Today marks the final day to nominate an up-and-coming talent in Canada’s screen-based industry for Playback‘s annual 10 to Watch feature.

As a reminder, we’re only asking for nominations of racially diverse candidates in 2020, increasing the number of recipients from five to ten, and allowing potential candidates to self-nominate.

Who qualifies?

Those who have shown entrepreneurial ingenuity and significant promise in the first few years of their career in film and TV. Age is not a restriction, but the length of time a nominee has been working in their field is. Mid-career and well-established professionals will NOT be eligible. Submissions are carefully reviewed and selected by Playback‘s editorial team.

Questions to consider:

– Are you or the person you’re nominating already well-established and/or on the industry’s radar? Ideally the candidate will be in the early stages of their career and just beginning to grab industry attention.
– Are you/they a Canadian that identifies as a member of one or more racially diverse groups, such as Black, Indigenous, Latin American, Asian, Middle Eastern, or South Asian?
– Have you/they recently earned industry awards/accolades (within the last two to three years)?
– Have you/they been on other similar lists and if so, was that a long time ago? Those who are still in the same field are likely not eligible.

SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE

Deadline: All nominations are due by next Monday, Sept. 21 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.