National Film Board
The NFB/DGC Agreement applies to all directors and 1st assistant directors working on productions that are either 100% NFB financed, or co-productions financed by at least 40% NFB funds, excluding French-language content from the Quebec studio.
Highlights: Documentary Productions
- Documentary directors guaranteed a minimum fee equal to 10% of the production budget, or $3,500, whichever is greater
- Payments divided into a minimum of 14 instalments and, during the production phase, additional payment installments will be paid upon completion of shooting blocks.
Highlights: Animation Productions
- A single contract for animated production rather than splitting a director’s contract between “directing work” and “animating work”, agreed to under a letter of agreement
- Animation directors also performing animation on a production are guaranteed a minimum fee equal to 30% of the production budget less fees paid to other animators, 12.5% of budget for directors performing no animation work (15% for budgets of 100K or less)
- Payments will be divided into a minimum of 10 instalments. During the production phase, monthly payments will be paid based on the animation progress.
Benefits
- On top of the director negotiated fee, the NFB contributes
- 6% for retirement benefits; and
- 5% for insurance benefits
For immediate assistance on the 2022-2025 DGC/NFB Agreement please contact Nathalie-Anne Brassard at nabrassard@dgc.ca
All the change to the new collective agreement can be found here.
NFB/DGC Agreements 2022-2025
NFB/DGC Contracts 2022-2025
- Investigate Contract
- Development Contract
- Animation Production Contract
- Documentary/Drama Production Contract
- 1st Assistant Director Contract
- Co-Production Development Contract
- Co-Production Documentary/Drama Production Contract
- Co-Production Animation Production Contract
- Co-Production 1st Assistant Director Contract
Previous Agreement
For productions greenlit prior to January 31, 2022, this Agreement applies, with these Rates and these contracts:
Questions?
Should you have any questions regarding the DGC/NFB Agreement:
- E-mail us at action@dgc.ca or Nathalie-Anne Brassard nabrassard@dgc.ca
- Phone 1.888.972.0098
- Toll-free 1.855.904.1880