Funding Programs
Supporting B.C. creators, entrepreneurs and companies with strategic investment.
Museum of Other Realities
Creative BC funding programs drive creation and export of domestic creative content. From development support to international trade fair presence, our programs and activities aim to: optimize funding opportunities for projects and companies; grow B.C.’s ecosystem of support in which creative entrepreneurs can thrive; and give B.C.’s creative industries access to the national supports and international markets that will increase our province’s success in the sector.
We provide distinct programs by for each industry as well as travel support, delegation funding, presence at international markets and more to increase awareness and act as a catalyst for the production of B.C.-based intellectual property.
All Funding Programs
View all 2025/26 Programs
April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026
All Industries (except music)
- Open: Mar 2025
- Close: Jan 15, 2026
- Open: Mar 5, 2025
- Close: Rolling
Book and Magazine Publishing
Magazine Publishers Market Fund
- Open: Jun 30, 2025
- Close: Rolling
- Open: Jun 30, 2025
- Close: Rolling
Interactive Digital Media
- Open: May 5, 2025
- Close: June 16, 2025
Video Games Business Development
- Open: Aug 30, 2024
- Close: Nov 4, 2024
Reel Focus BC
Motion Picture
- Open: Jan 29, 2025
- Close: Mar 5, 2025
- Open: Aug 7, 2024
- Close: Sept 30, 2024
- Open: Feb 6, 2025
- Close: Mar 20, 2025
- Open: May 29, 2025
- Close: Rolling
- Open: July 16, 2025
- Close: Aug 13, 2025
Amplify BC
Music + Sound Recording
- Open: Mar 24, 2025
- Close: Rolling until Mar 1, 2026
- Open: August 6, 2025
- Close: Rolling until Oct 31, 2025
- Open: Jul 30, 2025
- Close: Sept 10, 2025
- Open: Aug 20, 2025
- Close: Oct 1, 2025
- Open: Jan 28, 2026
- Close: Mar 25, 2026
- Open: Jan 28, 2026
- Close: Mar 25, 2026
- Open: TBC
- Close: TBC
All Funding Programs
April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026
All Creative Industries
Except Music + Sound Recording
| Program | Description | Open | Close |
| Domestic Industry Initiatives | Provides funding to a wide range of domestic events and initiatives that aim to engage British Columbia’s creative industries sector. For music related festivals, events, research projects or initiatives, please visit Amplify BC. | Mar 2025 | Rolling |
| Passport to Markets | Provides travel support to B.C.-based film, TV, digital media, media producers, and sales agents to access key international markets, conferences, co-production and co-financing events. | Mar 5, 2025 | Rolling |
Book + Magazine Publishing
| Program | Description | Open | Close |
| Magazine Publishers Market Fund | Supports B.C. magazine publishers to attend select magazine fairs, conferences and events as well as the development of marketing materials and/or campaigns. | Jun 30, 2025 | Rolling |
| Book Publishers Market Fund | Supports B.C. book publishers to attend select book fairs, conferences and events as well as the development of marketing materials and/or campaigns. | Jun 30, 2025 | Rolling |
Interactive Digital Media
| Program | Description | Open | Close |
| Interactive Fund | Supports the creation of high-quality, original interactive digital media projects that support diversity in artistic expression, and demonstrate clear connections between art and technology. | May 5, 2025 | June 16, 2025 |
| Video Games Business Development | A partnership between Creative BC and Canada Media Fund (CMF) designed to support the company success and growth of B.C.-based game studios. |
Aug 26, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Video Games Early Stage Growth | Supports new video game companies establishing their foothold in the market, providing them with a strategic boost to enhance their prospects for long-term success. | Sept 11, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 |
Domestic Motion Picture
Reel Focus BC
| Program | Description | Open | Close |
| Equity + Emerging Development | Provides direct and targeted support to projects in development from under-represented groups through different program streams to ensure intersectional support across all phases of a project, genres, and formats. | Oct 29, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Screen BC Short Film Award | This award supports an emerging filmmaker to develop their directing career by realizing a unique creative vision in a short film project. | Aug 25, 2025 | Sept 15, 2025 |
| Production Program | Provides financial support to B.C.-based independent creators in the production of commercially ready and market-viable longer-form motion picture projects. | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Project Development | Enables B.C.-owned and controlled production companies to build on development commitments secured from broadcasters, distributors, and funding agencies. | May 29, 2025 | Rolling |
| Slate Development | Supports a company's growth of mid-level and experienced B.C.-based production companies. | July 16, 2025 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Music + Sound Recording
Amplify BC
| Program: | Description: | Launch date: | Deadline: |
| Business Foundations | Invests in growing businesses owned by people from systemically excluded groups in B.C.’s music ecosystem, to expand and develop networks, capacity, and infrastructure. | Jan 28, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Demo Recording | Supports new and emerging artists from systemically excluded groups living in B.C. to create demo recordings and engage in mentorship with local music producers. | Jan 28, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Live Music | Supports B.C.-based live music events, creating engagement opportunities for audiences and artists. | Aug 20, 2025 | Program now closed |
| Record in BC | Attracts established out-of-province artists to record at B.C. studios and with B.C. producers. | Aug 6, 2025 | Program now closed |
| Career Development | Supports careers of emerging and established artists in B.C., funding sound recordings, music videos, and marketing initiatives. | Jul 30, 2025 | Program now closed |
| Music Industry Initiatives | Supports initiatives that grow and develop B.C.’s music ecosystem. | Mar 24, 2025 | Program now closed |
| Music Company | Supports the sustainability, growth, and capacity of B.C.’s music companies. | Mar 19, 2025 | Program now closed |
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