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Perspective Canada at the European Film Market (EFM)

Berlin, Germany, February 11 to 18, 2026

CALL FOR ENTRIES

(Market screenings- Feature-length films, narratives, and documentaries)  

Perspective Canada at Berlin is the brand name of a group of market screenings reuniting a selection of Canadian features showcased at the European Film Market that runs parallel to the Berlinale.   

The showcase strives to increase the international promotion and exploitation of Canadian feature-length films and to spotlight Canadian companies, films, and talent to the 10,000 professionals from more than 110 countries accredited by the EFM.  

Perspective Canada 2025 will present around 12 feature-length films in the EFM cinemas.   Every film selected in Perspective Canada will be screened once at the EFM.  Applicants wishing to present their film twice will have to cover 100% of the cost for the second screening.

SCREENING RATES

EFM screening costs range from 400 to 700 € per hour depending on the theater you choose. Telefilm Canada will cover a maximum of 250 euros/on the EFM rate per hour of one market screening, while the applicant must cover the remaining balance. 

In the case of a foreign-based international sales company representing an invited Canadian film, Telefilm Canada will invoice the Canadian-controlled production company for the market screening costs.

The film selected in Perspective Canada will also benefit from a promotional campaign developed and entirely funded by Telefilm Canada to guarantee the best possible exposure for the invited Canadian films.    

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA  

Feature-length films, narratives and documentaries, are eligible.

Films must have a sales agent attached.

A film must be:  

  • A CFFF-funded Canadian production, or 
  • A non-CFFF-funded Canadian productions selected at the 2026 Berlinale, or the 2026 Sundance Festival, or the Rotterdam International Film Festival, or 
  • An official Canadian coproduction directed by a Canadian filmmaker.   
  • Represented and submitted by a Canadian owned and controlled distribution or production company (within the meaning of the Investment Canada Act) as defined in the CFFF guidelines.  
  • Produced in the 6 months prior to the EFM.  
  •  Market Premieres (not shown at any market prior to EFM).  
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  • This Call for Entries will be submitted through Dialogue Events
  • Please consult the User Guide to submit your application
SELECTION CRITERIA  

The selection of the films for Perspective Canada will be made according to the sliding priority scale below until the slate has been filled:  

  1. Eligible films that are officially selected as world premieres by the Berlinale, Sundance Festival, or Rotterdam Festival in 2026.  
  2. Eligible recent films that have won a recognized award on the national or international festival circuit in the months leading up to the market.  
  3. Eligible films with the most distinguished track record of performance at the Canadian box office in the months leading up to the market.  

Telefilm Canada shall seek to maintain an appropriate regional balance, to encourage films and distribution and production companies from all regions of Canada.

If selected, applicant must meet the EFM’s deadlines  for  the film file upload, the market accreditation form, the market screening registration form, as well as Telefilm Canada’s delivery deadline of materials required for the promotional campaign planned the first week of December 2025.  

MORE INFORMATION

For questions related to the initiative, please contact Danielle Bélanger   

For questions related to the registration process, please contact Justin Clement 

Promotion and Communications 
Telefilm Canada, Montreal 
DL-festivals@telefilm.ca 
1 800 567-0890