Upcoming Offerings
Summer 2019
Feature Film Award
Deadline: July 2, 2019
An annual national award valued at up to approximately $200,000 in-kind towards a first or second, scripted live-action fiction feature film project directed by a Canadian woman, anywhere in Canada.
APPLY HERE
Story & Leadership
Deadline: July 31, 2019
Led by seasoned professionals, this WIDC program will be delivered in four parts over the course of four months, including master classes and hands-on workshops with ACTRA actors and IATSE camera teams, the popular WFF Industry Immersion presented in collaboration with the Whistler Film Festival, and tailored follow up over the three months following the workshop. Focusing on fiction feature film, web and television series development, a jury of industry professionals will select eight mid-career women screen directors. Director Participants must be prepared to attend the entire program and plan to direct the project they submit for development to the program. All dates may be subject to change.
Director Application Deadline: July 31,2019
Actors Deadline: September 30, 2019
Program dates: November 22, 2019 to March 31, 2020
APPLY HERE
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Career Advancement Module (CAM)
Next Deadline: August 15, 2019
APPLY HERE!
The CAM offers a tailored leadership mentorship experience that leads to a strategic plan for your career trajectory. CAM recipients are awarded a complimentary pass to the host Film Festival, facilitated one to one and private group meetings with mentors and industry insiders, and 3 x 1-hour follow up coaching sessions after the Festival. Peer adjudicated. No tuition fee. <<more>>
NOTE: Applications are being accepted for sessions in St John's (October 15 to 20, 2019); Toronto (November 6 to 13, 2019), and Vancouver (March TBA, 2020).
Pictured above, CAM 2018-19 fiscal cohorts L-R Vanessa Shah, Meeshelle Neal, Joyce Wong, Sibel Guvenc; Nicole Steeves, Melanee Murray Hunt; Suza Singh, Michelle Brezinski, Jean Parsons, Monique Hurteau.
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Community Opportunities
Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS!
Deadline: June 28, 2019
TIFF 2019 is your chance to bring a feature-film project to life. All genres and styles of presentation are permitted. The most original and compelling story will be awarded a prize of $15,000. Six teams have six minutes their feature-film idea to a live audience of industry delegates and a jury of development and production experts.
Whistler Film Festival
Deadline: June 30 & August 15
Submissions are now open for the annual Whistler Film Festival (WFF). They are seeking fresh films for their 19th edition (December 4 to 8). Featuring up to 90 films (45 features and 45 shorts) from Canada and around the world, WFF19 will include up to seven juried competitive sections and 14 awards with over $146,500 in cash and prizes to be awarded. Canadian and International filmmakers are invited to submit films of all lengths and genres.
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Final Deadline: June 28, 2019
Attention Filmmakers: Toronto After Dark’s 2019 Call for Entries is Now On! Enter your film at Film Freeway or Withoutabox or by clicking on the buttons below, by the Final Deadline of June 28, 2019! For more info on our Call for Entries, visit our Film Submissions Page. We look forward to considering your film!
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September 28–29 | Vancouver, BC
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Two days of high-level talks & workshops with leading VR / AR / MR creators, plus a market place exhibition of groundbreaking, narrative-driven immersive content.
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