Evaluation process
- A confirmation of receipt will be sent to each applicant within fifteen (15) days of the reception of the application at Quebecor Fund offices;
- The applicants will be informed, as quickly as possible, of any missing documents or information so as to allow them to complete their file before the deadline. Quebecor Fund will not send more than one notice to that effect;
- Any completed application will be evaluated within eight (8) weeks of the official filing date;
- The applications will be evaluated based, among other things, on the guidelines found in the present document, the creative, technical and financial aspects of the proposed project, as well as on its marketing plan;
- The Board of Directors has complete discretion regarding the interpretation of the present document as well as with respect to the evaluation and analysis of any and all applications;
- The applicants will be notified as quickly as possible of the Board of Directors' decision. Moreover, Quebecor Fund has no obligation whatsoever to justify or motivate its decision to refuse an application. Quebecor Fund will not comment publicly on the reasons motivating its refusal of an application, unless it is legally obligated to do so;
- The applicant whose project is approved by the Board must, within ninety (90) days of taking cognisance of said decision, definitively complete the financing of the project. Should said definitive financing not be completed within this time period, Quebecor Fund's contribution may be cancelled, the whole at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors.
Reporting and follow-up
An applicant whose project has been accepted for funding must then sign an agreement with Quebecor Fund. No obligation can be imposed upon Quebecor Fund until after the signing of said agreement. The agreement will set out the conditions for Quebecor Fund's financial contribution, and Quebecor Fund's obligations will be limited to those expressly provided for in that agreement.
A copy of the completed production must be forwarded to Quebecor Fund, at the producer's expense, at the latest one (1) month after the date of the end of production and at least one (1) working day before the date of its first broadcast.
Follow-up reports must thereafter be sent by the producer every six (6) months, for the first three (3) years after the delivery of the production. Moreover, an audited statement of production costs must be sent to Quebecor Fund at the end of the production's first complete financial year.
Notes
Quebecor Fund reserves the right to modify the present document and to formulate new orientations and policies as well as to add or remove new programs according to circumstances. However when a written agreement is already concluded between Quebecor Fund and a producer nothing would modify said agreement without the producer consent. Any applicant to Quebecor Fund hereby exonerates Quebecor Fund, its managers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from any responsibility in the eventuality of loss, theft or destruction of documents furnished with an application. Quebecor Fund may keep or destroy any application and its accompanying documents at its sole discretion. Any applicant also hereby authorises Quebecor Fund to discuss a particular application with third parties, for any purpose Quebecor Fund may deem necessary, and to obtain and communicate any information deemed useful in considering the application. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any applicant authorises Quebecor Fund to receive and communicate to public authorities the complete financial statements of each production.
