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

Previous Agreement

For productions greenlit prior to January 31, 2022, this Agreement applies, with these Rates and these contracts:

Production Agreement - Director

Investigate and  Development Agreement - Director