Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds
In 2008 Hot Docs and Canwest partnered in the creation of the Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Funds. In December of 2010 the funds were renamed the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds. These Funds consist of a $3-million completion fund and a $1-million development fund. Shaw Media’s $4-million infusion into the Canadian documentary production community via the Funds will provide much-needed financial support to filmmakers facing financing gaps at critical stages in their projects. Hot Docs will manage and disperse the Funds’ benefit monies over a next seven-year period.
The Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds aim to increase the quantity and quality of social, cultural and political one-off documentaries produced in Canada by Canadian-based production companies. In nurturing Canadian talent and giving voice to a diversity of viewpoints, the Funds will ultimately help Canadian documentaries reach new audiences.
Thus far the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds have supported 102 Canadian documentary projects with $2,321,000 in grants and no-interest loans.
2013 Applications
Spring 2013 Funding
Applications Now Open
Deadline: May 22, 2013
Shaw Media-Hot Docs Completion Fund
The Shaw Media-Hot Docs Completion Fund is a grant program that will provide financial support of up to $100,000 (limited to a maximum of 20% of a project’s budget) for production companies to complete specific projects. Learn more
Please carefully review the below documents:
Shaw Media-Hot Docs Development Fund
The Shaw Media-Hot Docs Development Fund is a loan program designed to help producers get specific projects developed, researched, written and/or packaged and ready for market. Learn More
Please carefully review the below documents:
Resources:
• Online Reference Tools
• Read about the successes of past recipients and view complete archive
• Questions? Contact us at shawmediafunds@hotdocs.ca
