Cannes 2025 | NOT SHORT ON TALENT at the Short Film Corner
CALL FOR ENTRIES
(Canadian short films, all genres)
Telefilm Canada is currently accepting submissions for its 15th edition of CANADA: NOT SHORT ON TALENT program at Cannes, a curated market showcase presented at the Short Film Corner 2025.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be considered eligible, a film must:
- Retain a World premiere status until the screening date in May;
- Not have been made available on the Internet outside Canada;
- Be produced after September 1st 2024;
- Have a maximum running time of 15 minutes;
- Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English at the time of submission due to international market requirements (if they are not available at the moment of your submission, please indicate it on the form. Exceptions may be considered at the time of evaluation);
- Not have previously applied to the Cannes 2024 edition of Not Short on Talent;
- Film teams must be available to travel to Cannes to attend the Short Film Corner training activities between May 18 to 21, 2025.
IMPORTANT: Selected films will have to be completed and ready for upload by March 2025 at the latest.
- This Call for Entries will be submitted through Dialogue Events.
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- Please consult the User Guide to submit your application
SELECTION PROCESS
Applications must be received by January 15, 2025
Not Short on Talent is a 90-minute curated program. Eligibility criteria will be applied. Priority will be given to film teams that have not previously been selected as part of a Not Short on Talent cohort.
Decisions will be communicated via email in February.
If selected, you will have to deliver a file of your film according to the specifications provided by Telefilm Canada and the Short Film Corner. An image and an excerpt of your film will also be required for promotional use.
Telefilm Canada will cover the cost of the inclusion of your film in the market Video library reserved to professionals, as well as the targeted trainings. Selected films will benefit from a promotional campaign developed and funded by Telefilm Canada to ensure exposure for the selected Canadian films.
ABOUT
Not Short on Talent is a Telefilm Canada initiative that presents a selection of new Canadian short films at international markets. The selected films will be screened at the Short Film Corner, a component of the Marché du Film at Cannes which runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival.
Our showcase aims to increase the visibility of new Canadian short films and to promote talent to registered industry delegates from international markets, including buyers and curators of festivals.
Selected films will benefit from a promotional campaign developed by Telefilm Canada to ensure exposure of the films. Under the “Canada: Not Short on Talent” label, your film will be highlighted by a prime position in the Short Film Corner catalogue, as well as on the online platform. As well as other benefits.
If your film is selected, you will have access to trainings developed by the Short Film Corner and specifically dedicated to our cohort. Thanks to the 2 accreditations offered to your team, you will also have access to the market’s programming and activities such as screenings, workshops, keynotes and more (onsite).
If funds are available, a travel grant will be offered to teams taking part in the Talent Tout Court 2025 programme to cover part of their travel costs
Promotion and Communications
Telefilm Canada, Montreal
DL-festivals@telefilm.ca
1 800 567-0890