On Screen Manitoba

Telefilm Canada has announced a new streamlined approach to submitting corporate information as part of an application.

Previously, four documents were required in order to provide all required corporate information with an application; now only one is required. The new Canadian Status of Corporation and Corporate Information Affidavit now online replaces the following forms:

* Corporate secretary’s certificate naming the shareholders and the number of shares held by each
* Corporate secretary’s certificate naming the officers and indicating their signing authority
* Declaration of Corporate Information
* Canadian Status of Corporation Affidavit

Telefilm Canada is committed to providing effective and efficient service to its clients and as such continuously works to provide new ways in which to work with the industry.

24th International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA 2011)
Biarritz, France, January 24 to 30, 2011

(For Television Productions)

The International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA) is currently accepting entries for its 2011 edition.

** NEW THIS YEAR: Please note that all Canadian programs must be submitted directly to the FIPA **

Submission Format: DVD
Competitive: Yes
Entry fees: Yes
Deadline: November 26, 2010

Eligibility

Television programs must meet the following criteria:

* Must have been produced within the 12 months preceding the festival;
* Must not have been shown in other competitive international events or audiovisual festival;
* Must not have been produced for theatrical releases.

Screening requirements:

* If invited and selected, applicant/producer will have to provide the program/film with French subtitles;
* Selected works screen either on 35 mm or on DigiBeta.

For more information on eligibility and procedures, please consult the Festival Regulations and Entry Form.

The International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA) is considered the most significant TV festival in France and a prestigious European event. FIPA presents close to 200 new television programmes each year, chosen from among quality international productions. FIPA was created to recognize and promote exceptional works in the audiovisual media and to contribute to the development of the audiovisual arts throughout the world in a spirit of cooperation and exchange. This year FIPA is extended from 6 to 7 days, adding a complete day to its program.

The competition is divided into 5 sections:
- Drama (made-for-TV films in one or two parts);
- Series and Serials;
- Creative Documentaries and Essays;
- Reportages and Current Affairs;
- Performing Arts.

Juries must award a Grand prix Fipa d’Or Biarritz 2011 to the best program in each of the five sections as well as some additional awards for acting, screenplay and original music.

The festival also features the unique FIPATEL, a market equipped with a digital platform for program viewing, featuring all the works selected in the festival, plus others that have gone through a selection process before being selected.

Canada Feature Film Fund - Quebec Office - Production Application deadline now September 7, 2010

Telefilm Canada’s Quebec Regional office has changed the production application deadline for French-language and Regional English-language feature films.

The previous deadline of August 30, 2010 has been changed to Tuesday, September 7, 2010 to give producers applying to the Program enough time to adequately prepare their package. The new date applies to projects in French from across Canada and to regional projects in English from Quebec only. All other program deadlines remain the same.

Applications may be submitted via eTelefilm, Telefilm Canada’s online business portal. Close to 500 Canadian companies are registered with eTelefilm, which offers access to online file tracking, direct deposit payments and other benefits.

The Berlinale Talent Campus #9 and its Hands-On Programmes
Berlin, Germany, February 12 to 17, 2011

(Workshops for young creators)

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

**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.

Berlinale Talent Campus
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.

Please take note that as of August 20, 2010, Telefilm Canada’s Western and Ontario & Nunavut offices will stop accepting applications to the Canada Feature Film Fund’s English-language Development, Regional Production, and Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance (including completion) programs for the remainder of this fiscal year. Applications will be accepted until the end of business day August 20, 2010.

All other programs remain open.

Telefilm’s offices will re-open doors to applications to the above-noted programs on Monday, February 21, 2011, six weeks in advance of Telefilm’s new fiscal year.

Canada Feature Film Fund guidelines can be found at www.telefilm.gc.ca.

28th CineMart - 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 30 to February 2, 2011
Financing Forum: Feature-length narrative films in development

Application Deadline: September 1, 2010

28th Torino Film Festival
Torino, Italy, November 26 to December 4, 2010
Feature and short films, fiction and documentary

Deadline for festival submissions – Competition: September 24, 2010
Deadline for festival submissions – Other Categories: September 3, 2010

44th Internationale Hofer Filmtage (Hof International Film Festival)
Hof, Germany, October 26 to 31, 2010
Features and shorts, all genres

Deadline for festival submissions: September 9, 2010

The Cannes Film Festival Residence 2011
Paris, France, March 1 to July 15, 2011
Scripts in development: Feature-length films

Application deadline (delivery date in Paris): September 15, 2010

REMINDER

61th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale 2011)
Berlin, Germany, February 10 to 20, 2011
Feature films only, 60+ minutes: all genres

Canada Pavilion at Mipcom 2010
Cannes, France, October 4 to 8, 2010

2011 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah, United States, January 20 to 30, 2011
Feature films only: narratives and documentaries

23rd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 18 to 28, 2010
Documentaries – Features and Shorts

Producers of fiction features - Telefilm is offering info sessions with Sophie Bourdon, Chief Executive of ACE (a European indie producer organization) in Toronto and Montreal in September, regarding their professional development program (called ACE Mundus). ACE Mundus will take place Europe in March 2011... Only 2 Canadian producers will be selected nfor this 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:

1. a co-production fiction feature film intended for theatrical release, for which you served as producer;
OR
2. 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.

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that once again it has been recognized for its 2008-2009 annual report “Action" honoured by the 2010 International Arc Awards, an international annual report competition organized by MerComm, Inc., the Awards recognize outstanding achievement in annual reports from a variety of industries.

Telefilm received the following award:

Gold Award – Non-Traditional Annual Report – Government Agencies and Offices

“To be recognized by yet another international competition is an honour for all of us at Telefilm,” said Carolle Brabant, Executive Director. “Each year, the annual report is the product of a good deal of time and energy on the part on many Telefilm employees, across many departments. It is extremely satisfying to then have that work acknowledged internationally.”

Telefilm Canada worked with the Montreal-based marketing agency CG3 for the creative concept and execution of the 2008-2009 annual report.

The International Arc Awards has recognized Telefilm Canada on numerous occasions in the past, including in the 2009 when the organization’s annual report won the Bronze Award in the same category.

This is the second award competition that has recognized the annual report “Action”. Earlier in July, the 2009 Vision Awards awarded Telefilm with the following:

* Gold Award: Government Organizations – Annual Revenue of $100 million to $1 billion
* Silver Award: Best Agency Report – Americas Region
* Ranked 97th: Top 100 Annual Reports of 2009

The 2010 International Arc Awards will be handed out at an awards banquet in New York, NY on September 16, 2010.

The International Arc Awards, established in 1987 by MerComm, Inc., an independent awards organization dedicated to defining standards of excellence in the communication industry, is one of the largest international competitions for annual reports.

Telefilm Canada is today unveiling its brand-new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants, which includes the names of more than 100 experts, that creators working in Canada’s film industry will be able to access via Telefilm’s website.

“Telefilm Canada is dedicated to supporting all links in the Canadian film industry value chain,” stated Sheila de La Varende, Telefilm Canada’s Director of National and International Business Development. “Canadian filmmakers are bursting with talent, and we are committed to meeting their needs and supporting their growth and development—which, at the end of the line, will result in the creation of high-quality feature films that will appeal to their target audiences. We are very enthusiastic about the potential of the new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants that we’re unveiling today, which enables Telefilm to act as a catalyst for the industry’s success.”

“When I started my career, I was very lucky to benefit from the patient advice I received from such industry professionals as Michael Miner (Anaconda, Robocop), the wonderful writer and film editor,” said Vancouver writer Michael Giampa, who is included in the directory as a scriptwriting consultant. “Having a mentor who can answer your questions and provide encouragement makes all the difference when you’re starting out in the business. I hope that this directory will foster these kinds of relationships and that it becomes a key tool in the development of a mentoring philosophy within Canada’s movie industry, one that will hep nurture Canadian talent.”

The new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants will enable emerging writers and producers to make contact with industry mentors and veterans, offering them the possibility of developing their skills or finding specific expertise for a given project. All the producer-mentors and writers included in the online directory were chosen by Telefilm following a call for candidates issued in May, and all have agreed to makes themselves available to offer professional advice, coaching and know-how, and thereby help foster the development of talent and projects.

The directory will also enable those participating in such programs as Écrire au long, Feature It! or Featuring Aboriginal Stories to seek out a mentor-consultant who will support them for the duration of their project—one of the eligibility criteria of these programs. Others working in the industry seeking expertise in a variety of areas may also approach the consultants listed in the directory; it will be up to the two parties themselves to negotiate the terms of their agreement.

New applications for mentors and consultants will now be accepted on an ongoing basis and the directory will be updated regularly. The online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants and the application form for those wishing to be included are now available online.

61st Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale 2011)
Berlin, Germany, February 10 to 20, 2011

(Feature films only, 60 minutes: all genres)

The Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal open to feature-length films of 60 minutes, all genres excluding documentaries, for the Competition, Panorama, Generation and Forum, will take place from September 6 to 8, 2010.

Telefilm Canada is accepting submissions of documentaries of 60 minutes on behalf of the Festival and will coordinate a consolidated shipment of documentaries to Berlin.

The Festival waives its entry fees for films presented at the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal or entered via Telefilm Canada.

**Short films must be submitted directly to the Festival**

Start of Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal: open to narrative films of 60 minutes : September 6, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada for narratives and documentaries : August 27, 2010

Information and registration process
Form - Pre-selection screenings

The Berlinale, along with Cannes and Venice, counts as one of the oldest and most important competitive festivals in the world. The Berlinale is also a public festival selling almost 300,000 tickets to the city’s cinephiles.

The Festival presents about 400 films, including some 120 short films. In 2010, 15,586 accredited guests from 128 countries – including almost 4,000 journalists – attended the Festival.

The Berlinale is a very dynamic, cosmopolitan and full-service film festival with many elements that are of significant interest to the Canadian film industry and filmmakers.

Detailed informationon Canada at Berlin 2010.

The document "Information and Registration Procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections open to Canadian productions and their eligibility requirements. Detailed information is also provided on the registration process via Telefilm Canada.

ENTER YOUR FILM VIA eTELEFILM

If you are a registered eTelefilm user, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings. With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, download, complete the Telefilm Canada registration form attached in this Call for Entries and send it with your material to berlin2011@telefilm.gc.ca.

2011 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Park City, Utah, United States, January 20 to 30, 2011

(Feature films only: narratives and documentaries)

Start of Canadian selection screenings in Montréal: open to narrative films of 50 minutes : September 8, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada : August 27, 2010

Start of Canadian selection screenings in los angeles: open to documentary films of 50 minutes : August 26, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada : August 13, 2010

Information and registration procedure
Form - Pre-selection screenings

The Festival waives its entry fees for feature films presented at the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal (narratives) or Los Angeles (documentaries).

**Short Films Must Be Submitted Directly to the Festival**

Each year, Sundance highlights new trends in independent filmmaking and introduces emerging filmmakers. It presents around 115 feature films and 70 short films for the Festival’s 11 different programs.

Detailed information on the Canadian selection at Sundance 2010.

The attached document outlines the Sundance Film Festival and its sections open to international productions and their eligibility requirements.

Enter your Film via eTelefilm

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings. With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, download, complete the Telefilm Canada registration form attached in this Call for Entries and send it with your material to sundance2011@telefilm.gc.ca.

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that it has been recognized in multiple categories by the 2009 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition for its 2008-2009 annual report, entitled Action. A worldwide competition of annual reports organized by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP), the 2009 Vision Awards drew one of the largest number of submissions ever with over 4,000 entries from upwards of 20 countries.

Telefilm received the following honours:

Gold Award: Government Organizations – Annual Revenue of $100 million to $1 billion
Silver Award: Best Agency Report – Americas Region
Ranked 97th: Top 100 Annual Reports of 2009

“Each year, the annual report is the direct result of a lot of hard work from numerous people both in and outside the organization,” said Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada Executive Director. “To have the final product recognized on such an international stage is deeply rewarding for all involved.”

Telefilm Canada worked with the Montreal-based marketing agency CG3 for the creative concept and execution of the 2008-2009 annual report.

This is the fourth annual report from Telefilm Canada to be recognized by Vision Awards.

The LACP was established in 2001 in order to create a forum within the public relations industry to facilitate the discussion of best-in-class practices within the profession while also recognizing those who demonstrate exemplary communications capabilities.

Following a program review done in close collaboration with the industry, including the Canada Feature Film Fund Working Group, Telefilm Canada has announced the reopening of the

for a two-year period, from 2010 to 2012.

Launched in 2000 as part of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Programme d'aide à l'écriture de scénarios aims to develop and retain a pool of creative, talented and experienced screenwriters, and to produce a bank of Canadian feature film scripts with strong box-office potential.

The program encourages creative renewal and professional development, while seeking to ensure that Canada's cultural, linguistic and regional diversity is reflected in the resulting films.

Please visit Telefilm’s website to access the program guidelines and the application form.

Please note that the next application deadline is Tuesday, September 7, 2010.

Telefilm extends Web-Ciné 360 to the English-language market for the implementation of online marketing strategies for Canadian films

Telefilm Canada is announcing that Web-Ciné 360, a pilot initiative that aims to encourage the incorporation of online marketing and use of social media tool in distribution business practices for Canadian films well ahead of their release, will henceforth be offered to the English-language market, for the next two years. The Telefilm Canada initiative has been offered to the French-language market since January of this year.

Eligible distribution companies will obtain financial support from Telefilm for designing promotional campaigns that include online marketing by making use of search-engine optimization or Web technologies in general; by producing a content-rich website; by creating content for such social media tools as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube; or by using online advertising. In order to measure the strategies’ effectiveness, distributors will be invited to make use of recognized online marketing and Web audience analysis tools, and even to use companies with expertise in this area.

“We’ve noticed that Web-Ciné 360 has elicited a lot of interest within the industry in the French-language market,” said Michel Pradier, Telefilm Canada’s Director of Project Financing. “This has hastened the adoption of new interactive tools and their integration into existing distribution strategies. Based on our experience since the launch of the pilot initiative, and following discussions with the industry, we are today extending the initiative to the English-language market. Our aim is to support Canadian producers and distributors in the ongoing improvement of their feature-film promotional and marketing strategies.”

“Telefilm, with Web-Ciné 360's introduction in English Canada, continues to foster a vibrant Canadian film industry,” said Bryan Gliserman, Co-president, E1 Entertainment Canada.

Telefilm’s initiative for the English market is aimed at distribution companies eligible for the organization’s feature-film Marketing Program, for projects having recently obtained production support. Distributors have until October 29, 2010 to submit a project. For further details regarding eligibility criteria, see www.telefilm.gc.ca.

Application Deadlines:

October 29, 2010 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : English

April 2, 2010 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : French

24th AFI International Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States, November 4 to 11, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for Short Film submissions: July 30, 2010
Deadline for Feature Film submissions: August 13, 2010

37th Ghent International Film Festival
Ghent, Belgium, October 12 to 23, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for festival submissions: August 1, 2010

34th Mostra Internacional de Cinema - São Paulo International Film Festival
São Paulo, Brazil, October 22 to November 4, 2010
Full-length narratives and documentaries

Deadline for festival submissions: August 1, 2010

23rd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 18 to 28, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for festival submissions (documentaries completed after April 1, 2010): August 1, 2010
Deadline to submit a film to Docs for Sale: August 15, 2010
Deadline to submit a project to The FORUM: September 1, 2010

5th International Rome Film Festival
Rome, Italy, October 28 to November 5, 2010
Full-length narratives and documentaries

Deadline for festival submissions: August 6, 2010

REMINDER

23rd Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan, October 23 to 31, 2010
Feature films – fiction and animation

48th New York Film Festival
New York, United States, September 24, 2010
Films, all genres and lengths

59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2010
Mannheim, Germany, November 11 to 21, 2010

4th Dubai Film Connection - Co-production Market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13 to 17, 2010
Financing Forum – Scripts in development: Feature-length narrative / documentary

67th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
Venice, Italy, Sepptember 1 to 11, 2010
(Feature-length narratives and documentaries)

CONSOLIDATED SHIPMENT TO VENISE

DEADLINE to receive material at Telefilm Canada : 29 juin 2010

Information and registration procedure

The document "Information and registration procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Venice Film Festival is a FIAPF "A" category competitive festival, and along with Cannes, counts as one of the oldest and most important competitive festivals in the world.

Entry Fee
The Festival waives entry fees for films presented entered via Telefilm Canada.

CANADA PAVILION AT MIPCOM 2010
October 4 to 8, 2010
Cannes, France

Telefilm Canada is currently soliciting applications from Canadian production and distribution companies for MIPCOM 2010. MIPCOM is the most important global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the key decision-makers in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content, production and distribution industry with conference and networking forum to discover future trends and trade content rights on a global level.

Under the Canada Pavilion umbrella, Telefilm Canada, its partners and sponsor, offer many services at attractive rates.

In 2009, there were 12,017 industry professionals, including 4,027 buyers and 4,122 companies from 100 countries. The Canada Pavilion covers a surface area measuring more than 450 m2 and can accommodate a maximum of 80 companies, making it MIPCOM’s largest national pavilion.

For more information, visit www.mipcom.com

Deadline : August 13, 2010

Information
Participation form

It pays to use eTelefilm!
Telefilm Canada is expanding the use of its eTelefilm services to include it festival and market activities. We encourage you to subscribe now to eTelefilm.

If you are a registered E-Telefilm user, click on the same link and connect directly to eTelefilm.

If the above is not possible, Download, complete and sign the attached participation form.

15th PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Pusan, South Korea, October 7 to 15, 2010

(FEATURE-LENGTH NARRATIVE FILMS)

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries for the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montreal for the Pusan International Film Festival.

Application deadline with Telefilm Canada: July 6, 2010

Start of the pre-selection screenings in Montréal: July 13, 2010

Information and registration procedure
Form - Pre-selection screenings

Eligibility
The document "Information and registration procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Pusan International Film Festival ("PIFF") is one of the most important festivals in Asia. PIFF serves both as a rallying point for Asia's film industry and as a gathering place for the festival-going public (with an audience close to 200 000). Close to 315 films from 60 countries are programmed, including 100 non-Asian feature films. Since 2004, the festival selects an average of five Canadian feature-length films each year.

Enter your film via eTelefilm
With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings.

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, please submit a paper version of the Telefilm Canada registration form via pusan2010@telefilm.gc.ca. Please consult the INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE document (refer to link above).

Should you require additional information, please contact Lélia Robert at robertl@telefilm.gc.ca, 514 283-0838 ext. 2129 or 1 800-567-0890.

55th VALLADOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Valladolid, Spain, October 23 to 30, 2010
Full-length feature films, documentaries and shorts

Deadline: June 30, 2010

23rd Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan, October 23 to 31, 2010
Feature films – fiction and animation

Deadline: July 15, 2010

48th New York Film Festival
New York, United States, September 24, 2010
Films, all genres and lengths

Festival Entry Deadline: July 16, 2010

59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2010
Mannheim, Germany, November 11 to 21, 2010

Deadline: July 19, 2010

4th Dubai Film Connection - Co-production Market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13 to 17, 2010
Financing Forum – Scripts in development: Feature-length narrative / documentary

Deadline: August 8, 2010

REMINDER

7th Gionarte degli Autori - Venice Days
Venice, Italy, September 2 to 11, 2010
Narrative Feature Films

58th DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, September 17 to 25, 2010
Feature-length Fiction Films

53rd Dok Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Films
Leipzig, Germany, October 18 to 24, 2010
Documentary & Animation

(Feature-length fiction films)

58th DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, September 17 to 25, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries on behalf of the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival and will coordinate a consolidated shipment to the Festival’s Delegate who is responsible for Canadian cinema.

Deadline with Telefilm Canada: June 16, 2010

Information and registration process

Eligibility
The document "Information and registration process" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival is Spain’s leading film festival specializing in feature-length fiction films. Its primordial role is to showcase the year’s most disquieting and innovative films.

The festival offers a number of awards as well as cash prizes, including one of the highest cash prizes given at a festival: the Kutxa-New Directors Award – open to first or second features presented as international premieres at the Festival – comes with 90,000 € shared betweenthe director of the film and the Spanish importer.

The Sales Office is an informal market that serves as a networking space between buyers and sellers with video screening facilities. The festival attracts approximately 2,500 industry professionals and media representatives from around the world.

Telefilm Canada announced a call for applications for potential producer mentors and scriptwriting consultants. The goal is to create a directory of experts which will be made available on Telefilm’s website to Canadian creators working in the feature film industry.

This tool will facilitate creators’ access to experts who are qualified to support both their professional development and the development of their projects.

The initial deadline to apply to be a part of the Telefilm Directory of Mentors and Scriptwriting Consultants is Friday, June, 4, 2010. After this date, Telefilm will accept applications on an on-going basis. Applications and eligibility requirements can be accessed at www.telefilm.gc.ca.

53rd Dok Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Films
Leipzig, Germany, October 18 to 24, 2010
Documentary & Animation

Registration deadline with Festival for films completed before May 1st, 2010: May 31, 2010

Registration deadline with Festival for films completed after May 1st, 2010: July 10, 2010

NO BORDERS INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK (formerly known as the IFP MARKET)
New York, United States, September 19 to 23, 2010
market-ready narrative scripts

EXTENDED DEADLINE to Telefilm Canada - Completed and signed application form: May 14, 2010

The preselection process will be conducted by Telefilm Canada. Telefilm Canada will render this decision: May 19, 2010

7th Venice Days - Gionarte degli Autori
Venice, Italy, September 2 to 11, 2010
Narrative Feature Films

DEADLINE with Telefilm Canada: June 10, 2010

REMINDER

25e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Namur, Belgium, October 1 to 8, 2010
Full-length fiction films, animation films and documentaries

46th Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois, United States, October 7 to 21, 2010
Features and Shorts – All genres

The new deadlines reflect an asymmetrical approach for the English and French markets:

* August 9 , 2010 – French –language submissions
* August 9, 2010 – English – language submissions in Quebec
* September 7, 2010 – English–language submissions for all regions (Western, Ontario & Nunavut and Atlantic)

The Program’s eligibility requirements remain unchanged and can be accessed at www.telefilm.gc.ca

Launched in 2005, the Theatrical Documentary Program is today a unique public-private partnership between Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds with the common goal of encouraging the production of Canadian feature-length documentaries for theatrical distribution in Canada

Telefilm has announced that the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance and Alternative Distribution programs – French and English markets, are now reopened. A preliminary review has been completed and the programs will be redesigned for fiscal 2011-2012. In the interim, the programs are now open in order to serve the needs of the industry.

While the guidelines for the Low budget program – English market remain unchanged, the maximum production budget for the Low budget program – French market has been increased from $1.25 million to $1.5 million, in order to align with the practises of the provincial agency SODEC.

The deadline for submitting projects to Telefilm Canada for the French-language market and for English-language projects in Quebec is Tuesday, May 25, 2010. There is no deadline for the English-language market.

Also, Telefilm Canada is now accepting applications to the Alternative Distribution Program for both the English and French markets for fiscal 2010-11 at regional offices across the country. Please note that for Business Development activities and events, Telefilm will only accept applications from clients whose projects were financed in previous years.

The Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program supports the independent production and post-production/completion of high quality, original and culturally relevant director-driven low budget feature films from both emerging and established filmmakers.

The Alternative Distribution Program plays an important role in supporting and promoting low budget features by providing financing to organizations that use alternative distribution methods to the traditional theatrical distributor-exhibitor model in promoting and releasing Canadian films.

Please visit www.telefilm.gc.ca for eligibility criteria, guidelines and application forms.

Telefilm’s Ecrire au long initiative for 2010-11 is calling for applications earlier than in recent years, with a deadline of Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

The Écrire au long initiative is part of Telefilm’s Official Languages Activities Program (OLA-ALO). It targets Francophone writers and producers working outside Quebec or in Quebec but outside Montreal (150 km or more from Montréal). This initiative provides an opportunity to those creators to develop market-driven feature film projects and receive high quality training, mentoring and financial support for the development of a phase of their project.

Ecrire au long’s guidelines remain unchanged with a few minor clarifications. Please visit www.telefilm.gc.ca to access guidelines and eligibility criteria.

Applications are to be submitted by 5 p.m. on June 8, 2010

MANITOBA SCREEN-BASED INDUSTRY PRESENCE: Congratulations to OSM Member Eagle Vision who is one of the companies attending the 2010 Cannes Film Market under the Canada Pavilion banner.

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce strong attendance for Canadian organizations at the 2010 Film Market, taking place May 12 to 21 during the Cannes Festival. Telefilm will operate the Canada Pavilion there, providing visibility for more than 70 companies with film industry decision makers from around the globe, encouraging partnerships and hosting networking events designed to foster business links between Canadian producers and foreign company representatives.

“Telefilm Canada’s initiatives at Cannes are aimed at creating strategic sales, export and coproduction opportunities for Canadians attending the market,” said Sheila de La Varende, Director, National and International Business Development at Telefilm Canada. “Like the Cannes Festival, the Film Market is an annual “must do” event for anyone in film wanting to do business abroad. The fact that so many Canadian companies attend and find benefits there contributes to making our industry more competitive on the world stage,” she concluded.

Telefilm Canada will be holding four networking events that will help Canadian producers and organizations forge alliances with foreign companies during the Film Market, including three that specifically target the United Kingdom, France and Australia.

Telefilm plays an important role in helping the Canadian audiovisual industry conduct business at international markets and festivals where it operates the Canada Pavilion, namely the European Film Market at the Berlinale, MIPTV, the Cannes Film Market and MIPCOM. In 2008, Telefilm invested close to $1.2 million in supporting Canadian companies at international markets, and for every dollar invested the companies secured $11 in sales.

This year, more than 70 Canadian companies will attend the Cannes Film Market under the Canada Pavilion banner: 

CLICK HERE for the full list of companies.

The Canada Pavilion at the Cannes Film Market is a Telefilm Canada initiative in partnership with British Columbia Film and Ontario Media Development Corporation as principal partners, Manitoba Film and Music as major partner, Film Nova Scotia, Saskfilm, Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation as associate partners, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association as contributor and the National Bank Financial Group as financial sponsor.

NO BORDERS INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK (formerly known as the IFP MARKET)
New York, United States, September 19 to 23, 2010
(market-ready narrative scripts)

Telefilm Canada will recommend seven (7) scripts to the IFP jury in New York.

Attached please find the detailed CALL FOR ENTRIES (narrative scripts) for the NO BORDERS INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION MARKET.

Information and registration procedure
Application Form

Submission deadline to Telefilm Canada - Completed and signed application form: May 11, 2010

The preselection process will be conducted by Telefilm Canada. Telefilm Canada will render this decision: May 19, 2010

NO BORDERS is an international film financing forum that offers producers enhanced opportunities to present partially packaged and/or financed fiction projects looking to raise the balance of their budgets to leading American and international partners.

Acceptance Criteria:
- Projects developed with the support of Telefilm Canada through the Canada Feature Film Fund (“CFFF”);
- 20% or more of project financing in place;
- Attached producer has major festival recognition or theatrical distribution with a previous feature;
- Project has film director attached;
- Screenplay is written in English and intended as a primarily English-language feature-length fictional film.

The NO BORDERS experience is a professional environment in which established producers and directors have the opportunity to present their projects in one-on-one meetings to potential investors, production partners, and leading buyers.

All attending buyers and investors receive a NO BORDERS dossier before the event—with synopsis, budget, and cast/crew information for each project— there is no blind pitching at NO BORDERS. It is through this synergy that the NO BORDERS MARKET hopes to foster the financing and production of independent cinema.

The NO BORDERS PRESENTING PARTNERS are the funding bodies Telefilm Canada, UK Film Council, Germany’s Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW), Australia’s Film Victoria & New South Wales Films & TV Office (FTO), the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), the Israeli Film Fund (new 2010), the Latin American Training Council (new 2010), South Africa’s National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) and support organizations Ateliers du Cinéma Européen/ACE (France), CineMart (The Netherlands), Pusan Promotion Plan/PPP (Korea) and the Sundance Institute (USA).

We greatly appreciate your collaboration in broadcasting/distributing this information.

Good luck!

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

Key elements of the Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program (FASP) have been revised for fiscal 2010-2011 to allow Telefilm to better evaluate and manage the initiative, and to align it more closely with how the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) operates.

With this in mind, the following changes have been made to development-stage funding:

* For screenwriters: Funding available at the Getting to Treatment and Getting to First Draft stages has been updated to reflect Writers Guild of Canada 2010 membership fees;

* For producers and production companies: the maximum amount allowable for the combined stages of Getting to Treatment and Getting to First Draft is capped at $30,000. However, FASP maintains its funding for projects at the Getting to Treatment stage:

o Getting to Treatment stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $20,000.
o Getting to First Draft stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $30,000.
o Getting to Second Draft or Subsequent Draft stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $25,000.

The launch date of FASP for 2010-2011 has been moved up to earlier than in previous years. Please note the following dates:

* Launch of FASP Guidelines – April 13, 2010
* Application submission deadline – May 20, 2010
* Project selection – Week of July 5, 2010
* Jump Start to Film Immersion – End of August 2010
* Closing date for returning successful projects of Year-2 – October 25, 2010

The Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program targets feature length film projects at different stages of development. At each stage, participants benefit from a combination of training, professional development and personalized mentorship activities, and also receive a development advance.

FASP aims to broaden the industry’s capacity within Aboriginal communities and enable Aboriginal filmmakers to more easily access the main funding programs of the Canada Feature Film Fund. The Aboriginal People’s Television Network has been a partner of this initiative since its inception in 2009 and is contributing $750,000 over three years.

25e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Namur, Belgium, October 1 to 8, 2010
Full-length fiction films, animation films and documentaries

46th Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois, United States, October 7 to 21, 2010
Features and Shorts – All genres

Please be advised that some aspects of the

Feature It!

initiative have been adjusted for fiscal 2010-2011 to allow Telefilm to better evaluate and manage the initiative, and to bring it into closer alignment with how the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) regular fund operates. Feature It! is funded through the CFFF.

1. Overall timing to be earlier in calendar year

The Feature It! workshop will be held in June 2010 instead of the fall to move it from the busy annual film festival season to the industry’s slower summer period. This scheduling change will increase the potential for organizers to attract outstanding speakers and presenters, and will also afford Telefilm sufficient time in its fiscal year (April 1 to March 31) to review the program’s first three years of operation, consult with stakeholders, and develop a new strategic plan for the next three years (2011-2014).

Launch: March 25, 2010

Application deadline: April 27, 2010

Project selection announcement: During the week of May 24th, 2010

Workshop: During the week of June 20th, 2010 – dates to be confirmed

2. Projects submitted at “Getting to second draft” or “Getting to subsequent draft” stage no longer require directors to be attached

Removing this requirement brings Feature It! into closer alignment with current CFFF development requirements, and makes the initiative accessible to a broader range of potential applicants.

3. Realignments in development-stage funding

* For screenwriters:

Funding available at the Getting to Treatment and Getting to First Draft stages has been updated to reflect Writers Guild of Canada 2010 membership fees.

* For producers and production companies

The following development-phase funding changes bring Feature It! into closer alignment with similar changes being introduced to CFFF for fiscal 2010-2011.

Please note: Contrary to current CFFF regular fund development requirements, Feature It! maintains its funding for projects at the Getting to Treatment stage. However, the maximum amount allowable for the combined stages of Getting to Treatment and Getting to First Draft is capped at $30,000.

o Getting to Treatment stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $20,000.
o Getting to First Draft stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $30,000.
o Getting to Second Draft or Subsequent Draft stage: The funding maximum available for up to 80% of eligible costs is $25,000.

By aligning Feature It! guidelines more closely with those of the CFFF, it is Telefilm’s intention to prepare successful applicants for how development financing in the CFFF regular fund operates. In this way, Feature It! supports participants’ career progressions so, eventually, they meet CFFF regular development fund eligibility requirements. This alignment helps build participant capacity, which is in keeping with Telefilm’s strategic priority of building industry capacity.

4. All applications must now be submitted online via eTelefilm only

All Feature It! applicants must now apply via the on-line services of eTelefilm. Telefilm Canada will no longer accept Feature It! applications by mail. Applicants should submit the Feature It! application form, duly completed and signed, together with the Telefilm Canada standard budget and all required documentation, to Telefilm Canada by the stated deadline.

Applicants who do not have the access code for our eTelefilm services can request one online or by contacting eTelefilm Technical Support between 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EST) at 1-800-567-0890 extension 3911.

Feature It! and Ecrire au long are part of Telefilm’s Official Languages Activities Program (OLA-ALO). Feature It! seeks to enlarge the pool of Anglophone creators working in Quebec, while Ecrire au long seeks to enlarge the pool of Francophone creators working outside Quebec.

Guidelines for both initiatives can be found at www.telefilm.gc.ca

13th SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Shanghai, China, June 12 to 20, 2010
(Feature films: narrative and documentary of + 70 minutes)

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries of Canadian feature films on behalf of the Festival and will coordinate a consolidated shipment.

Information and registration process

Deadline for Canadian submissions via Telefilm Canada : April 1, 2010

Eligibility
The document "Information and registration procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections and eligibility criteria.

The Shanghai International Film Festival (www.siff.com) is recognized by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association) as an A category Festival (competitive feature films festivals).

The festival screens Canadian films in its Official Competition and International Panorama. The Spectrum, presents a number of national spotlights (Global Village) and retrospectives.

NEW: In 2010, the Festival is seeking productions for a FOCUS ON CANADA sidebar to be presented in the GLOBAL VILLAGE program of the SPECTRUM. The launch of FOCUS ON CANADA coincides with the 40th anniversary commemorating Canada-China bilateral diplomacy.

Since 2008, the China Film Financing Forum includes the CO-FPC (Co-Production Film Pitch & Catch) that is open for feature film projects in development with Chinese or Asian elements.

Your Contacts at Telefilm Canada

Should you require additional information about the Shanghai Film Festival, please contact Brigitte Hubmann (hubmanb@telefilm.gc.ca) at (514) 283-0838, or 1-800-567-0890, x 2034.

For assistance with registration process, please contact Lélia Robert (shanghai2010@telefilm.gc.ca) at 514 283-6363 ext. 2129 or 1-800-567-0890.

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

63rd Locarno International Film Festival
Locarno, Switzerland, August 4 to 14, 2010
(FEATURE FILMS: NARRATIVES AND DOCUMENTARIES OF + 60 MINUTES)

CANADIAN SELECTION SCREENINGS IN MONTRÉAL
April 5 to 7, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries on behalf of the Festival. While in Montréal, Olivier Père, the Festival Director, will be scouting films for the International Competition, Filmmakers of the Present Competition and the Piazza Grande program.

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Registration deadly directly with the Festival:
June 1, 2010

The Festival waives the entry fees for feature-length films submitted via Telefilm Canada.

The Locarno International Film Festival is renowned for its varied program focused on the discovery, new trends and passion for auteur cinema.

A “F.I.A.P.F.” leading competitive festival, Locarno is recognized as one of the major showcase in Europe and a convivial networking event for distributors, buyers, producers, filmmakers and journalists.

The Festivals screens works on film and on video of various lengths and comprises several competitive sections with a number of awards, including cash prizes.

Short films will not be screened in Montréal and can be submitted directly to the Locarno International Film Festival by June 1st, 2010.

Information and registration process
Pre-selection form

Application deadline with Telefilm Canada: March 25, 2010

Start of the Canadian selection screenings in Montréal: April 5, 2010

Enter your film via eTelefilm
With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings.

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, please submit a paper version of the Telefilm Canada registration form via locarno2010@telefilm.gc.ca. Please consult section 4 in the INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE document (refer to link above).

Should you require additional information on the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, please contact Brigitte Hubmann (hubmanb@telefilm.gc.ca) at 514-283-0838, ext. 2034 or 1-800-567-0890.

For assistance with registration process, please contact Lélia Robert (locarno2010@telefilm.gc.ca) at 514 283-6363 ext. 2129 or 1-800-567-0890.

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, July 2 to 10, 2010
(Longs métrages seulement : fiction et documentaire)

Open to NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS of 70+ MINUTES and
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS of 60+ MINUTES

CANADIAN SELECTION SCREENINGS IN MONTRÉAL
March 29 to March 31, 2010

TELEFILM CANADA IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES ON BEHALF OF THE FESTIVAL FOR THE SELECTION SCREENINGS IN MONTREAL

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada: Monday, March 22, 2010

The 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (www.kviff.com), one of the most important competitive festivals in the world, is currently accepting entries.

A FIAPF "A" category festival and leading competitive film festival in Central and Eastern Europe, the Festival is one of the key stops on the international festival calendar. The festival, respected for its strong programming and efficient guest and industry services, attracts an increasing number of festival scouts and distributors.

Since its inception in 2003, the Festival's Industry Office has been providing services and activities to the 800 registered producers, buyers, distributors, sales agents, representative of festivals and film institutions. In addition to its strategic relationship with Variety, the festival's press coverage is very prominent (approximately 550 national and international journalists). Each year, an interesting set of European and Asian trade professionals attend, many of whom are looking for international co-producers.

The Festival attracts an audience of over 135,000, a mostly young audience that is famous for its enthusiastic support and bringing the power of their patronage back to local box offices.

Information and registration procedure
Form – Pre selection screenings

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada: March 22, 2010

Start of the Canadian selection screenings in Montréal: March 29, 2010

Enter your film via eTelefilm
With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings.

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, please submit a paper version of the Telefilm Canada registration form via karlovyvary2010@telefilm.gc.ca. Please consult section 2 in the INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE document (refer to link above).

Should you require additional information on the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, please contact Brigitte Hubmann (hubmanb@telefilm.gc.ca) at 514-283-6363, ext. 2034 or 1-800-567-0890.

For assistance with registration process, please contact Lélia Robert (karlovyvary2010@telefilm.gc.ca) at 514 283-6363 ext. 2129 or 1-800-567-0890.

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

Telefilm Canada’s Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Carolle Brabant as the organization’s new Executive Director, as announced earlier today by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage. Carolle, who is currently Telefilm’s Director of Administration and Corporate Services, has worked with the organization for the past 20 years in various capacities and has thus gained solid experience in the industry.

“I am delighted with the appointment of Carolle Brabant, who was interim director for 6 months in 2004, as she is perfectly qualified for this position,” stated Michel Roy, Chair of Telefilm’s Board of Directors.

“Carolle, a chartered accountant and MBA graduate, has always shown extraordinary team spirit,” adds Mr. Roy. “Her role and achievements inside Telefilm Canada as Director of Administration and Corporate Services did not allow her to benefit from much visibility with the industry but it will soon discover her to be forward-looking and a person with vision. Furthermore, I am pleased to see one of Telefilm’s senior managers promoted to this leadership role; this is rewarding for all employees inside the organization. I would also like to emphasize that this is the first time a woman will hold this position on a permanent basis,” he concludes.

“I am honoured that Telefilm’s Board of Directors and Minister Moore have placed their confidence in me,” says Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada’s new Executive Director. “I am very proud of the success of our Canadian creators and I plan on investing all of my energy to see them gain more visibility on the national and international stage with Telefilm’s support. During my term, I will call upon the innovative ideas put forward by Telefilm’s employees, our clients and partners in order to help our industry reach its full potential,” she concluded.

Recruitment process

The recruitment process was initiated in the summer of 2009 by Telefilm Canada’s Board of Directors. It retained the services of a recruitment agency and established a selection committee that included representatives from: the Office of the Prime Minister, the Privy Council Office, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Telefilm Canada.

This committee conducted a rigorous process and analyzed the profiles of close to 70 candidates from across the country. The committee’s objective was to identify a strong, bilingual manager with the leadership skills and innovative spirit required to lead Telefilm through this period of change within Canada’s audiovisual industry. Following this search process, and based on a unanimous decision amongst committee members, two candidates were recommended to the Heritage Canada Minister.

Carolle Brabant’s mandate as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada takes effect on March 15.

About Telefilm Canada
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian products that appeal to nationalc and international audiences. Telefilm also administers the funding programs of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.gc.ca.

Canada Feature Film Fund ˆ French-language Development: Revised application date for the 2009-2010 period

Montreal – February 26, 2010 – Please take note that the previously announced application deadline of April 5, 2010 for French-language development projects originating in all regions of the country as well as English-language projects originating in Quebec has been changed to Tuesday, April 6, 2010.

The criteria of: a maximum of three [3] projects per production company and, a maximum of one [1] project for new production companies that have not previously been eligible, still stands.

For additional information, or to access guidelines and application forms, please go to www.telefilm.gc.ca.

PERSPECTIVE CANADA_CANNES 2010
Cannes, France, May 12 to 21, 2010
(Feature Films)

PERSPECTIVE CANADA_CANNES is a Telefilm Canada initiative that showcases ten recent Canadian films at the Cannes Festival Marché du Film with the aim of increasing their international exploitation.

The selection process is conducted by Telefilm Canada.
Decisions will be rendered by March 25, 2010

Information and Entry Procedure
Telefilm Canada Entry Form

Deadline for receipt of duly completed entry forms by Telefilm Canada : March 18, 2010

Eligibility
PERSPECTIVE CANADA_CANNES

The fifth annual PERSPECTIVE CANADA_CANNES will take place during the Marché du Film, which runs parallel to the Cannes Festival. This showcase is designed to increase the international exploitation of Canadian features and to promote Canadian companies, films and talent to some 10,500 accredited buyers, sellers and producers.

Each film selected will be shown twice between May 14 and 21 in one of the Marché du Film screening rooms.

The average rate for Marché screening slots is €660 plus taxes (per screening for 35mm films under 110 minutes). Telefilm Canada will also consider films in HDCAM; the average rate for films in this format is €840 plus taxes (per screening).

Applicants must bear 50% of the Marché screening costs.

Applicants must meet Marché du Film deadlines for print delivery, market accreditation, and market screening registration.

Applicants must also meet Telefilm Canada deadlines for delivery of promotional campaign production materials and shipment of screening prints to Cannes.

For further information, contact Céline Pelletier at pelletc@telefilm.gc.ca

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

Canada Pavilion at the 2010 Marché du Film, Cannes
Cannes, France, May 12 to 21, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting accreditation applications by Canadian companies for the 2010 Marché du Film at Cannes, taking place May 12-21, 2010.

Telefilm Canada, with its partners and sponsor, offers an array of services and special discount rates under the Canada Pavilion umbrella. Located at the heart of the Cannes Festival, the Canada Pavilion at the Marché du Film provides meeting areas and a program of events designed with the needs of Canadian professionals in mind.

General Information
Registration Form

Deadline for Canada Pavilion registration : April 2, 2010

Eligibility
See General Information for details and registration procedure.

For further information, contact Véronique Le Sayec: lesayev@telefilm.gc.ca, 514‑283-0838 or 1-800-567-0890, ext. 2029.

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

CANADA PAVILION AT MIPTV 2010
Cannes, France, April 12 to 16, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently soliciting applications from Canadian production and distribution companies for MIPTV 2010. MIPTV is a major international market for financing, co-producing, buying and selling entertainment across all platforms. It provides you with more contact in the entertainment content business, more exposure and a wider range of distribution platforms than any other industry event anywhere in the world.

Under the Canada Pavilion umbrella, Telefilm Canada, its partners and sponsor, offer many services at attractive rates. Given that the organizer of MIPTV, Reed Midem, has decided to freeze its rental rates for the 2010 year, we are pleased to announce that the 2009 Canada Pavilion option rates will be kept for 2010.

In 2009, there were 11,500 industry professionals, including 3,800 buyers and 4000 companies from 105 countries. The Canada Pavilion covers a surface area measuring 457 m2 and can accommodate a maximum of 80 companies, making it MIPTV’s largest national pavilion.

NEW IN 2010! The Canada Pavilion offers a special networking activity for companies gathered under its umbrella: Connect with Canada! is part of the official program of MIPTV and available to all market participants.

Application form
Information and registration procedure

Extended deadline : February 26, 2010

It pays to use eTelefilm!
Telefilm Canada is expanding the use of its eTelefilm services to include it festival and market activities. We are happy to announce that it is now available. We encourage you to subscribe now to eTelefilm.Note that the validation of the one time process for eTelefilm may take up to 5 business days.

If you are a registered E-Telefilm user, click on the same link and connect directly to eTelefilm.

If the above is not possible, Download, complete and sign the attached participation form.

Should you require additional information, please contact Marie-Claude Viau by e-mail at viaum@telefilm.gc.ca or by phone at (514) 283-0838 ext.: 2009

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

Paris, France, October 1st, 2010 to February 15, 2011

Application deadline : April 1, 2010

Canada Pavilion at the 2010 Marché du Film, Cannes
Cannes, France, May 12 to 21, 2010

Deadline for Canada Pavilion registration : April 2, 2010

REMINDER

63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES
Cannes, France, May 12 to 23, 2010

Online marketing and promotion of Canadian films via social media tools

While taking part in Ciné-Québec -- an annual networking event for Quebec film industry representatives -- Telefilm Canada announced the launch of Web-Ciné 360, a pilot initiative aimed at encouraging the integration of online marketing and the use of social media tools into distribution strategies for Canadian films ahead of the films’ theatrical release. In order to accelerate the industry’s adoption of these new interactive tools intended to strengthen film promotion and marketing, Telefilm will offer financial assistance as well as training to distributors submitting eligible projects. In its pilot phase, the initiative targets French-language feature films.

Distributors can submit their project until April 2, 2010. For further details regarding eligibility criteria, please visit Telefilm Canada’s website.

“Social media tools and the web have enormous potential when it comes to promoting Canadian films,” stated Michel Pradier, Telefilm Canada’s Director of Project Financing. “Encouraging distributors to make better use of online marketing tool should produce convincing box-office results. Throughout the rollout of this new initiative, we will work closely with industry representatives to help them develop or perfect their knowledge of social media, to help them maximize their projects’ impact.”

“Web-Ciné 360 is a splendid initiative from Telefilm that meets distributors’ need to put in place effective web strategies in support of their films’ release,” said Patrick Roy, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Vivafilm. “The initiative will allow us to develop strategies earlier in the production cycle, and so achieve better box-office results.”

In its initial stage, Telefilm’s initiative is aimed at distribution companies eligible for the organization’s Marketing Program for French-language Productions, for projects having recently obtained production support. Distributors wishing to benefit from Telefilm support under the Web-Ciné 360 project must include online marketing in their promotional strategy by making use of search engine optimization or web technologies in general; by producing a content-rich website; by creating content for such social media tools as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube; or by using online advertising. In order to measure the strategies’ efficiency, distributors will be invited to make use of recognized online marketing and web audience analysis tools, and even to use companies with expertise in this area. 

Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. Visit www.telefilm.gc.ca.

CALL FOR ENTRIES
63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES
Cannes, France, May 12 to 23, 2010

CANADIAN PRE-SELECTION SCREENINGS IN MONTRÉAL
February 24 to March 10, 2010
(Feature-length films only)

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries for the Canadian Pre-Selection Screenings in Montréal for the 63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES, including the Official Selection (Competition, Out of Competition, Un Certain Regard), the Directors’ Fortnight and the Semaine de la Critique.

Application Form - Pre-Selection Screenings
Information and registration process

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada : February 12, 2010

The Cannes Film Festival is the most important festival in the world: close to 40,000 accredited professionals and 4,000 journalists attended the Festival.

The Festival and the parallel sections waive their entry fees for films submitted at the Screenings in Montréal.

Short films will not be screened in Montréal and must be submitted directly to the Festival in Paris. Telefilm Canada will coordinate consolidated shipments to the Selection Committees in Paris. Consult this Call for entries for detailed information.

For further information, contact Céline Pelletier (pelletc@telefilm.gc.ca) by phone at 514 283-6363 or 1 800 567-0890.

Good luck!

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

CALL FOR ENTRIES
CANADA PAVILION AT MIPTV 2010
Cannes, France, April 12 to 16, 2010

Deadline : February 19, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently soliciting applications from Canadian production and distribution companies for MIPTV 2010. MIPTV is a major international market for financing, co-producing, buying and selling entertainment across all platforms. It provides you with more contact in the entertainment content business, more exposure and a wider range of distribution platforms than any other industry event anywhere in the world.

Given that the organizer of MIPTV, Reed Midem, has decided to freeze its rental rates for the 2010 year, Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the 2009 Canada Pavilion option rates will be kept for 2010.

In 2009, there were 11,500 industry professionals, including 3,800 buyers and 4000 companies from 105 countries. The Canada Pavilion covers a surface area measuring 457 m2 and can accommodate a maximum of 80 companies, making it MIPTV’s largest national pavilion.

NEW IN 2010! The Canada Pavilion offers a special networking activity for companies gathered under its umbrella: Connect with Canada! is part of the official program of MIPTV and available to all market participants.

For more information, visit www.miptv.com

Application form
Information and registration procedure

It pays to use eTelefilm!
Telefilm Canada is expanding the use of its eTelefilm services to include it festival and market activities. We are happy to announce that it is now available. We encourage you to subscribe now to eTelefilm.Note that the validation of the one time process for eTelefilm may take up to 5 business days.

If you are a registered E-Telefilm user, click on the same link and connect directly to eTelefilm.

If the above is not possible, Download, complete and sign the attached participation form.

Should you require additional information, please contact Marie-Claude Viau by e-mail at viaum@telefilm.gc.ca or by phone at (514) 283-0838 ext.: 2009

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

CALL FOR ENTRIES - CANADA PAVILION AT MIPTV 2010
Cannes, France, April 12 to 16, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently soliciting applications from Canadian production and distribution companies for MIPTV 2010. MIPTV is a major international market for financing, co-producing, buying and selling entertainment across all platforms. It provides you with more contact in the entertainment content business, more exposure and a wider range of distribution platforms than any other industry event anywhere in the world.

Given that the organizer of MIPTV, Reed Midem, has decided to freeze its rental rates for the 2010 year, Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the 2009 Canada Pavilion option rates will be kept for 2010.

In 2009, there were 11,500 industry professionals, including 3,800 buyers and 4000 companies from 105 countries. The Canada Pavilion covers a surface area measuring 457 m2 and can accommodate a maximum of 80 companies, making it MIPTV’s largest national pavilion.

NEW IN 2010! The Canada Pavilion offers a special networking activity for companies gathered under its umbrella: Connect with Canada! is part of the official program of MIPTV and available to all market participants.

For more information, visit www.miptv.com

Information and registration procedure
Application form

Deadline : February 19, 2010

It pays to use eTelefilm!
Telefilm Canada is expanding the use of its eTelefilm services to include it festival and market activities. We are happy to announce that it is now available. We encourage you to subscribe now to eTelefilm. Note that the validation of the one time process for eTelefilm may take up to 5 business days.

If you are a registered E-Telefilm user, click on the same link and connect directly to eTelefilm.

If the above is not possible, Download, complete and sign the attached participation form.

Should you require additional information, please contact Marie-Claude Viau by e-mail at viaum@telefilm.gc.ca or by phone at (514) 283-0838 ext.: 2009

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

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

12th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 7 to 18, 2010
Feature-length films

Application deadline: January 29, 2010

64th Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland, June 16 to 27, 2010
Feature-length and short films

Regular Deadline: February 1, 2010

Late Deadline, higher registration fee: February 15, 2010

REMINDER

56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen, Germany, April 29 to May 4, 2010
Short films only

34th International Animation Film Festival
Annecy, France, June 7 to 10, 2010
Animated Films and Videos

Montréal, January 5, 2010

Dear Colleagues,

As you may know, my appointment as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada is coming to an end.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your valued support and collaboration over these past five years.

Your enthusiasm and commitment to our film, television and new media industries, as well as your ongoing support of Telefilm and its programmes have contributed enormously to the success and achievements we can all celebrate.

Prosperous and Happy New Year.

S. Wayne Clarkson

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Canada at Game Connection
San Francisco, United States, March 8 to 10, 2010
(New Media)

Telefilm Canada through the Canada New Media Fund (CNMF) Presents Canada at Game Connection AMERICA GDC (San Francisco) 2010

Offer
A discount of 30% on an accreditation / registration package for Canadian video game developers exhibiting as sellers under the Canada banner at the next Game Connection event in San Francisco at GDC (USA, March 8-10, 2010).

Don’t miss out on this opportunity, only 16 spots available!

Service Providers are invited to find out more about our offer in the attached information document.

Information and registration procedure
Application form

Application deadline for this event : January 7, 2010

Eligibility
Please review the information and registration procedure for all details and entry procedures.

Game Connection is one of the main business events for the videogame industry. It is an international marketplace for game developers, service providers and publishers looking to expand their network and find the right business partners.

Consult the complete list of current calls for entries

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