The program offers a three-day intensive for women and non-binary writers over the age of 40.
Participants for 2024 include Romeo Candido, Darcy Waite and Stephanie Joline.
The program was created to help break down the barriers that currently exist for Black, Indigenous and persons of colour who are pursuing a corporate career.
The Directors Immersion Program will select four to six emerging directors for its four-month program.
In all, nineteen participants make up the class of ’24 in director, producer, writer and editor labs.
The seven-month lab provides producers with development support and business training.
Plus: FilmPEI sets the four projects for its 2024 Film4Ward program and Scarborough, Ont. recognizes two homegrown talents.
The participants for the feature film development lab include five from Canada and one from the U.K.
The sixth edition of the Pacific Screenwriting Program’s scripted lab was led by showrunner-in-residence Michael MacLennan.
The Bourses de l’Académie pour la relève program provides paid internships for emerging creators.
Des créateurs pas comme les autres is created by Montreal’s Never Was Average in collaboration with the Fondation Dynastie and CMF.
The initiative provides mentorship and training grants to Arctic Indigenous filmmakers to create short films focused on climate and community.