Deadline: October 18, 2024
Applications are open for the Rogers Indigenous Film Fund (RIFF) Program 2024/2025. The Rogers Indigenous Film Fund (RIFF) Program gives companies and creators financing assistance for early development work of a new project, or ‘next phase’ early development work of an existing project. Designed in close consultation with the Indigenous community and industry, eligible filmmakers and creatives can now apply.
Supported privately by Rogers Group of Funds and administered by Creative BC, the Rogers Indigenous Film Fund (RIFF) provides funding support to emerging, early, and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers and creatives to develop new works or to continue early development of a proposed work.
Grant
- Eligible applicants can apply for up to $20,000 to cover qualifying activities such as research and development, community engagement, as well as scriptwriting.
Eligibility
- Applicants are Emerging, Early-Career, Mid-Career filmmakers and creatives;
- Emerging: Applicant is still new to the creative sector and has at least 2 years’ experience (in any number of creative roles) and has at least 2 professional credits.
- Early-career: Applicant has at least 3 years’ experience (in any number of creative roles in the creative sector) and has at least 3 professional credits.
- Mid-career: Applicant has at least 4 years’ experience (in any number of creative roles in the creative sector) and has at least 4 professional credits
- Have completed studies in filmmaking OR can demonstrate that they have direct experience as a filmmaker or creative.
- Applicants are Indigenous. The term ‘Indigenous’ refers to individuals who are: First Nations, Metis, Inuit.
Application
For more information, visit RIFF.
