We encourage you to stay in touch with your regional feature film executive regarding any lower budget project applications planned for next fiscal year.

The opening date for 2014-2015 applications and related information will be communicated later in the fiscal year.

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Nous vous invitons à communiquer avec votre directeur régional, long métrage pour toute soumission de projet à plus petit budget prévue au cours du prochain exercice financier.

Nous communiquerons la date de présentation des demandes pour 2014-2015 et les renseignements connexes plus tard au cours du présent exercice.

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Upcoming Films

BEYOND THE HILLS

Fri Jun 14, 2013 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jun 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jun 16, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jun 23, 2013 at 7:00 PM

DIR. CRISTIAN MUNGIU | 2012 | ROMANIA, FRANCE | 150 MIN
(French w/ English subtitles)

This harrowing visually stunning new film from director Cristian Mungiu, (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) inspired by the non-fiction novels of Tatiana Niculescu Bran, unfolds in and around a remote monastery where pious young women toil dutifully under the ever watchful eye of an austere priest. Alina gets back from Germany to bring Voichita – the only person she loves and was loved by in this world – back to her. But Voichita found God – and God is the most difficult lover one can be jealous of.

"A brilliant, scary portrayal of irrationality and fear in Europe's dark heart. In the final act the film seems to bear a weird resemblance to Lars von Trier...enthralling, mysterious and intimately upsetting."
-THE GUARDIAN

2012 Cannes Film Festival Award Winner - Best Actress & Best Screenplay

Starts July 11, 2013 and ends October 3rd, 2013

Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm

Cost - $675 + GST

Develop an awareness and focus on how to meet clients' needs, interpret scripts, control your voice and take advantage of vocal assets. For the daCapo studio sessions you will learn proper technique for Voice-Over, be exposed to the recording studio environment, learn how voice animation is developed, partake in a demo read with a performance assistant, complete an audio CD of your audition and possibly qualify to be placed on the daCapo talent roster.

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DOC publishes the 5th volume of Getting Real: an Economic Profile of the Canadian Documentary Industry. The report is an in-depth look at the state of Canadian documentary production up to the end of 2010/11 in both the English- and French- language markets. In spite of audience demand and in spite of finding new means of financing, the data indicates that Canadian documentary production is facing its steepest decline in production volume in almost a decade.

Click on the link below to download a copy of the report

Getting Real 5 (2013)

For the message from the Executive Director about the publication, click here.

For DOC's press release about Getting Real 5, click here.

About Getting Real

Getting Real gets into the nooks and crannies of documentary production and broadcast in Canada to provide detailed analysis on the health of the industry and its financial realities. The report provides a clear, contemporary view of the economics of documentaries in Canada, offering an in-depth look at topics ranging from viewership to funding.

Getting Real is produced by analyzing current statistics and providing a wealth of information on the financing, production, and viewing of documentaries in Canada. Focusing on television, feature-length/theatrical, this report traces developments in funding and policy that affect production. By examining documentary production by format, language and region, the report presents a longitudinal overview of developments and growth in the industry. Supplemented by case studies and appendices that contextualize the economic data, Getting Real situates Canadian documentary production within the larger Canadian film industry while also offering a regional and provincial outlook.

Now in its fifth edition, Getting Real is the only publication focused solely on measuring documentary production in Canada. It is regularly updated with additional statistics and analysis to provide greater context and insight into the challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian documentary industry.

The following previous editions of Getting Real are available for download below.

Getting Real 4 (2011)

Getting Real 3 (2007)

Getting Real 2 (2004)

“We are very happy with this new agreement,” stated Bill Skolnik, DGC Ontario CEO. “It reflects our Members’ priorities and protects their interests and this was essential during negotiations.” Brian Baker, DGC Director, Directors’ Affairs echoed, “Our membership is a vital part of the screen-based industry and now we have an agreement that ensures increased wages and improved working conditions for our Members.”

Brian Baker represented Members in the Atlantic Regional Council, and the Manitoba, Alberta and the Saskatchewan District Councils, as well as Directors in the DGC, while Bill Skolnik led the negotiations for DGC Ontario.
“The CMPA is very happy we were able to reach an agreement that recognizes the needs of Canadian producers, yet fairly compensates DGC members across the country,” says Reynolds Mastin, Chief Negotiator and Chief Legal Officer of the CMPA.

Plot outline
In January of 2011, The Sheepdogs were an unknown rock band from Saskatoon, Canada. They were touring in a broken van, playing a brand of vintage rock music that everyone told them would never get radio play. But after winning a place on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, everything changed.

After such a meteoric rise to fame, what happens next? How do The Sheepdogs prove they’re more than a band who won a contest?

The Sheepdogs Have At It follows the guys into a Nashville recording studio as they make their new album with producer Patrick Carney from The Black Keys. The band’s fate rests upon the success of this new record, and all eyes are upon them.

All the while, we follow The Sheepdogs to live performances all over North America, as they win over fans, one audience at a time, with their unique brand of vintage rock and roll, which, it turns out, radio audiences are responding to.

This is the story of four young men standing on the brink of superstardom, who now, more than ever, must prove themselves to the world.

It’s also a look inside a changing music industry and the art of tactical manipulation by the band’s support network of management, marketing and agents who must work miracles with limited resources.

But most of all, The Sheepdogs Have At It is about doing what you love and staying true to what you believe in, no matter what the cost.

"Hey Everyone,

Some really cool news today: We were recently listed as part of IndieWire’s inaugural ‘Influencers’ List. Here’s a note about the list...

Indiewire Influencers is dedicated to 40 of the people and companies who have captured our attention as we watch them try to figure out what the independent film industry is today and, more importantly, what it will become.

We’re very honored and humbled to be included - especially when you take a glance at the amazing names involved. It's especially gratifying is to be listed next to a lot of the people/friends who helped make IGTM what it is today - VHX, Kickstarter, Janet Pierson, Sundance, Marc Schiller. Read the full list here.

If you want to know exactly why we’re on the list, please take a look at our IGTM case study. In that we spell out how we produced and distributed the film.

Thank you so much to IndieWire for the inclusion and super kind words. And thank you to everyone who watched/supported the film, read the case study and/or took notice in other ways.

-James & Lisanne

At the meeting, Hersh Seth presented Jennifer Bisch with a token of appreciation from the organization for her five years’ work on the WFG’s Executive Committee, first as Vice President and then as President. Additionally, as this transition created a vacancy in the Vice President position, the board additionally appointed Ryan Simmons to serve as interim Vice President.

During her tenure as Vice President and then President, Jennifer Bisch was able to contribute significantly to the organization towards meeting established strategic governance objectives and helping the WFG evolve a new, more adaptable and responsive organizational structure that is better able to both take advantage of and create opportunities that are in the best interest of the WFG and its mandate, now and into the future.

In the past several years, the WFG has been able to meet a number of significant achievements. Many of these achievements are outwardly visible to filmmakers, audiences and other clients of the organization, while others are less visible but no less significant.

• In the past three year period, the Winnipeg Film Group has been able to undertake a major equipment upgrade investment of over $175,000, the likes of which is unprecedented in the organization’s entire history. This upgrade to become fully HD and 4K compliant has been made possible with the important support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Winnipeg Foundation and Manitoba Lotteries through its Bingo allocations, as well as through internal contributions.

• Cinematheque is now fully DCP and 4K capable with the recent acquisition of a new Christie projector, as well as being able to now screen HDCAM and the legacy DigiBeta format for the first time. These equipment upgrades follow on the heels of a recent facility renovation scope which saw the installation of a new, environmentally-friendly air conditioning system, the development of a new box office kiosk, an accessible main entry, and a new stage to support artist talks and panel discussions, and upgrades to the sound and lighting systems, as well as building a professional grade kitchen to support special events.

• The Production Centre now has a fully centralized facility with the amalgamation of spaces that were previously split between the 3rd and 4th floors. With the purchase of a 4K camera that will be made very shortly, the Production Centre will have made the full transition into being able to support the new evolution of filmmaking with a digital classroom, digital editing suites with multiple professional-grade tape decks, and a full suite of HD and 4K cameras to select from, to complement the WFG’s traditional strength in supporting celluloid filmmaking practices.

• The Distribution Centre now has a comprehensive online catalogue available for all of its holdings and additionally has an archival vault to ensure the proper care of the works in its distribution collection. Additionally the Distribution Centre, through specific strategies, has been able to triple the amount of artist fees it distributes to filmmakers over the past six years.

• The WFG has additionally made significant strides in improving its capacity to support a diversity of filmmaking practices, including now exhibiting film performance and other expanded cinema practices at Cinematheque, and increasing participation organizationally in filmmaking from diverse communities. The organization’s Mosaic Women’s Film Project, initiated in 2008, has quickly become one of the most important incubators nationally to support the development of Aboriginal and culturally diverse independent women filmmakers. Among the filmmakers directly developed through this program include Caroline Monnet, Jody Leigh Pacey, Hagere Selam (Shimby) Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Miriam Sainnawap and Rhayne Vermette.

For its achievements and its capacity to make meaningful interventions in the independent filmmaking milieu locally, the WFG has over the past several years been able to build upon its already significant standing pan-nationally within the sector. In its most recent assessment of the Winnipeg Film Group as an organization, the Canada Council’s peer assessment committee notes released in the summer of 2011 noted that “The Winnipeg Film Group is a significant, reputable organization providing excellent support to media artists through a multitude of services.”

As the new President of the WFG, Hersh Seth will now lead the governance development work of the board of directors, building upon its achievements over the past several years. He will guide the work of the board in meeting its stated objectives, which include increasing its capacity in the area of private fundraising to support the organization’s programming and equipment objectives, and increasing the board’s public relations role in acting as ambassadors of the organization out in the community, telling the story of the WFG and explaining why it merits support.

Just a reminder: there are less than two weeks left to apply for Strategic Partners, one of the world's preeminent co-production/co-financing markets focusing on feature film, television, and multiplatform fiction projects.

Friday, June 28th, 2013 is the deadline for applications (producers) and registration (non-producers).

Follow the link: Apply or Register

Recent delegates identify top reasons to attend SP:
· To find co-production partners and projects
· To find financing partners
· To find sales agents/distributors/broadcasters
· To meet spotlight country partners (UK and India)
· To find Canadian partners
· To promote their company/agency/organization

Strategic Partners has a proven track record. Recent feature films such as The Grand Seduction, Cas & Dylan, Home Sweet Home, and All the Wrong Reasons – and TV projects such as Spies of Warsaw, Bomb Girls, and Combat Hospital – all credit their participation at Strategic Partners as being integral to their success. Attracting the international best, Strategic Partners is the place to discover and develop compelling projects, kick-start long-term business relationships and make investments happen.

In 2013, Strategic Partners will be increasing the focus on television and digital media at the event, striking a balance between feature film, TV, and web-based projects and producers.

"Strategic Partners gets it! They understand that storytelling is evolving. They understand that building our industry requires building international bridges. Strategic Partners is growing a community that will help shape the oncoming brave new world of production and distribution. I wouldn't miss it for the world." - Canadian producer Jay Ferguson, 3 ’clock TV

Follow the link to Apply or Register for Strategic Partners 2013.

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