The four-day lab runs from April 14 to 17 at the TIFF Lightbox.
This year’s edition of the Gender Equity in Media Society program includes three projects from B.C. and one each from Ontario and Manitoba.
The cuts include programs focused on digital media production and broadcast journalism.
The CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and Canadian Film Centre program began in 2022 at the Banff World Media Festival.
Plus: Daniel Chan upped to agent at Connekt Creative, two Canadian shorts win at FIFEM, and more.
The eight directors hail from Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Plus: APFC launches training programs for minority francophone creatives and a project from Gobez Media will compete in Burkina Faso.
The Reelworld Screen Institute program provides workshops and mentorship geared towards producing a final script.
Plus: The Pacific Screenwriting Program sets four showrunners for pilot initiative, Sundance Institute names Rhayne Vermette as a fellow, and more.
The bilingual program launched its first stage on Jan. 16 in Montreal and is free to apply.
Through the six-week program, the producers will build business networks and learn how to manage and create interprovincial coproductions.