Bell Media’s BravoFact has partnered for a second year with Hot Docs festival for the Hot Docs Short Film Pitch contest.

Due to take place on May 3, projects from six Canadian filmmaking teams will pitch their short documentary to a panel of judges and a live audience, with the winning team walking away with $30,000. The second and third placed teams receive $25,000 and $20,000. The contest is funded through BravoFact’s documentary fund BravoFactual.

The top three projects in last year’s contest – Cree Code Talker, Sinkhole and Hart of Darkness – are all currently in production.

In September of 2015, BravoFact also pacted with Women in Film & Television Toronto on a new pitch competition, with each team required to have either a woman director or producer attached to the project.

The 2016 edition of Hot Docs takes place from April 28 to May 8. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 26.