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September 10, 2010

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND FUNDING

Branded Entertainment Forum - Register Now

The Branded Entertainment Forum is a one-day, high-level program designed to deliver leading-edge strategies and best practices for the development and production of unscripted/factual brand funded entertainment. The forum is designed to:

•facilitate connections and establish business relationships between brands, producers and broadcast and cable networks, and
•provide valuable intelligence regarding the increasingly important intersection of Madison Avenue and Hollywood. As non-scripted programming volumes increase globally, so too are the number of content integration deals being made.
Global brands and their marketing agency partners will have a unique opportunity to meet with production company and network programming executives interested in co-developing and producing original unscripted programming.

Branded Entertainment Forum is produced by realscreen, the team behind the Realscreen Summit and the Factual Entertainment Forum. Now in its 13th year, the Realscreen Summit is the most important annual non-fiction film & television conference, dedicated to the development of business and creative opportunities for those in non-fiction and factual programming and content creation.

The Factual Entertainment Forum in Santa Monica, CA brings together broadcast and cable executives, producers, agents and other stakeholders in the reality TV/factual entertainment industry for inspiration, discussion about the current state of reality TV and where it's going, and of course, networking. The conference includes the presentation of the Factual Entertainment Awards.

For more information or to register visit: http://brandedentertainment.realscreen.com/index.php

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2010 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Documentary & Drama Pitch

This is your chance to be part of an intensive pitch training opportunity at this year's imagineNATIVE!

Do you have a great idea for a pilot episode of a series drama (30 or 60 min), OR a feature, short or series documentary? Enter our competitions to pitch your idea to a panel of commissioning editors and acquisitions executives from the major Canadian broadcasters - who will provide valuable feedback and development advice. You will also have a chance to win imagineNATIVE's Documentary Pitch or Drama Pitch prizes to help your idea become a reality.

FOUR documentary pitch contestants & FOUR drama pitch contestants will be selected by imagineNATIVE's Programming Committee to receive a free, six-hour intensive "How to Pitch" workshop with a broadcasting industry professional. This workshop will provide invaluable insight and instruction on the pitching process and advice on improving individual pitch ideas. The intensive workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 20th at the Miles Nadal JCC.

Each pitch will then be presented to the panel of commissioning editors and acquisitions executives during the festival's "Pitch Competition for Dramatic Works" and "Documentary Pitch Competition" on Friday, October 22nd.

The panel will select one winner from each category. Best Documentary Pitch winner will receive a $500 CASH PRIZE FROM CBC NEWS NETWORK and Best Drama Pitch winner will receive a $5,000 DEVELOPMENT DEAL WITH APTN. Each of the winners will also receive a $2500 gift voucher from William F. White for production equipment, and a $500 gift certificate from Technicolor for postproduction services (valid for one-year). The winners will be announced at the imagineNATIVE Closing Night Awards, Sunday, October 24th.

How to Submit:
• Fill out an online submission form
• Email it to pitch@imagineNATIVE.org

Eligibility Criteria:
• The producer or director representing the pitch project must be Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, Inuit, other world Indigenous) and a Canadian resident.
• Pitch teams must be in Toronto for both the training session on October 20th and the pitching session October 22nd.
• Applications must be received by email to pitch@imaginenative.org no later than Thurs. Sept. 16th, 2010. Please combine the documents into one word or pdf. If possible. Visual support material may also be forwarded.
• You may submit your pitch ideas to each category.
• You may pitch individually or as a team

Please note: Travel and other expenses are not covered by imagineNATIVE. Lunch and one All-Access Delegate Pass will be provided
to the selected mentees.

If you have further questions, please email programming@imagineNATIVE.org.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday September 16, 2010. Applicants will be notified by Oct 1, 2010 on the status of their application.

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The Cannes Film Festival Residence 2011 - Call for entries

Paris, France, March 1 to July 15, 2011
(Scripts in development: Feature-length films)

The residence of the Cannes Film festival is currently accepting entries for its March 2011 program. ** Please note that applications must be submitted to the Cinéfondation office in Paris **

Application deadline (delivery date in Paris): September 15, 2010
Information and registration procedure

In 2000, the Cannes Festival created the Résidence du Festival with the objective to help young filmmakers develop their feature project.

This four-and-a-half month talent programme provides accommodation for the selected candidates (six) at the Résidence, located in Paris, a personalised programme accompanying the writing of their scripts and a collective programme of forums with film industry professionals.

Since its creation, the Résidence has welcomed more than seventy filmmakers from more than forty different countries. Nearly fifty previous participants have seen their films selected by international festivals and distributed in theatres.

National and International Business Development
Telefilm Canada, Montréal
514 283-6363

Click here for more information

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ACE Mundus Program / Project 2011

Would you like to take advantage of a unique training and networking opportunity with European co-producers?
Telefilm Canada is pleased to invite Canadian producers to an information session with Sophie Bourdon, ACE Chief Executive, who will present the ACE Mundus Program / Project 2011.

Founded in Paris (France) in 1993, ACE (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen) is a centre for training and development geared towards independent producers. Since its founding, more than 200 feature-film producers from 23 European territories have joined ACE as members.

Launched in 2009, the ACE IPA program (now known as ACE Mundus) is designed for independent producers working outside Europe. Telefilm Canada has entered into an agreement with ACE whereby two Canadian producers could once again be selected to participate in the third edition of the ACE Mundus Program.

This training workshop, which 4 Canadian producers have benefitted from, includes one-on-one coaching with professionals and informative sessions focused, notably, on co-production, its financial and legal aspects, the screenplay's creative aspects, and international distribution. The workshop lasts seven days and is held in Europe in March.

To be eligible for the Program, you must be an independent producer with a fiction feature film currently in development and must have produced either:

- a co-production fiction feature film intended for theatrical release, for which you served as producer;

OR

- two Canadian fiction feature films intended for theatrical release, for which you served as producer.
ACE will accept candidacies and applications of producers interested in the 2011 ACE Mundus Program starting on September 20.

You are interested in this initiative? We invite you to meet Sophie Bourdon in the following cities :

Toronto
September 10, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
TIFF's Filmmaker's Lounge
134 Peter Street
(NW corner of Peter St and Richmond St. W
North of the Hyatt Regency Hotel)
Toronto, Ontario

Montréal
September 9, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Telefilm Canada Office
360 Saint-Jacques St.
5th Floor
Montréal, Québec
514 283-6363

There are a limited number of places for the sessions and they will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure that you are on the invitation list for your region, please RSVP before September 2 and indicate whether you wish to attend the session in Toronto or Montréal: robertl@telefilm.gc.ca. We'll get in touch with you on September 7 to confirm your participation.

For further information, contact Lélia Robert (robertl@telefilm.gc.ca)
at 514 283 6363 or 1 800 567-0890, ext. 2129.
National and International Business Development
Telefilm Canada, Montréal
514 283-6363

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NSI Features First 2010: Feature Film Training

Canadian filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature film can apply for training through NSI Features First. Run by Canada's National Screen Institute (NSI), the program prepares filmmakers for production through customized, intensive training and mentoring with industry professionals. It aims to help filmmakers hone their script while also understanding the business aspects of feature film development.

Read our guidelines and download the application form. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., CST, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

The teams chosen for the program are not required to pay tuition fees or relocate and, after initial training, learning opportunities are developed close to home.

Teams must apply with a feature film script. Up to four teams are chosen for this 10-month, three-phase program and are selected based on the strength of their film concepts and the potential development and packaging of their film projects. The curriculum includes script and story development, market research, legal requirements, pitching, financing, distribution as well as marketing and sales training - delivered by leaders in the Canadian film industry.

NSI Features First alumni have continued their feature filmmaking careers, producing many films that have won awards and been seen on screens across Canada. "NSI helped me get my first feature off the ground," says Trish Dolman, producer, Screen Sirens and NSI Features First grad. "Ten years later, it seems I'm producing a feature film every year."

Eleven features developed through the program have been produced. They have won awards, debuted at prestigious festivals and played in commercial theatres.

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NSI Features First - Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary

Along with his friends and colleagues, NSI established the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary in memory of the former NSI Features First program manager.

In keeping with Jim's incomparable film distribution, marketing and promotion contributions a $2,500 award is presented to a team going through the NSI Features First program that develops an inventive and creatively-integrated marketing plan as part of the program requirements in the first phase of training.

The NSI Features First project Heaven's Door by the Vancouver team of writer/director Geoff Redknap and producer Katie Weekly was the most recent recipient of the bursary.

Learn more about the bursary or make a contribution. Tax receipts will be issued.

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The Berlinale Talent Campus #9 and its Hands-On Programmes - Call for Entries

Berlin, Germany, February 12 to 17, 2011

The Berlin International Film Festival's 9th Berlinale Talent Campus is currently accepting entries.

The Berlinale Talent Campus is a creative academy and networking platform for 350 up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world.

In eight years, the Berlinale Talent Campus has given the Berlin International Film Festival a new hub of creative energy. The Festival's Talent Campus invites young filmmakers from all over the world to attend workshops, share ideas and mingle with international stars and colleagues. Its six-day programme touches on the essential issues of filmmaking: the latest technical developments, creative tools, stylistic trends, new markets and philosophical perspectives.

The Berlinale Talent Campus offers in addition to the general programme, several Hands-On Training Programmes: Doc Station, Script Station, Talent Project Market, Berlin Today Award, Score Competition, Talent Press, Campus Studio.

**All entries must be submitted directly to the Talent Campus in Berlin**

Application deadline : October 6, 2010
Information and registration process

Eligibility
Please consult the Information and registration process for all the details and entry procedures.

National and International Business Development
Telefilm Canada, Montréal
514 283-6363

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CFC and NFB Announce the 2nd Edition of Successful Doc Development Program

Pushing the Creative Limits of the Form

Toronto, July 14, 2010 - The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and the National Film Board (NFB) are pleased to announce that a new session of their successful and unique documentary development program will begin in November 2010. Created with the goal of developing successful original feature documentaries for Canadian and international audiences the CFC NFB Documentary Program's inaugural session was launched in January 2009.

This specialized program was created for accomplished Canadian directors with an original, demanding and distinctive documentary concept. It is designed to help directors develop documentaries that will advance their artistic approach as well as the documentary genre itself, while exhibiting the potential to achieve commercial and critical success. This immersive experience combines intensive think-tank style modules at the CFC with project-specific mentorship from some of Canada's and the world's greatest documentary talents. The application deadline for the new session of the Documentary program is October 15th 2010.

Complete press release

Full criteria and application details are available online at www.cfccreates.com/docs

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Bell Globemedia/APTN, Aboriginal Communicators Professional Development Fund

The Bell Globemedia Aboriginal Communicators Professional Development Fund, the first of its kind, is supporting the training and development of Aboriginals working in the broadcasting industry. Those with a minimum 10 years experience are eligible to apply for training allowing them to further their careers through the Fund, made possible with $100,000 from Bell Globemedia. The Fund is being administered through the School of Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University. The maximum that a successful applicant may receive is $5,000. Applications will continue to be accepted and assessed until the fund has been completely distributed.

To apply click here.