FACTOR Video Program for Canadian Artists

Funding Information

• This program is open to artists rated 2 and 3 and funding is calculated as:
  • Artist 2: up to 50% of the total eligible budget to a maximum of $20,000 per FACTOR fiscal or;
  • Artist 3: up to 50% of the total eligible budget to a maximum of $30,000 per FACTOR fiscal.
• Applications for video support within this program will diminish the amount that can be requested in the Video component of any other program.

Eligible Costs

• Funding in a Video component must be used to pay for the cost of producing video-based marketing materials, such as hiring a producer, videographer, video editor, production personnel and talent, rental equipment and facilities, and post-production.
• Eligible costs must be:
  • Verified costs included in application and approved by FACTOR;
  • Incurred after the application has been submitted and paid before the final Completion deadline;
  • Paid to Canadians and Canadian-owned and -controlled companies.

Ineligible Costs

• Ineligible costs include, but are not limited to:
  • Equipment purchases and purchases of capital assets;
  • Taxes that are subject to rebate to the recipient (such as VAT, HST);
  • Membership fees such as union dues;
  • Penalties, fines, or pension contributions;
  • CD, vinyl, or other music media manufacturing and duplication costs, except where allowed within the allowance for promotional, not-for sale costs.
  • Donated services for musicians’ fees.
  • Grant writing, grant administration, and grant management services.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists rated 2 or 3;
• Record labels rated Approved, 2, or 3 – provided that the artist is rated 2 or 3.
• Only the party that controls the Canadian commercial release rights and exclusive Canadian exploitation rights to the sound recording at the time of application may apply. Typically, this will be:
  • A Canadian artist, if the artist is “unsigned” or has not licensed the sound recording to another party. If the artist is a band that is not incorporated as a company, then an individual member of the artist band must be the Applicant. You must have both an approved Artist Profile and an approved Applicant Profile to apply;
  • A Canadian record label that has already signed the artist, or has licensed the sound recording, or has an option to license the sound recording. If the artist owns the underlying copyright in the masters but has licensed the sound recording to a record label, the label must be the Applicant. The record label must have an approved Applicant Profile and the Artist Profile must also be approved before the label can apply.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following are ineligible to apply:
  • Recipients of Company Envelope and Artist Entrepreneur funding as well as non-Canadian labels.

Application Requirements

• FACTOR reserves the right to reject applications or withdraw offers of funding where the video content produced is not in compliance with section 6.0 of FACTOR’s Business Policies regarding Offensive Material. No portion of FACTOR’s funding shall be used towards – and none of the Project costs may include – the creation of any intellectual property and material that is or contains:
  • Hate propaganda, obscene or child pornography, or any other illegal material as defined in the Criminal Code;
  • Pornography or other material having significant sexual content unless it can be demonstrated that there is an overriding educational or other similar purpose;
  • Excessive or gratuitous violence, and
  • Material that is denigrating to an identifiable group, or any other similarly offensive material.

For more information, visit FACTOR.