Training

Reelworld names 2025 Emerging 20 Program cohort

The Reelworld Screen Institute program provides workshops and mentorship geared towards producing a final script.

Twenty selected for third edition of Access BIPOC Producers

The program aids producers in their work to scale up their business and access the international market.

In Brief: Haida basketball doc to premiere at Big Sky Doc festival

Plus: The Pacific Screenwriting Program sets four showrunners for pilot initiative, Sundance Institute names Rhayne Vermette as a fellow, and more.

Black Women Film! Canada launches national program

The bilingual program launched its first stage on Jan. 16 in Montreal and is free to apply.

Nine set for NSI’s Business for Producers, Saskatchewan

Through the six-week program, the producers will build business networks and learn how to manage and create interprovincial coproductions.

Black Academy unveils 2024/25 skills development cohort

The 11 members of the cohort have collectively completed more than 1,100 hours of training.

In Brief: Canadian Short Screenplay Competition returns

Plus: The DOC Institute announces its Breakthrough 2.0 Lab participants, five Canadian shorts are bound for Sundance, and more.

In Brief: Blue Ant Studios ups Nick Solowski to VP role

Plus: Village Keeper wins at Regent Park and the DGC’s initial director observer placements are underway.

CMPA names participants for 2024-25 mentorship programs

Among the CMPA’s mentorship programs is a new initiative for Newfoundland and Labrador producers with PictureNL.

In Brief: Indigenous Cinema Alliance adds new fellows

Plus: Seneca Polytechnic creates Sony-funded financial awards and Telefilm and the ISO work with Sacred Earth on a sustainable filmmaking workshop.

Five participants set for first edition of Disabled Producers Lab

The online program takes place over the course of 12 weeks.

WIDC sets cohort for Story & Leadership program

The four-part program will see the cohort attend the Whistler Film Festival in December.