CMF, Creative BC renew joint Video Games Business Development Program, applications now open | Canada Media Fund

Aug 26, 2025

Toronto and Vancouver, August 26, 2025 — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Creative BC (CrBC) today announced the renewal of their joint Video Games Business Development Program. With a $1M budget, the program supports the growth of eligible British Columbia-owned and -controlled video game companies. 

View the full Program Guidelines 

Like last year, applicants may request up to $200,000 to develop creative intellectual properties, encouraging growth for mid-level and experienced studios beyond the constraints of project-by-project funding.  

Applicants must have a significant track record of video game production in the province, and proposals must be business-focused with plans for ongoing content production and capacity building. 

Funding will be allocated through a competitive review involving CMF and Creative BC staff as well as an advisory panel comprised of external industry professionals who represent a variety of backgrounds and relevant areas of expertise. 

Apply for funding 

Applications for funding through the CMF-CrBC Video Games Business Development Program are open until Wednesday, October 1, 2025. 

About the Canada Media Fund     
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances, and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voice, and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors. Visit our website for more information     

About Creative BC  
Creative BC is an independent society created and supported by the Province to sustain and help grow British Columbia’s creative industries: motion picture, interactive and digital media, music and sound recording, and magazine and book publishing. The organization delivers a wide range of programs and services with a mandate to expand B.C.’s creative economy. These activities include: administration of the provincial government’s motion picture tax credit programs; delivery of program funding and export marketing support for the sector; and provincial film commission services. Combined, these activities serve to attract inward investment and market B.C. as a partner and destination of choice for domestic and international content creation. The agency acts as an industry catalyst and ambassador to help B.C.’s creative sector reach its economic, social, environmental, and creative potential both at home and globally. Website: www.creativebc.com  

Media contacts  

Maxime Ruel   
Senior Manager, Communications, CMF   
[email protected] 

Lisa Escudero  
Manager, Brand and Communications, Creative BC  
[email protected]  
+1 604-730-2235