Coproduction guide 101

Your simple, step-by-step guide to partnering with Canada on an official coproduction.

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Canada is proud to be a global coproduction leader! Every year, we make close to 60 official coproductions, amounting to more than $500 million and ranging from film to television, videos and interactive digital media productions. Coproducing with Canada: easy peasy.

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Fast facts about coproducing with Canada

  • Coproducers share the risks and responsibilities for the financing and production of a project. 
  • A certified coproduction is considered a national production in Canada (and in the coproducing country), therefore has access, in Canada, to Canadian financing.
  • May have access to funding from coproducing countries and from Eurimages.
  • Access to greater distribution networks and a larger pool of creators and technicians (EU for example).  
  • All partners are required to participate creatively and technically.
  • All financing received from Canadian entities must prioritize Canadian expenditures.

what is a treaty? and what are the advantages?

Promoting cultural diversity

Treaties are signed by the Government of Canada (through The Department of Canadian Heritage) to foster trade relations and to promote cultural diversity.

Its own terms

Each coproduction treaty specifies its own terms, as well as the minimum financial participation of the coproducers.

Recognized projects

Some treaties now recognize works developed exclusively for online consumption, such as webisodes and other digital media projects.

Competitive internationally

Newer treaties typically offer lower minimum financial contribution thresholds than the 20% to 30% by longer-standing treaties, making them more competitive internationally.

Flexible projects

Newer treaties offer more flexibility regarding key positions, including the use of nationals of non-coproducing countries/states.

Working with +60 countries

We have official coproduction treaties and memorandums of understanding (MOU) in place with 60 countries, and work with our international partners to review and modernize our coproduction treaties.

+60 countries

Your country has a coproduction treaty or MOU IN place with Canada?

France, United Kingdom, Israel, Ireland, Germany, we have official coproduction treaties and memorandums of understanding (MOU) in place with 60 countries, and work with our international partners to review and modernize our coproduction treaties.

List of International treaties 
Submit a coproduction recommandation application

Obtain certification

DO YOU QUALIFY AS A CO-PRODUCTION?

To obtain financing and access a host of other benefits, your project must first be recognized as a treaty audiovisual coproduction.

This is where TELEFILM CANADA comes in! It plays a key role in recommending projects that can be certified Canadian Heritage. For details, inquiries or to submit a coproduction application recommendation, visit Telefilm’s coproduction page.

Recommendation process

3 steps to get started

Telefilm Canada is responsible for evaluating and recommending 

With its expertise in the administration of financing programs, its initiatives and its collaborative projects between countries, Telefilm dynamically supports the growth of the content industry in Canada.

Telefilm is also responsible to evaluate and recommend projects that are likely to be certified as audiovisual treaty coproductions by Canadian Heritage.

WHO IS TELEFILM?

Create with Canada!

An introduction to coproducing audiovisual content with Canada.

coproducing with Canada

eurimages

Many successful Canadian coproductions have received financial support from Eurimages in recent years. By the way, did you know Canada is the first non-European country to join Eurimages? It just proves that here in the North, we’ve got a head for business!

Since its creation, EURIMAGES has supported
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no treaty? no problem.

If your country doesn’t have an official coproduction treaty with Canada, there are other ways working with us.

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