Nunavut Spend Incentive Program

Overview of the Nunavut Spend Incentive Program program:

The Nunavut Spend Incentive Program is an initiative that awards production companies a rebate on the total eligible costs for production goods and services purchased and consumed in Nunavut. Only those eligible productions that spend more than $25,000 on goods and services consumed in Nunavut are eligible to apply for a rebate. This program has been founded to support the development of a strong film, television and digital media industry while cultivating local production expertise and nurturing local talent.

Benefits of the Nunavut Spend Incentive Program program:

• The following types of productions are eligible for rebate:
• Feature length films, including animation, documentary or docudrama, intended for
• Release in commercial cinemas, DVD sales and rentals and download;
• Television programming intended for commercial broadcast, DVD sales and rentals and download
• Including dramas, sitcoms, factual, variety, reality, lifestyle and animation for youth; and
• Digital media projects, including those convergent to a television program intended for cross
• Platform digital media exploitation and/or download.

Eligibility criteria of the Nunavut Spend Incentive Program program:

• To be eligible to apply for a Nunavut Spend Incentive rebate, the applicant must:
• Be a production company incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Territory of Nunavut or
• Canada whose primary activity is developing and producing film, television, and/or digital
• Media content;
• Be able to demonstrate that they own 100% of the copyright in the eligible production, or the first option
• To adapt the underlying property and acquire copyright ownership
• Be in good standing with the relevant Corporate Registry
• With respect to Stream II applications for eligible productions with budgets exceeding $500,000 only: be able to provide written evidence that the applicant, or its affiliate, has
• Entered into an agreement with a licensed Canadian broadcaster or bona fide distributor.
• The Individual Producers
• Each Producer named in the application must meet the following minimum criteria:
• Be an individual whose primary business activity to date has been developing, producing, marketing and exploiting film, television and/or digital media project(s); and
• Be an individual who:
• Is a central decision-maker at all levels in respect of the eligible production,
• Is directly responsible for the creative direction, financial control,
• Completion, delivery and exploitation of the eligible production;
• Is contractually entitled to reasonable, verifiable and commensurate monetary
• Participation in budgeted Producer fees and net profits,
• Is contractually entitled to receive on-screen credit as a Producer, Executive
• Producer, or Co-Producer and, ultimately, identified in the production as being a
• Producer, Executive Producer
• Co-producers
• At least one of the Individual Producers named in the application must be a resident of Nunavut.
• An Individual Producer can be an Executive Producer, Producer, or a Co-Producer.
• Is in good standing with Nunavut Film.