Special Call for Web Series

Selected applicants may receive up to $25,000 to create a pilot episode and $140,000 toward the web series.

TELUS Fund is looking for web series targeted to more than 8M Canadians who are providing unpaid care for loved ones.

$25k to create a pilot episode

Deadline: Closed

TELUS Fund will finance up to 75% of the selected web series development budget to a max of $25,000 or $5,000 per minute, whichever is less.

$140k to produce the web series

Deadline: Closed

TELUS Fund will finance up to 75% of the selected web series production budget to a max of $140,000 or $5,000 per minute, whichever is less.

How to apply

Use the checklist below to confirm the Applicant and Web Series are eligible.

Review the evaluation criteria in the 2024 Special Call for Web Series Guidelines to determine if your web series idea is a good fit for TELUS Fund.

For more information, please email info@telusfund.ca.

Minimum Requirements

The Applicant is:

is experienced in the business of producing professional audiovisual content (e.g., TV programs, feature-length films, and web series)
is a for-profit taxable corporation (within the meaning of Canada’s Income Tax Act)
is Canadian-controlled (Sections 26 to 28 of the Investment Canada Act)
is headquartered in Canada
is the owner and controller of all rights necessary to create, produce, distribute, and exploit the project throughout the world in all manner, languages, and media, and on all platforms and devices for a period of at least 5 years (60 months)
able to demonstrate a successful track record delivering quality content of comparable size and scope

The Web Series:

is dealing with a caregiving theme that appears prominently in the central storyline or in sub-plots
is at least 8 related episodes of between two to six minutes in duration per episode
will be produced in Canada with at least 75% of eligible costs being Canadian costs
will be closed captioned in English and French and contains described video
will earn a minimum of 6 out of 10 points on the Canadian Audiovisual Certification Office scale
does not fall within the CRTC Program Categories of News, Reporting and Actualities, or Sports

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