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Training
In Brief: WIDC selects participants for Story & Leadership program
Plus: Lunenburg Doc Fest selects its $20,000 pitch winner and the CFC Media Lab sets its Fifth Wave Labs cohort.
How CBC’s Sort Of implemented its trans mentorship program
Co-creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo discuss using the program, created in partnership with the Trans Film Mentorship, to train trans and non-binary creatives while filming season two.
In Brief: Pink Triangle Press hires development consultant
Plus: Discovery returns for more Pets & Pickers, Reelworld Screen Institute selects eight delegates to attend Content London, and more.
In Brief: NBA stars, Wu-Tang rapper board Handle with Care
Plus: Sort Of and Women Talking land Gotham Award noms, Drinkwater and Guitar Lessons rake in audiences, and more.
AMI sets first cohort for Accessible Writers’ Lab
Six Canadian writers with disabilities were chosen from over 180 applicants to participate in the first-ever national lab.
WFF sets Power Pitch, Doc Lab, Indigenous fellowship cohorts
The Whistler Film Festival has facilitated 10 talent programs overall in 2022, with 54 participants in total.
In Brief: WIDC reveals Career Advancement Module cohort
Plus: Nova Scotia unveils its latest measure to build a local film workforce, and APTN, CBC and the Indigenous Screen Office unveil the selected scripted projects for the pre-development program.
In Brief: Canadian copros land Sundance Institute doc grants
Plus: CaribbeanTales unveils its Big Pitch and Audience Choice winners, WIFF announces more titles, NSI CEO Joy Loewen gets a Platinum Jubilee Medal, and more.
The Black Academy launches skills development program
The training intiative, launched in partnership with Insight Productions, is intended to help Black Canadians gain experience in TV production.
How the industry is building more diverse crews at all levels
While unions look to recruit more Black, Indigenous and people of colour workers, the production community agrees change must start at the top.
BIPOC TV & Film, Bell Media launch Unscripted Producers Lab
The one-week intensive will run from Nov. 21 to 25, followed by mentorship opportunities, and will focus on how to produce unscripted series.
Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF ‘a huge move in visibility’
Organizers explain the genesis of the first-ever event, which stems from the Trans Film Mentorship and founding film partner, Something You Said Last Night.
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