Voices of Canada Cohort at DOC NYC – Industry Roundtables
Call for entries
(Feature film, Documentary works-in-progress)
DOC NYC is proud to partner with the Consulate General of Canada in New York and Telefilm Canada on a curated VOICES OF CANADA Industry program which will bring a delegation of Canadian filmmakers with works in progress to participate in the DOC NYC festival, DOC NYC PRO Industry conference and Industry Roundtables.
VOICES OF CANADA INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES presents an opportunity for Canadian filmmakers with works-in-progress features or series to present live pitches with industry figures from the fields of distribution, financing, publicity, marketing, social impact, and more. The program aims to curate the most promising documentaries of the future for industry consideration, and select projects from a competitive pool of online submissions.
DETAILS
Selected teams will live pitch to industry figures from the fields of distribution, philanthropic funding, financing, PR, marketing, social impact, festival programming, and more. Past industry representatives have included Amazon Studios, Blue Ice Docs, A&E, ABC News Studios, Black Public Media, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Cinephil, Cinetic Media, Conde Nast (The New Yorker) Disney+, Disney’s Onyx Collective, ESPN Films, Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content), Firelight Media, HBO, IFC Films, Hulu, Impact Partners, Imagine Entertainment, IDA, Kickstarter, MTV Documentary Films, National Geographic, Netflix, NBC News Studios, NEON, Paramount+. Participant, POV, Showtime Documentary, Sony Pictures Classics, Story Syndicate, Submarine Entertainment, Sundance Institute, The New York Times, Topic Studios, Vice Media, WME Agency, WNET, and others.
Voices of Canada Industry Roundtables will take place in-person at the Consulate General of Canada in New York from November 14 to 16, 2024. Selected teams will be granted an All-Access badge to the Festival and DOC NYC PRO. Teams that meet the eligibility criteria of the International Promotion Program will receive a 1,000$CAD travel grant to cover part of their travel expenses to attend the event.
ELIGIBILITY
- Submitted works-in-progress must have at least 50% of their budget already in place.
- The applicant must be a Canadian-controlled company within the meaning of the Investment Canada Act and have its head office in Canada.
- Teams are expected to attend at least from November 14-16, 2024.
Note that this program is not intended for films that are intending to make their public screening debut at DOC NYC in November 2024. Film teams that wish to have their films considered for DOC NYC’s festival line up should submit their projects at the main DOC NYC submission page (https://filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC).
More Information
If you have questions regarding the submission process please first review the submission page for answers and if you still need assistance, please email Sarah.modo@filmfest.nyc
If you have question regarding the travel support and this initiative, please contact Myriam.blais@telefilm.ca and/or Catherine.Scheinman@international.gc.ca.
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