C-18.1, r. 5 - Regulation respecting the recognition of films as Québec films

Section 8 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

8. The allotment of points is governed by the following conditions:

(1)  a point is allotted for a position specified in section 7 only if such position is filled in its entirety by a person who has been domiciled in Québec for 2 years preceding the date on which filming begins;

(2)  notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the position of scriptwriter is filled by several persons who have not been domiciled in Québec for 2 years preceding the date on which filming begins, the 2 points allotted for that position are granted if one of the scriptwriters is at the same time:

(a)  a person who has been domiciled in Québec for 2 years preceding the date on which filming begins;

(b)  the author of the script of the film, provided that it is an original work or a cinematographic adaptation of a protected work;

(c)  the person who determines the final version of the script; and

(d)  the person who, as scriptwriter, receives the highest fee;

(3)  where there is no actor, the person who fills the position of dancer, singer, variety artist, host, announcer, moderator or off screen interviewer or who speaks the part of a character in an animated film, according to the characteristics of the film, is substituted;

(4)  a person who is the focus of a documentary film is not considered to be an actor;

(5)  the point for the position of composer is allotted only if the music created for the film is an original work;

(6)  in the case of an animated film, the position of animation cameraman is substituted for that of chief cameraman and the position of head cartoonist for that of staging director; and

(7)  where there is no staging director, the artistic director is substituted and where both are absent, the head set designer is substituted.

O.C. 2518-83, s. 8; O.C. 1920-88, s. 6; O.C. 881-92, s. 6.