Market Endowment Fund

This program supports individual filmmaker/producers who wish to attend international markets, co-production conferences, or forums. Assistance is also available to directors or producers who have been nominated for an award or selected for a screening at a major film festival.

Nunavut Film Development Corporation

Overview of the Market Endowment Fund program:

This program has been founded to encourage and support the establishment of relationships and the marketing of film, television, and digital media projects to buyers, commissioning editors, and cofinancing/co-production partners in Canada and abroad. The Market Endowment Program is an initiative that awards individual producers financial assistance of up to $5,000 to cover their costs to attend international markets, co-production conferences, or forums. Assistance under this program is also available to producers or directors whose project has been nominated for an award or selected for screening at a major festival.

Benefits of the Market Endowment Fund program:

The following costs will be eligible for consideration:
Registration fees
Economy rate return airfare (including insurance)
Accommodations for up to five nights
Ground transportation
Per diem as outlined in Nunavut Film's per diem rate sheet (for up to six days including travel)
Promotion and packaging materials

Eligibility criteria of the Market Endowment Fund program:

The applicant must meet the following minimum criteria:
Be a resident of Nunavut
Have at least one producer-related credits on a film, television or digital media project with a running time of not less than 30 minutes. Certain exceptions may apply, for example animation and multiple short films
Have at least one film, television or digital media project in development, production or distribution