This program is now closed.

If you have applied to the program before, please contact funding@iso-bea.ca so the ISO can open a new application for you for the current fiscal year.

All applicants are required to review these program Application Guidelines and the ISO General Funding Guidelines and the Application Requirements Checklist before completing the application in the ISO Apply portal.

We encourage applicants to this program to meet with the ISO Sector Development Program Manager prior to completing an application. Please contact funding@iso-bea.ca to set up a meeting.

Projects will be assessed on a continual basis until funding for the program is depleted, or until February 1st, 2025. 

Introduction

The Sector Development Program is designed to support a wide array of initiatives and projects that aim to strengthen and grow the Indigenous screen sector. 

Workshops, labs, incubators, research projects, community based programs, and funding for organizations whose mandate is to develop the Indigenous screen sector should consider applying to this program. 

The ISO has partnered with educational institutions, non-profit youth programs, Indigenous-owned production companies, broadcasters, film festivals, art centres, and other organizations to support their activities and mission. This funding can be leveraged to build capacity within an organization, or to support the delivery of a program, workshop, conference or lab. 

This program is open to:

• Indigenous-owned production companies;

• Indigenous non-profit organizations, or registered charities;

• First Nations, Inuit or Métis band council, community or settlement;

• BIPOC non-profit organizations or registered charities;

• First Nation, Inuit, Métis Collectives or Ad Hoc Groups; 

• Other non-profit organizations or registered charities.