 05, 2019
Export Programs: CMF-Distributor Pilot Predevelopment Matching Program January 30, 2020 - - February 28, 2020
Export Programs: Export Pilot Program September 05, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
Export Programs: Versioning Program June 18, 2019 - - December 05, 2019
Francophone Minority Program: Development May 30, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
Northern Incentive: Development May 30, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
Northern Incentive: Production April 25, 2019 July 29, 2019 July 30, 2019 December 05, 2019
Quebec French Regional Production Incentive May 09, 2019 - - December 05, 2019
Convergent Stream: Selective Programs 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
Aboriginal Program: Production - - - May 23, 2019
CMF-Quebecor Fund Intellectual Properties Intended for International Markets Production Support Program - - - April 30, 2019
Corus-CMF Page to Pitch Program (Year 7) - - - October 10, 2019
Creative BC/CMF Regional Predevelopment Program - - - March 11, 2020
Diverse Languages Program - - - September 05, 2019
English POV Program - - - June 06, 2019
Export Programs: CMF-Quebecor Fund Export Assistance Program Pilot Partnership - - - February 28, 2020
Francophone Minority Program: Production - May 02, 2019 - September 19, 2019
WildBrain-CMF Kids & Family Development Program - - - November 01, 2019
Experimental Stream: First Come First Served Programs 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
Accelerator Partnership Program (A2P) April 18, 2019 - - December 05, 2019
Conceptualization Program May 30, 2019 - - January 10, 2020
Experimental Stream: Selective Programs 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
CMF-Independent Production Fund: Development Packaging Program - - - March 02, 2020
CMF-Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Digital Animated Series Program (Round 2) December 06, 2019 - - January 17, 2020
Commercial Projects Program: Limited Marketing and Promotion - April 25, 2019 - November 14, 2019
Commercial Projects Program: Production - - - September 26, 2019
Innovation Program: Limited Marketing and Promotion - April 25, 2019 - November 14, 2019
Innovation Program: Production - May 09, 2019 - September 05, 2019
Prototyping Program - April 25, 2019 - November 14, 2019
Web Series Program - - - October 03, 2019
International Incentives 2019-2020
Title First Opening DatePremière date d’ouverture First Closing DatePremière date limite Second Opening DateDeuxième date d’ouverture Final Closing DateDate limite finale
Canada-Argentina Co-Development Incentive July 16, 2019 - - October 31, 2019
Canada-Denmark Co-Development Incentive August 29, 2019 - - December 12, 2019
Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive June 03, 2019 - - September 17, 2019
Canada-Ireland Co-Development Incentive for Audio-Visual Projects June 05, 2019 - - September 19, 2019
Canada-Luxembourg Co-Development and Co-Production Incentive July 11, 2019 - - October 25, 2019
Canada-Northern Ireland Co-Development Incentive for Audio-Visual Projects June 05, 2019 - - October 22, 2019
Canada-South Africa Co-Development Incentive for Television Projects November 25, 2019 - - January 24, 2020
Canada-Scotland Co-Development Incentive for television and digital media content September 05, 2019 - - December 10, 2019
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