2025
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The IMAA Fee Schedule establishes minimum remuneration rates for artist and professional work in the Media Arts sector. It is a widely recognized national fee structure for the presentation of independent time-based media. It ensures artists are paid for their work.

Introduction to the 2025 IMAA fee schedule

The 2025 Fee Schedule aims to bring the recommended fees into line with the rising cost of living and inflation, as well as to ensure adequate remuneration for artists and support better funding for the Media Arts. Presenters should always follow the spirit of the Guiding Principles in implementing a strategy that is appropriate to their own organization’s situation. We continue to encourage organizations to use the Fee Schedule when budgeting for future programming and to refer to it in grant applications.

What does the IMAA Fee Schedule apply to?

If a film, video, or audio work is being presented in-person or online, the artist should be paid a fee according to the duration of the work, the number of screenings, and the operating budget of the presenter. For fees for screenings and audio presentations, please see Section 1.1 for in-person presentations and Section 1.2 for online presentations.

If a media artwork is being presented in an exhibition or installation context, the artist should be paid according to the scope of the show and the operating budget of the presenter. For fees for media arts exhibitions, please see Section 2.1 for in-person exhibitions and Section 2.2 for online exhibitions.

If an artist is installing work, doing a speaking engagement like an artist talk or participating on a panel, and participating on a jury, the artist should be paid for this work. For Professional fees, see Section 3.1 for installation fees, Section 3.2 for speaking engagements, and Section 3.3 for jury participation and writing fees.

If a media artwork is being purchased for use in an educational context, the artist should be paid a fee. For these fees, please see Section 4.1 for sale of physical copies and Section 4.2 for limited streaming licenses

For print reproduction of film/video stills for use in magazines and monographs offered for sale, please refer to sections 2 and 3 of the CARFAC-RAAV Minimum Recommended Fee Schedule.

Guiding principles

These principles outline the values of the IMAA community and clarify the intent behind the Fee Schedule. 

Principles

Definitions and types of fees

The information below defines and clarifies key terms used in the IMAA Fee Schedule.

Annual Operating Budget Categories

Types of Fees

Presentation Modes 

1. SCREENINGS AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS

1.1 In-Person Screenings and Audio Presentations

Screenings of single-channel film or video, or presentations of pre-recorded audio works to an in-person audience. These events are typically held over one or two evenings. 

These fees apply to non-exhibition contexts only. For installations, longer presentation timeframes and exhibition contexts, please refer to Section 2 Media Arts Exhibitions.

These fees apply to audiovisual screenings and to presentations of pre-recorded audio works. IMAA does not currently make recommendations for performances or live presentations of media artworks. For performance-based practices, please refer to Section A.1.5 Performance Presentation Royalties of the CARFAC-RAAV Minimum Recommended Fee Schedule.

1.1.1 Single screening/presentation

1.1.2 Multiple screenings/presentations

1.1.3 Package screening/presentation fees (programs of 6 or more works under 30 minutes) 

1.1.4 Add-on fees for in-person screenings/presentations also presented online

1.2 Online Screenings and Presentations

1.2.1 Livestreamed screenings/presentations (synchronous presentation mode)

1.2.2 On-demand screenings/presentations (asynchronous presentation mode)

2. MEDIA ARTS EXHIBITIONS

2.1 In-person media arts exhibitions

In-person media arts exhibitions are presentations of media art works in physical exhibition contexts. Exhibitions typically last three weeks or longer and present works in an ongoing way. Examples include looping audiovisual pieces and continuous digital/electronic works. 

Media arts projects are small-scale versions of media arts exhibitions. Projects are narrower in scope than exhibitions and may be presented in smaller spaces or for shorter periods. For example, an installation exhibited in the lobby of a theatre for the duration of a festival.  

2.1 In-person media arts exhibition fees

2.1.1 Add-on fees for in-person media arts exhibitions and projects also presented online

2.2 Online media arts exhibitions and projects

Online media arts exhibitions are equivalent in scope to in-person media arts exhibitions. The main difference is that works are presented online or in other digital formats through websites, digital platforms and interactive environments, apps, remote AR/VR experiences, etc. In this way, viewers can experience the works remotely and with their own devices. 

Online media arts exhibitions are different from online screenings/presentations in the following ways:

  • They are typically presented over a longer timeframe (more than two weeks)
  • An in-person or online screening experience would not render the desired overall experience of the exhibition 
  • Significant curatorial thought has been put in the design of the exhibition for the online environment (web design, interactive features, spatiotemporal relationships between works, etc.)

Online media arts projects are small-scale versions of online media arts exhibitions. Online projects are narrower in scope than online exhibitions and may be presented for shorter periods of time. For example, a web-based generative artwork made available throughout the duration of a festival via the presenter’s website.

2.2 Online Media arts exhibitions and projects fees

2.2.1 Add-on fees for online media arts exhibitions and projects:

3. PROFESSIONAL FEES

3.1 Installation fees paid to artists/technicians

3.2 Artist talks, participation on panels/roundtables, and speaking engagements at screenings/presentations

3.2 Artist talks, participation on panels/roundtables, and speaking engagements at screenings/presentations

3.3 Other professional fees paid to artists

4. EDUCATIONAL USE OF MEDIA ART WORKS

The following rates apply to educational institutions purchasing physical copies or long-term licenses of media art works in a specific institutional context.

4.1 Sale of Physical Copy

4.2 Limited streaming license

5. PRINT REPRODUCTION OF FILM/VIDEO STILLS

For print reproduction of film/video stills for use in magazines and monographs offered for sale, please refer to sections 2 and 3 of the CARFAC-RAAV Minimum Recommended Fee Schedule.