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2024-25 Grant Program Dates Now Available!

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2024-25 Creative Saskatchewan Programs

Below is an overview of the 2024-25 Creative Saskatchewan Grant programs; who they are for, when they are accepting applications, and those all-important deadlines.

Remember, All deadlines close at 4:00 PM Saskatchewan time. If a deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend, applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM the following business day.

Marketing Grant

Previously called the “Market & Export Development Grant”, this grant provides support for marketing and publicity to improve visibility and generate sales. We offer two streams of funding depending of the scale of the project; Micro and Major.

Micro Stream

Up to a maximum of $5,000 per applicant per fiscal year (or 50% of the budget whichever is the lesser).

Clients are limited to one micro grant per fiscal year. This amount counts towards an annual marketing cap of $25,000 per fiscal year.

Micro Stream Opening Dates for all sectors: May 7, 2024

Micro Stream Deadlines to apply:

  • Deadline 1: June 26, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Deadline 2: September 11, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Deadline 3: November 20, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Deadline 4: January 29, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

Major Stream

  • Up to a maximum of $25,000 per applicant per fiscal year or 50% of the budget, whichever is the lesser.

Major Stream Opening Dates:

  • All sectors – May 7, 2024
  • Film & TV – September 12, 2024

Major Stream Deadlines to apply:

  • Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Film & TV – November 20, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

Showcase or Sell Travel Grant

Previously called the “Market Travel Grant”, this grant provides support to individuals and businesses to attend markets, industry showcases, and pitch events. In most cases, your project begins with an invitation to participate in a particular market.

  • Opening date: May 7, 2024
  • Deadlines: Continuous intake until funds are exhausted

Tour Support Grant

This grant supports commercially viable touring opportunities for eligible Saskatchewan musicians and theatre companies touring in Canada and abroad. There are two streams of funding: Music and Live Performing Arts.

Opening dates:

  • Live Performing Arts: May 21, 2024
  • Music: May 21, 2024

Deadlines to apply:

  • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
  • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

    Business Improvement Grant

    Previously called the “Business Capacity Grant”, this grant supports projects that focus on professional development, increasing workforce capacity, and improving business efficiencies through technology infrastructure updates which result in growth, market expansion and improved profitability.

    Opening Dates for all sectors: May 9, 2024

    • Deadlines to apply:
      • Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
      • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

    Please note that we are not accepting applications for this grant from the Film & TV sector at this time: Based on industry consultation with local producers and SMPIA, it was determined that these funds would provide more benefit to the industry if they were shifted to support Film & Television Development instead. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

    Research Grant

    This grant supports projects that focus on market research and market intelligence activities identifying commercial opportunities and/or emerging technologies.

    Opening Dates for all sectors: May 9, 2024

    • Deadlines to apply:
      • Book Publishing – July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Craft & Visual Arts – September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Live Performing Arts – November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Interactive Digital – January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time
      • Music Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
      • Music Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

    Please note that we are not accepting applications for this grant from the Film & TV sector at this time: Based on industry consultation with local producers and SMPIA, it was determined that these funds would provide more benefit to the industry if they were shifted to support Film & Television Development instead. As funding becomes available throughout our fiscal year we may reconsider offering an intake of this grant.

    Book Publishing Grant

    We offer two streams of funding depending on the nature of the project – Book Publishers’ Stream and Author-Funded Stream.

    Author-Funded Stream

    This grant supports self-publishers or publishers working with Saskatchewan authors to produce and market a book.

    Opening date: May 14, 2024
    Deadline: July 17, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    Book Publishers’ Stream

    This grant assists in the production and marketing of titles intended for commercial release.

    Opening date: May 14, 2024
    Deadline: Open until funding is exhausted

    Craft & Visual Arts Production Grant

    This grant supports craft persons and visual artists in the production of creative products intended for the commercial marketplace.

    Opening date: May 16, 2024
    Deadline: September 4, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    Live Performing Arts Production Grant

    This grant invests in Live Performing Arts projects that are ready to be staged for a paying audience to expand commercial potential.

    Opening date: May 23, 2024
    Deadline: November 27, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    Digital Game Development Grant

    This grant invests in Saskatchewan’s digital developers, helping them create digital games and gamified e-learning projects with commercial potential.

    Opening date: May 28, 2024
    Deadline: January 8, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

    Sound Recording Grant

    This grant supports the production of commercially-viable sound recordings for promotional use and/or commercial release.

    • Opening date: May 21, 2024
    • Deadline 1: September 18, 2024 at 4 PM SK time
    • Deadline 2: January 15, 2025 at 4 PM SK time

    Feature Film & TV Production Grant

    This grant provides financial support to eligible applicants for feature film and television productions that have secured a relevant market trigger or distribution agreement of fair market value. There are two streams within this grant: the Saskatchewan Stream and the Service Production Stream.

    Opening date: April 1, 2024
    Deadline: Continuous intake until funding is exhausted

    Film & TV Development Grant

    This grant assists qualified Saskatchewan production companies with undertaking the development of eligible projects and bringing productions to fruition.

    First Draft Stream

    Opening date: July 15, 2024
    Deadline: October 7, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    Final Draft Stream

    In order to better accommodate film industry timelines this year, Creative Saskatchewan is offering a second, earlier intake for Final drafts of development projects.

    This is only open for projects intending to go to production in the 2024-25 fiscal year (between now and March 31, 2025). The production schedule must be submitted in the application.

    *NEW* Intake 1: Final drafts of development projects only

    Opening date: May 15, 2024
    Deadline: June 5, 2024

    Intake 2: First & Final drafts, all applications

    Opening date: July 15, 2024
    Deadline: October 7, 2024

    Slate Stream

    Opening date: August 12, 2024
    Deadline: November 7, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    SaskTel Max Equity Fund

    This grant provides financial support to eligible projects that demonstrate significant economic, cultural and employment benefit to the Saskatchewan industry, and a high potential of recoupment and profit in the application.

    Opening date: June 3, 2024
    Deadline: July 12, 2024 at 4 PM SK time

    A Note on Taxes

    Creative Saskatchewan is no longer providing T4A forms.

    To streamline the income verification process, improve security, and ensure compliance with tax regulations, grant recipients are to utilize their Letter of Commitment (LOC) as a means of income verification for the tax year going forward.

    Industry Sponsorship Opportunities

    Supporting creative entrepreneurship capacity

    We sponsor projects that align with our mandate in any of the six creative sectors that Creative Saskatchewan’s grants support:

    Creative Saskatchewan - Six Creative Sectors

    Sponsorships are available year-round until the fund is exhausted.

    The Creative Saskatchewan Production Directory is here!

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    As the official film commission for the province, Creative Saskatchewan serves to help facilitate and attract business connections in Saskatchewan’s film and television production industry.

    We’re proud to roll out our new, digital Production Directory, connecting the world with Saskatchewan-based crew, cast, and production partners.

    View the Directory

    Take a virtual tour here:

    Interested in being added to the Directory?

    Fill out our intake form here.

    The Directory contains automation features to ensure that the information listed is up to date. Account holders of Company Listings are empowered to update their information at any time by logging in here, and will receive an annual notification email requiring the user to confirm information is accurate. Listings that do not respond to the notification may be suspended until Creative Saskatchewan can confirm that the information is accurate.

    Please note that only Saskatchewan-based companies/freelancers with a minimum of two professional credits will be considered for inclusion into the Directory.

    For additional resources, don’t forget to check out industry associations, co-operatives, unions, and post-secondary institutions here.

    SaskTel Max Equity Grant Helps Staying Wild Secure Interest From Broadcaster Major Distributor

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    Jackie Kripki is a successful grant recipient of our SaskTel Max Equity Grant for their TV show, Staying Wild.

    Staying WildJackie Kripski’s six-episode series, Staying Wild, documents the ups and downs of the busiest wildlife rescue centre in Saskatchewan, the Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. When Kripski received the green light from CityTV that the show would go ahead, she was excited but quickly realized that filming was going to happen simultaneously with applying for a grant from Creative Saskatchewan.

    Kripki was quick to point out how supportive the Creative Saskatchewan team was during the application process. “The team was very helpful in answering our questions, which only helped to strengthen our application,” she says.

    Staying Wild directly employs approximately 20 Saskatchewan residents. This includes highly skilled people such as camera operators, location audio, camera assistant, director, audio post-production, assistant editor, editors, color and finishing, legal and accounting, story consultant, story editors, producers, and an executive producer. The show also promotes Saskatchewan to international markets where viewers learn about local wildlife and natural surroundings.

    Staying Wild 2Receiving the SaskTel Max Equity Grant allowed Kripki to produce the show at a level that secured interest from a broadcaster and a major distributor. With a goal of getting Staying Wild seen in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, this interest provides the opportunity to sell it into those markets outside of Canada. “Without Creative Saskatchewan producing Staying Wild would not be possible,” Kripki notes.

    When asked why she chooses to live and work here, Kripki states, “I love being here in Saskatchewan, the people are great and there are amazing stories still to be told. It’s an exciting time to be here because the real opportunity is taking a local story and turning it into something that people from other parts of the world will find interesting. And with the help of Creative Saskatchewan, I feel that goal is within reach.”

    Live Performing Arts Production Grant Helps A Rez Christmas Carol Shine

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    Ed Mendez was successful in applying for a Live Performing Arts Production Grant for their live theatre production, A Rez Christmas Carol.

    Ed Mendez, General Manager of Burnt Thicket Theatre, was successful in applying for a Live Performing Arts Production Grant for the theatre production of A Rez Christmas Carol. The production, which loosely adapts Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with a local twist, played multiple shows in Saskatoon, North Battleford, and La Ronge. A comedic look at life on the Rez during the Christmas season, A Rez Christmas Carol brought Indigenous-based family entertainment to Indigenous families in those areas.

    A Rez Christmas CarolAfter the passing of Jacob Mistahay, Purdy Parsimonias – a young Metis woman – takes over the position of Finance Manager for the Kiwetinohk Cree Nation. Parsimonias, a scrooge-like band manager, intends to eliminate financial bonuses for band members and cut major costs. This act catches the attention of the Spirits of the Four Directions. The Spirits take Purdy on a journey through the lives of the people she has affected. The consequences of Ms. Purdy’s choices and actions are revealed to her as the events of the story unfold creating a humorous and moving look at life on the Rez at Christmas time.

    A Rez Christmas Carol’s writer, Curtis Peeteetuce, is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist from the Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation. Since 2001, he has worked with many talented people in theatre, radio, drama, music, and film. He is a storyteller, actor, writer, director, dancer, musician, and playwright for the popular Rez Christmas Story series and his published plays include Nicimos, Kihew, and Popcorn Elder, which was nominated for two Saskatchewan Arts Awards.

    Was the production a success? Markedly so. “The biggest win for this project was a 43% increase in attendance over last year’s Christmas production,” says Mendez. “Additionally, we were able to tour to the Dekker Centre for the first time in many, many years, which will be a huge boon to increasing our audience for future productions.”

    Silverthorne Uses Feature Film and Television Production Grant to Share Perspective on Stuttering

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    Judith Silverthorne is a successful grant recipient of our Feature Film and Television Production Grant for her documentary, Echoed Words.

    For Judith Silverthorne, receiving the Feature Film and Television Production Grant made all the difference while filming her documentary Echoed Words. “I was able to secure broadcasters and to film without being on a shoestring budget that limits potential fluidity, particularly in documentary production where sometimes opportunities to shoot additional material arise to give you those amazing results that garner award nominations and wins. I was able to expand my business capacity as well.”

    Echoed Words
    Jayan Juneja visits Holly Lomheim at ISTAR Clinic

    Silverthorne’s half-hour documentary, Echoed Words, aims to give a first-person perspective on the impact of being a person who stutters and how those who stutter find ways to manage and ease their lives. At the end of three days of treatment, audiences see improvements made and how it feels for someone with a stutter to be able to improve with everyday life and speech fluency.

    “[Saskatchewan has] so much going for us, from the funding support of the provincial government through Creative Saskatchewan and also the support of SMPIA and their training programs, plus the already talented people living and working here, our varied landscapes, and opportunities yet to be tapped into with the soundstage and attracting more productions to be filmed here all the time.”

    Not only was the Feature Film and Television Production Grant beneficial for Judith, but it also created a wonderful ripple effect for Saskatchewan’s economy. “I was able to hire primarily Saskatchewan people and work in Saskatchewan which provided economic spinoffs in the service industries and for organizations and businesses that supplied our materials and other needs such as accommodations, meals, and transportation. My projects also attracted other broadcasters to consider working with people from Saskatchewan.”

    Silverthorne is grateful for Creative Saskatchewan for their support and encourages other entrepreneurs to take advantage of the programs available. “Consult with the Creative Sask program staff to see if your project is a good fit, learn all you can about the process, and ask questions when you are not clear about what is required. Being able to ask the advice of the Creative Sask staff in understanding the process, clarifying meanings and requirements, and appreciating the objectives of the film commission. The film commission is professional, efficient, and helpful, open to suggestions and improvements and great assistance is available.”

    Judith stresses that grants from Creative Saskatchewan provide so many opportunities for growing your business. “Profit is what artists want. I consider myself an entrepreneur and am willing to try new and different things, try different perspectives, and although I often do things for sheer creative expression, I do want to make a profit so I can continue my artistic endeavours.”

    Live Performing Arts Production Grant Helps Curtain Razors Bring ‘Untitled Peter Tripp Project’ to Vancouver

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    Curtain Razors was successful in applying for Live Performing Arts Production Grant for their production of Untitled Peter Tripp Project, presented by Pi Theatre, in Vancouver from April 30 – May 6, 2023.

    Untitled Peter Tripp ProjectUntitled Peter Tripp Project is the collective work of contemporary dancer Johanna Bundon, performance creator Jayden Pfeifer, and contemporary artist Lee Henderson. After performing to ten sold-out crowds in Regina in 2021, Curtain Razors was invited to take their project to Vancouver’s Pi Theatre.

    Peter Tripp, a once-celebrated radio DJ, performed a publicity stunt in 1959 wherein he broadcast continuously, for 201 hours, from a glass booth in Times Square. This act was his undoing — he suffered psychological complications from prolonged sleep deprivation, and his increased fame made him a target for investigators who would accuse him of commercial bribery in the “payola” scandal of 1960.

    Untitled Peter Tripp Project is an immersive theatre experience created by Bundon, Pfeifer, and Henderson, and performed by this trio and artist Tess Degenstein. The work highlights the natural interdisciplinarity of performance, engaging space, breath, gesture, voice, light, and sound with equal importance. The performers enter the arena of Tripp’s myth to research their personal relationships to themes of exhaustion, public failure, and loneliness.

    Untitled Peter Tripp Project 2Here in Saskatchewan, Curtain Razors boasts a healthy and engaged audience. While they’re trusted and well-established locally, their focus now is moving to grow that influence and marketability in a larger centre. The Live Performing Arts Production Grant allowed them to do just that. “Our Vancouver tour was an incredible opportunity to connect with peers and makers from this region, and to share our current work and the larger narrative of Curtain Razors as a company,” says Pfeifer.

    Curtain Razors was able to introduce themselves and their creation processes to several key individuals in Vancouver, including several Artistic Directors and western Canadian performing agents, who all had very positive feedback. The group also met with Managing Producers from PuSh Festival and the Anvil Centre; venues which would be great partners for Untitled Peter Tripp Project in the future. Pfeifer points out that “These encounters are foundational towards future touring of our work.”

    Pfeifer suggests that funding touring opportunities outside of Saskatchewan is so valuable, “because it allows artists to have their work seen, and responded to by peers in other centres. And, to bring that knowledge home to help seed and germinate creation here.”

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