DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPANTS
Espace Québec - Pavilion 127 International Village Esplanade Georges Pompidou Cannes Tel.: +33 (0)4 92 59 02 24 2
Hélène David
Once again, Québec artists will shine at the legendary Festival de Cannes. This is a source of pride for everyone in Québec, and a strong testimony to the immense talent of our artists, who create works of a remarkable sensitivity and indisputable beauty.
Thanks to its vitality and creativity, our cinema travels to screens and festivals worldwide, garnering broad recognition.
Congratulations to all the teams of the shortlisted films. With your passion and vision, you contribute to enhan- cing the international reputation of Québec filmmaking. I also wish to salute the talent of Xavier Dolan, who, after triumphing and inspiring a whole generation of young filmmakers by winning the 2014 Jury Prize, will be the first Quebecer to be member of the jury, a prestigious role, at this year’s festival. Thank you to the artists who contribute to making Québec cinema so rich and unique.
Enjoy our cinema!
Hélène David Minister of Culture and Communications Minister responsible for the Protection and Promotion of the French Language 3 Monique Simard
Québec is proud to see Bleu Tonnerre, Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy’s short film reach the Directors’ Fortnight selection, along with the feature film Fatima, a France/Québec co-production with Serge Noël - Possibles Média. This year, Québec filmmakers have attained unprecedented recognition at Cannes - with Denis Villeneuve and his feature film Sicario vying for the Palme d’Or, and Xavier Dolan’s historic selection to serve on the feature film jury. It would be unthinkable not to mention the homage being paid to one of Québec’s film classics, a hard-hitting oeuvre that has influenced countless generations of filmmakers: Michel Brault’s Orders. This year, Orders is showing as part of Cannes Classics; in 1975 some 40 years ago at the Festival, it brought home the Best Director Award.
This is an amazing time for Québec’s young filmmakers, whose vision and convictions are once again making an impact on the international scene. There is no doubt that these artists, bursting with creativity as they are, contribute enormously to taking our film arts to the next level. Again this year, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) is pleased to welcome our filmmakers under the Espace Québec umbrella and to support them in establishing key relationships with foreign partners. To this end, our SODEC_LAB_IMMERSION CANNES 2015 program - a learning lab we are enormously proud of - will showcase five promising, talented, young producers, in a partnership with Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec (LOJIQ).
SODEC will also be present at the Marché du Film, welcoming and assisting Québec’s many producers, directors, distributors and film industry professionals to make the most of their experience at the event. Congratulations to all the Quebecers who work tirelessly to inspire pride in our film arts - your work is both appreciated and celebrated!
Enjoy the movies! Monique Simard President and CEO Société de développement des entreprises culturelles 4
SODEC SALUTES THE TALENT OF OUR QUÉBEC CREATORS AND PROFESSIONALS AT CANNES
Co-directors Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy, with co-producers Menaïc Raoul and Gabrielle Tougas- Fréchette VOYELLES FILMS
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Bleu Tonnerre 5
Co-producer Serge Noël POSSIBLES MÉDIA
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Fatima
Director Michel Brault (1928 - 2013)
Cannes Classics Les Ordres
This film was digitally remastered and restored thanks to Éléphant, which has, for more than five years, undertaken the same for several heritage works of Québec cinema.
Director Denis Villeneuve
Official competition Sicario
Xavier Dolan Member of the Jury Couzin Films Ziad Touma Item 7 Pierre Even
1976 Productions Nicolas Comeau CarpeDiem Film & TV Marie-Claude Beauchamps
EMAfilms Anne-Marie Gélinas
SPOTLIGHT SUR Village International - Riviera 5 PRODUCTEURS Pavillon 127 Tél. : +33 (0)4 92 59 02 24 18 mai - 9 h
Plage des Palmes www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTICIPANTS LIST p.8
Producers p.8 Distributors p.11 Festivals p.13 Organizations and other professionals p.14 Others p.15
SODEC supported quebecers film festivals p.16
Associations groups and organizations p.17
Filming locations p.17
Governmental and para-governmental organizations p.18
Links about short film in Québec p.19
SODEC_LAB_IMMERSION CANNES 2015 p.20
CO-PRODUCING IN QUÉBEC p.22 8 PARTICIPANTS LIST
PRODUCERS
Features Feature-length Documentaries Animated Features Digital Content International Coproduction Short Films Short Documentary Films Animated Short Films Documentary Series
1976 PRODUCTIONS CARAMEL FILMS
Nicolas COMEAU André ROULEAU [email protected] [email protected] www.1976.tv www.caramelfilms.com
AMÉRIQUE FILM CARPEDIEM FILM & TV
Martin PAUL-HUS Marie-Claude BEAUCHAMP [email protected] [email protected] ameriquefilm.com www.carpediemfilmtv.com
AMV FILMS PRODUCTION CDFILMS
Annie MOLIN VASSEUR Christian DUGUAY [email protected] [email protected] www.amvfilmsproduction@com www.cdfilms.net
ART & ESSAI SODEC_LAB_2015 CHASSEURS FILMS SODEC_LAB_2015
Hany OUICHOU Laurent ALLAIRE [email protected] [email protected] www.artetessai.ca
CHRISTAL FILMS PRODUCTIONS CAMERA LYNX PICTURES Christian LAROUCHE Marie-Ange BARBANCOURT [email protected] [email protected] 9
CINÉMAGINAIRE ITEM 7
Denise ROBERT Pierre EVEN [email protected] Marie-Claude POULIN www.cinemaginaire.com [email protected] www.item7.ca
COOP VIDÉO DE MONTRÉAL LA MAISON DE PROD Luc VANDAL [email protected] Charles Stéphane ROY www.coopvideo.ca [email protected] www.lamaisondeprod.com
COUZIN FILMS LEITMOTIV SODEC_LAB_2015 Ziad TOUMA [email protected] Patricia BERGERON www.couzinfilms.com [email protected] www.leitmotiv.ca
EMA FILMS LES FILMS OUTSIDERS Anne-Marie GÉLINAS [email protected] Nathalie BISSONNETTE www.emafilms.com [email protected] Ginette PETIT [email protected] EYESTEELFILM SODEC_LAB_2015 www.outsidersfilms.com
Mila AUNG-THWIN [email protected] MAX FILMS www.eyesteelfilm.com Roger FRAPPIER [email protected] FILMS 53/12 SODEC_LAB_2015 www.maxfilms.ca
Maxime BERNARD [email protected] MAX FILMS MÉDIA www.films53-12.com Félize FRAPPIER [email protected] FILMS SIX www.maxfilms.ca
Geneviève GOSSELIN-G [email protected] MEDIABIZ INTERNATIONAL Pier-Philippe CHEVIGNY [email protected] Karine MARTIN filmssix.com Jean-François DORAY [email protected] www.mediabizinternational.com GRAY MATTER PRODUCTIONS
Khan ARSHAD MELENNY PRODUCTIONS Miguel JIMENEZ [email protected] Richard GOUDREAU www.arshadfilms.com [email protected] 10
MIA PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTIONS AVENIDA
Maryanne ZÉHIL Chantal LAFLEUR [email protected] [email protected] www.miaproductions.ca
REYNA FILMS MICRO_SCOPE Suzy COHEN Luc DÉRY [email protected] Kim MCCRAW www.reynafilms.com [email protected] www.micro-scope.ca SILVER SWORD INTERNATIONAL
MVC VAN CHATOU Michael A. CALACE PRODUCTIONS [email protected] www.silverrsordintl.com Michèle CHATELLIER Georges OHANESSIAN [email protected] STUDIO SINGING FROGS
Normand THAUVETTE PERIPHERIA PRODUCTIONS [email protected] facebook : studiosingingfrog Yanick LÉTOURNEAU [email protected] Constance MALPEL SYON MEDIA [email protected] www.peripheria.ca Danny BERGERON Yun LI [email protected] PHI GROUP www.syonmedia.ca
Penny MANCUSO Myriam ACHARD VOYELLES FILMS [email protected] www.phi-centre.com BLEU TONNERRE (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) Ménaïc RAOUL POSSIBLES MÉDIA [email protected] Gabrielle TOUGAS FRÉCHETTE FATIMA [email protected] (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) www.voyellesfilms.com Serge NOËL [email protected] Leslie DABIT YANTRA FILMS [email protected] www.possiblesmedia.com Svet DOYTCHINOV [email protected] www.yantrafilms.ca 11
DISTRIBUTORS
ATTRACTION K-FILMS AMÉRIQUE TRAVELLING DISTRIBUTION Louis DUSSAULT BLEU TONNERRE Xiaojuan ZHOU Pierre JUTRAS (QUINZAINE DES [email protected] [email protected] RÉALISATEURS) www.attractiondistribution.ca www.kfilmsamerique.com Marie-Pier LACROIX COUTURE [email protected] AXIA FILMS LA DISTRIBUTRICE DE www.travellingdistribution.com Armand LAFOND FILMS [email protected] Laurent ALLAIRE Isabelle ROBICHAUD [email protected] TVA FILMS [email protected] www.ladistributrice.ca Carole LABRIE www.axiafilms.com [email protected] www.tvafilms.ca MÉTROPOLE FILMS A-Z FILMS DISTRIBUTION Antoine ZEIND Charles TREMBLAY [email protected] [email protected] www.azfilms.ca www.metropolefilms.com
EYESTEELFILM REMSTAR DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION Damien DETCHEBERRY Pascale HÉBERT [email protected] [email protected] www.eyesteelfilm.com Tim RINGUETTE [email protected] www.remstarfilms.com FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL FATIMA SÉVILLE (QUINZAINE DES INTERNATIONAL RÉALISATEURS) Anick POIRIER LES ORDRES [email protected] (CANNES CLASSICS) Natalie Andrew NOBLE KAMPELMACHER [email protected] [email protected] www.filmoption.com sevilleinternational.eonefilms.com
FUNFILM SPIRA DISTRIBUTION Catherine THÉRIAULT Martin DESROCHES distribution@spira.quebec [email protected] www.spira.quebec www.funfilm.ca
TÉLÉFICTION H264 DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION Jean-Christophe J. Louise CHAMBERLAND LAMONTAGNE [email protected] [email protected] www.telefiction.com www.h264distribution.com Réception de Dany Laferrière à Laferrière Réception de Dany française l’Académie Joséphine Bacon Sophie Bienvenu Marie-Claire Blais Denise Bombardier Claudine Bourbonnais Nicolas Dickner Natasha Kanapé-Fontaine Marie-Hélène Poitras Pierre Samson Larry Tremblay Audrée Wilhelmy LE Livre
QUÉBEC Scène Alain Choquette Marie Chouinard Danièle Desnoyers Cirque Eloize Gervais Suzanne Lebeau, Carrousel Gaudreault, Le 7 doigts de la main Les Daniel Léveillé Denis Marleau et Stéphanie Jasmin, UBU Messmer Clou Théâtre Le
S’ Musique Canailles Robert Charlebois Philémon Cimon Cœur de Pirate Cormier Louis-Jean Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Pierre Lapointe Monogrenade Nevsky Alex Poulin Alexandre Tireux d’roches Les Misteur Valaire Watson Patrick Arts numériques Nicolas Bernier Hamelin Frédérique Herman Kolgen Richard Martel Martin Messier AFFICHE
EN Cinéma Mélanie Carrier Isabelle Couture Mathieu Denis Sophie Deraspe Dolan Xavier Dufour-Laperrière Félix Carlos Ferrand Gagné Philippe David Sylvain L’espérance Guylaine Maroist Miller Amy Jean-Marc E. Roy Tim Schwab Denis Villeneuve Arts visuels Collectif BANG Serge Clément Laliberté Frédérique Diane Landry Philippe Lauzier Marcel Marois Poirier Jeffrey Jocelyn Robert Mathieu Valade FRANCE
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FESTIVALS
FESTIVAL DE FILMS CINEMANIA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL Guilhem CAILLARD DE FILMS FANTASIA [email protected] Lindsay PETERS Maidy TEITELBAUM [email protected] Irving TEITELBAUM Nicolas ARCHAMBAULT [email protected] [email protected] www.festivalcinemania.com Simon LAPPERRIÈRE [email protected] King-Wei CHU FESTIVAL DES FILMS [email protected] DU MONDE - MONTRÉAL www.fantasiafestival.com Serge LOSIQUE Gilles BERIAULT Michel COULOMBE RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DU Martin MALINA DOCUMENTAIRE DE MONTRÉAL info@ffm-montreal.org Marie-Claude TITTLEY www.ffm-montreal.org [email protected] www.ridm.qc.ca
FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA INTERNATIONAL EN ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE Guy PARENT Ginette CHARTIER [email protected] www.festivalcinema.ca
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA Nicolas GIRARD DELTRUC [email protected] Claude CHAMBERLAN [email protected] Dimitri EIPIDES [email protected] Julien FONFRÈDE [email protected] Philippe GAJAN [email protected] Madeleine MOLYNEAUX [email protected] www.nouveaucinema.ca 14
ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS
AGENCE CLAUDE GIRARD ÉLÉPHANT SICARIO Marie-josé RAYMOND (COMPÉTITION OFFICIELLE) [email protected] Claude GIRARD Claude FOURNIER Manon LOISELLE [email protected] [email protected] www.elephant.canoe.ca claudegirard.com
IXION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION DES CINÉMAS Judith DUBEAU PARALLÈLES DU QUÉBEC [email protected] Éric PERRON Henry WELSH [email protected] [email protected] www.cinemasparalleles.qc.ca
LE FONDS HAROLD GREENBERG BANQUE NATIONALE Odile METHOT DU CANADA [email protected] Charlene PALING www.bellmedia.ca/fr/fonds-harold-greenberg Anne SCHNEERER www.nbc.ca/filmandtv LES FILMS D’AUJOURD’HUI Roland SMITH BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA [email protected] TÉLÉVISION DES LAURENTIDES Marie-Josée PILON [email protected] PRENDS ÇA COURT! www.filmlaurentides.ca Danny LENNON [email protected] www.courtmetrage.ca BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA TÉLÉVISION DU QUÉBEC Cyril LOREAU QUÉBECOR [email protected] Sylvie CORDEAU www.bctq.ca [email protected]
CÉGEP DE SAINT-HYACINTHE, TÉLÉ-QUÉBEC PROGRAMME ARTS, LETTRES ET Ian OLIVERI COMMUNICATION [email protected] Isabelle D’AMOURS et sa cohorte de finissants [email protected]
CINÉMA DU PARC Mario FORTIN [email protected] Jean-François LAMARCHE [email protected] www.cinemaduparc.com 15
OTHERS
ANN ARSON RAÏA HAÏDAR Screenwriter, director Actress [email protected] [email protected] www.annarson.com www.raiahaidar.com
RENÉE BEAULIEU SABAH HAIDER Maison des scénaristes Director Director, producer [email protected] [email protected] www.sabahhaider.com
ARIANE BILODEAU DELPHINE LE COURTOIS Director Director [email protected] [email protected]
XAVIER DOLAN ROBERT M. LEPAGE Member of the Jury FATIMA (COMPÉTITION OFFICIELLE) (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) Director, actor, producer Music composer [email protected] [email protected]
SYLVAIN DOUCET JEAN-MARC E. ROY Screenwriter BLEU TONNERRE [email protected] (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) Director [email protected] HALIMA ELKHATABI laboitedepickup.com Screenwriter, director [email protected] JOSHUA SELINGER Screenwriter, director DOMINIQUE FORTIN [email protected] Editor www.joshuaselinger.com [email protected]
DENIS VILLENEUVE PHILIPPE DAVID GAGNÉ SICARIO BLEU TONNERRE (COMPÉTITION OFFICIELLE) (QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) Director Director [email protected] [email protected] laboitedepickup.com
INES GUENNAOUI Assistant-director [email protected] 16
SODEC – SUPPORTED QUEBECERS FILM FESTIVALS
FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA DE LA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM VILLE DE QUÉBEC SUR L’ART www.fcvq.ca www.artfifa.com
FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA REGARD SUR LE COURT MÉTRAGE INTERNATIONAL EN AU SAGUENAY ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE www.regardsurlecourt.com www.festivalcinema.ca
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES FESTIVAL DU FILM DE L’OUTAOUAIS DU DOCUMENTAIRE DE MONTRÉAL www.offestival.com www.ridm.qc.ca
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE SEPT-ÎLES RENDEZ-VOUS DU www.cine7.ca CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS www.rvcq.com
FESTIVAL DU FILM INTERNATIONAL CINOCHE DE BAIE-COMEAU www.nativelynx.qc.ca
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA www.nouveaucinema.ca
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILMS FANTASIA www.fantasiafestival.com
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA JEUNESSE DE RIMOUSKI www.carrousel.qc.ca
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA VUES D’AFRIQUE www.vuesdafrique.org
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM POUR ENFANTS DE MONTRÉAL www.fifem.com 17
ASSOCIATIONS, GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FILMING LOCATIONS
ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA AND TELEVISION (ACCT) TÉLÉVISION DU QUÉBEC (BCTQ) www.acct.ca www.bctq.ca
ALLIANCE QUÉBEC ANIMATION BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA (AQA) TÉLÉVISION DE MONTRÉAL www.alliancequebecanimation.com www.montrealfilm.com
ALLIANCE QUÉBÉCOISE DES BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA TECHNICIENS DE L’IMAGE ET DU SON TÉLÉVISION DES LAURENTIDES (AQTIS) www.filmlaurentides.ca www.aqtis.qc.ca
BUREAU DU CINÉMA ET DE LA ASSOCIATION DES RÉALISATEURS TÉLÉVISION DE GATINEAU (BCTGO) ET RÉALISATRICES DU QUÉBEC www.gatineauvilledaffaires.ca (ARRQ) www.arrq.qc.ca BUREAU DE DÉVELOPPEMENT TOURISTIQUE ET DES GRANDS ASSOCIATION QUÉBÉCOISE DE LA ÉVÉNEMENTS DE LA VILLE PRODUCTION MÉDIATIQUE (AQPM) DE QUÉBEC www.aqpm.ca www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/gens_affaires/tournage/index.aspx
DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF CANADA BUREAU DU CINÉMA DE SAGUENAY (DGC) www.industrie.saguenay.ca/fr/cinema www.dgc.ca
SOCIÉTÉ DES AUTEURS DE RADIO, TÉLÉVISION ET CINÉMA (SARTEC) www.sartec.qc.ca
SOCIÉTÉ PROFESSIONNELLE DES AUTEURS ET DES COMPOSITEURS DU QUÉBEC (SPACQ) www.spacq.qc.ca
UNION DES ARTISTES (UDA) www.uniondesartistes.com 18
GOVERNMENTAL AND PARA-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL www.artsmontreal.org
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS www.canadacouncil.ca
CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC (CALQ) www.calq.gouv.qc.ca
DÉLÉGATION GÉNÉRALE DU QUÉBEC À PARIS (DGQP) www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/international/france
LES OFFICES JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAUX DU QUÉBEC (LOJIQ) www.lojiq.org
MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DES COMMUNICATIONS (MCC) www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) www.nfb.ca
SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES (SODEC) www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca
TELEFILM CANADA www.telefilm.ca 19
QUÉBEC SHORT FILM LINKS
3.14 COLLECTIF TÉLÉ-QUÉBEC www.314collectif.com www.telequebec.tv
ARTV TRAVELLING DISTRIBUTION www.artv.ca www.travellingdistribution.com
BRAVO-FACT TV5 QUÉBEC CANADA (UNIS) www.bravofact.com www.tv5.ca
H264 DISTRIBUTION VIDÉOGRAPHE www.h264distribution.com www.videographe.qc.ca
KINO-QUÉBEC VUE SUR LA RELÈVE www.kino-quebec.qc.ca www.vuesurlareleve.com
LA DISTRIBUTRICE WAPIKONI MOBILE www.ladistributrice.ca www.wapikoni.tv
LA FABRIQUE CULTURELLE www.lafabriqueculturelle.tv
LES FILMS DU 3 MARS www.f3m.ca
PHI FILMS www.phi-montreal.com
PRENDS ÇA COURT ! www.courtmetrage.ca
RADIO-CANADA www.radio-canada.ca
REGARD SUR LE COURT MÉTRAGE AU SAGUENAY www.regardsurlecourt.com 20 SODEC_LAB_IMMERSION CANNES 2015
Five up-and-coming Québec producers are at SODEC_LAB_IMMERSION CANNES 2015! A new SODEC initiative in partnership with LOJIQ – Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec
Laurent ALLAIRE Chasseurs Films Inc. Chasseurs Films Inc. is a Canadian company that defends artistic works capable of reaching a wide public. We believe in our creators and are persuaded that the stories which arise from our collaborations with these artists, will have the capacity to travel. We believe firmly in the cinema and in its power to communicate various points of view.
Mila AUNG-THWIN EyeSteelFilm
EyeSteelFilm is best known for international feature documentaries such as Up the Yangtze and Last Train Home. We also make fiction and interactive projects, as well as distribute films in the Canadian market. We’ve won a diversity of awards such as Emmys, Golden Horse, Webby, and the United Nations Award. We are currently developing two feature-length fiction films with directors Halima Ouardiri and Yung Chang. 21
Patricia BERGERON Productions Leitmotiv
Leitmotiv produces documentaries, features and short fiction, and is exploring digital media. Their short film, Nina, will be presented in the Not Short on Talent showcase (Talent tout court).
Maxime BERNARD Films 53/12 Founded in 2002, Montreal-based Films 53/12 develops and produces feature films intended for the national and international markets. Its productions have been show- cased at the Toronto, Sundance and Berlin festivals. The company seeks talents who propose original and personal visions of the world
Hany OUICHOU Art & Essai Founded in 2012, Art & Essai produced a dozen short films that made their mark in numerous international festivals. In 2015, the company produced its two first feature films, Vincent Biron’sPrank , and Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau from Simon Lavoie and Mathieu Denis. CO-PRODUCING IN QUÉBEC
WHY CO-PRODUCE IN QUÉBEC? Québec is known internationally for its highly skilled, talented, creative, capable and bilingual professionals. The province is also renown for its versatile film locations and state-of-the-art technical infrastructure. Yet what sets Québec apart as an attractive destination for the film industry is its vast international co-production experience, and the stable and reliable financial instruments available to co-production projects. In addition to possible contributions from private investors, distributors, and broadcasters, made-in-Québec productions have at their disposal numerous tax instruments and public funds that attract foreign producers.
SELECTIVE FUNDING
SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES DU QUÉBEC (SODEC) SODEC is a provincial government-owned corporation under the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec. Founded in 1995, SODEC is a driving force in cultural development through its steadfast pursuit of its mandate: to promote and support the establishment and development of cultural companies in all regions of Québec. SODEC also ensures the collective presence of these companies at international trade shows, festivals, and markets. Between 2004 and 2014, SODEC invested approximately $40 million in co-productions through selective funding.
-- Selective assistance in development, -- Production assistance may reach up production, promotion, broadcasting, to 49% of Québec’s financing plan; and outreach provided in the form investment caps may apply according of project investments, grants, or to production format. reimbursable subsidies. -- Projects submitted must meet -- Selective assistance programs: assistance program criteria. recoverable investments for docu- mentaries (standalones, miniseries or -- International co-productions must be series); short, medium-length, and recognized as official co-productions, feature films, including animation. as per agreements signed with Canada; official co-production status is granted by Telefilm Canada.
* All sums cited in this document are in Canadian dollars. Assessment Parameters for TELEFILM CANADA Québec-Minority Co-Productions
-- Projects must be submitted by the -- Supports film production through Québec-based co-producer within development, production, marketing, submission deadlines. and distribution assistance programs, in the form of recoverable project -- A minimum of 40% of funding must investments, grants, or reimbursable demonstrably come from foreign subsidies. partners. -- Administers International Co-pro- -- SODEC assesses : duction Treaties and Canada-France Mini-Treaties (financial assistance for ›› business partnerships with foreign the production of co-production film co-producers, for the purpose of a future Québec-majority project projects). ›› the film making proposal -- Manages the Canada Media Fund (for television projects and digital content). ›› marketing plans at national and international levels
-- The financial assistance assessment is based on Québec’s portion of the www.telefilm.ca project and may not exceed 49% of the Québec estimate. TAX INCENTIVES QUÉBEC TAX MEASURES
Over the span of ten years (between -- A bonus for eligible labour expenses may be approved as a function of 2004 and 2014), nearly $136 project specifics: million from Québec tax measures were allocated to Québec-based ›› with no public funding: 8% co-productions. Québec’s producers ›› for regional companies: between 8% and 16% contributed an amount equal to ›› for special effects, computer $863 million of a total of $2.23 animation: 8% billion in co-production budgets. -- A minimum of 75% of material and labour expenses must be paid to Refundable Tax Credits for Film or companies based in Québec and/or Television Productions individuals residing in Québec. -- Québec-based producers must -- Effective base rate between 14% retain production rights and obtain and 20% of Québec’s financing plan, co-production status from Telefilm according to eligible film category. Canada. Refundable Tax Credits for Film or Television Production Services
-- Refundable tax credit based on -- Minimum budget criteria: directly attributable production costs, including eligible labour and ›› standalone production: total budget must exceed $1 million material expenses in the context of an eligible production, incurred and ›› series: budget per episode of at least paid for in the province of Québec. a 30 minute duration must exceed $100,000 -- Production may be partially carried ›› series: budget per episode over a out in Québec. 30 minute duration must exceed $200,000 -- No distribution or broadcasting commitments. -- Rates: -- Eligible production categories ›› 20% of expenses incurred and paid (standalone or series): for within Québec ›› fictional films, including films ›› 16% bonus for special effect and consisting entirely of sketches taken computer animation labour costs, and in full from a script and designed and for the cost of chroma-key filming adapted specifically for television. activities carried out in Québec.
›› documentaries of a 30 minute or more duration; in the context of a series, 30 minutes per episode with the exception of those intended for children under 13 years of age
FEDERAL TAX MEASURES
Refundable Tax Credits for Cana- Refundable Tax Credits for dian Film or Video Productions Canadian Film or Video Production Services -- Effective rates of up to 15% on eligible labour costs. -- Tax incentives represent 16% of eligible labour expenses incurred -- Québec-based producers must and paid to Canadian residents retain production rights and obtain (permanent residents or citizens) for official co-production status from the services provided in Canada. Government of Canada’s Canadian Heritage. FINANCIAL BANK
The Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) Financial Bank works with businesses in the culture and communications sectors. SODEC authorizes funding (along with other financial partners) to meet Québec companies’ financial needs, and seeks to foster long-term business ties between cultural companies and financial establishments. More specifically, the Financial Bank’s work with Québec’s companies is to:
-- support the development of their activities as a whole
-- enable them to fully realize their growth potential
-- ensure their sustainability
-- reinforce and maintain Québec ownership by supporting business transfers (among other operations)
Our Financial Bank has a comprehensive understanding of cultural companies, expertise which enables it to adjust its funding as a function of each cultural company’s reality. SODEC uses a wide range of financial instruments:
-- bridge financing
-- contract discounts
-- term loans
-- renewable credit
-- loan guarantees
-- and - exceptionally - project investments and share capital
CONTACTS
Catherine Loumède Sophie Labesse Director General of Film and Director General of Financing and Tax Assistance Television Production [email protected] [email protected]
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SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉLÉGATION GÉNÉRALE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU QUÉBEC À PARIS DES ENTREPRISES 66, rue Pergolèse 75116 Paris CULTURELLES (SODEC) France Espace Québec - Pavilion 127 www.quebec.fr Village International-Riviera Esplanade Georges Pompidou Cannes Tel. : +33 (0)4 92 59 02 24
Montreal Office 215 Saint-Jacques St., suite 800 Montreal (Québec) H2Y 1M6 www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca LES OFFICES JEUNESSE Monique SIMARD INTERNATIONAUX DU President and CEO [email protected] QUÉBEC (LOJIQ) www.lojiq.org Élaine DUMONT Director, international affairs [email protected] José DUBEAU Project manager, international affairs [email protected] Véronique LE SAYEC Project manager, exportation [email protected] www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca