CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Ontario Music Investment Fund (OMIF)Global Market Development for Music Managers

Deadline:

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

iff is Ontario Creates’ feature film co-financing and co-production event during the Toronto International Film Festival for independent producers and industry executives developing and financing English language projects for the world market. Now in its 20th year, iff has introduced hundreds of projects to the international marketplace with over 125 successfully financed to date.

At iff 2024, Ontario Creates scheduled over 370 one-on-one meetings and organized exclusive networking opportunities between s elected Canadian and international producers and international sales agents, US distributors, equity financiers, agents and executive producers.

Deadline for Canadian and International producers: June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET

The Ontario Creates Magazine Fund supports the business development of independent Ontario-based magazine publishers. Funds are provided to assist in the growth of these businesses through the creation and implementation of new strategic initiatives that enable publishers to achieve business development and/or marketing objectives. Eligible projects should have clear, objective and measurable results.

Deadline:

Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

Deadline:

Monday, June 2, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Ontario Music Investment Fund (OMIF) - Music Industry Initiatives (MII)

The OMIF MII stream provides support to Ontario’s established music trade associations and music service organizations to offer initiatives, events and activities that strengthen, support and stimulate the economic and cultural growth of Ontario’s music industry.

Deadline:

The OMIF Music Creation stream supports the development of competitive, sustainable music companies in Ontario that take risks discovering and developing talent – particularly emerging artists – and bringing it to market.

Music Creation provides funding to eligible domestic record labels*, multinational record labels and domestic music publishers to support business activities that are focused on: expanding artist rosters; investing in professional recording and production; facilitating job creation; undertaking export market development; enhancing business capacity; and increasing and strengthening diversity within Ontario's music industry.

*Eligibility as a domestic record label may extend to high potential self-releasing BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) and Francophone artist-entrepreneurs.

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Deadline 2: Thursday September 11, 2025 - 5:00 PM ET

(for activities taking place between August 1, 2025 and January 15, 2027)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: IP FUND

The IP Fund combines the Film Fund and Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund into a single, integrated program that supports screen-based content creation by Ontario companies.
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Deadlines:

Linear Content Stream

September 25, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET

Interactive Content Stream

September 15, 2025 – 5:00 PM ET