Eligibility

Who can apply?

An eligible applicant to this program must meet all of the following minimum eligibility criteria:

  • Self-declared as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Colour.
  • A Canadian resident.
  • Available to attend the BANFF Festival in-person from June 8-11, 2025 in Banff, Alberta.

The program has a key intersectional mandate to increase accurate and meaningful disability representation on and off screen throughout the Canadian media landscape.  It is also designed to support Canada’s francophone production community. 

**Please note: While you may apply with a project that you are co-creating or co-producing with a partner(s), this program is a professional development opportunity for individuals. Applications will be assessed and participants awarded on an individual basis. Only one project per application.

Program Participant Qualifications

MID-CAREER PARTICIPANTS:

Mid-career participants must have a minimum of 2 professional screen credits, but may not be owners, operators employed by an established media production, broadcast or digital media company with more than three (3) full-time employees.

ESTABLISHED PARTICIPANTS:

Established participants must have 3+ professional screen credits, but may not be owners, operators or employed by an established media production, broadcast or digital media company with more than three (3) full-time employees.

Pitch Program Qualification (25 Participants)

Participants chosen for the DOV Pitch Program (25 of the selected participants) will be selected based on the commercial strength of their submitted projects as determined by the program selection committee.

Project Guidelines

Every applicant must submit one (1) project that they wish to develop and sell with the support of this program.  (See Submission Guidelines).

Projects must meet these criteria:

  1. It is currently under Canadian ownership and Canadian executive and creative control;
  2. It is currently under the financial control of Canadian citizens or permanent residents;
  3. The applicant owns all rights (including copyright) and options necessary for the production and its distribution and retains an ongoing financial interest in the project.