If you have 10+ years of experience, we will keep you connected to your peers, engaged with emerging creators, and offer keep you motivated to excel in your leadership role.
Professional Development : Pitch Lab: Develop Your Winning Pitch
Your project is ready to pitch? Fine-tune your pitch in this 2-day program. Identify the key components that contribute to a good pitch. Class size is limited.
Professional Development : Intro to Entertainment Law
A 3-day workshop designed to demystify legal issues in media content production. Learn your rights, protect your IP, negotiate the best deal for YOU! Entertainment Law is multi-faceted and unusual in that it overlaps with so many other legal areas: intellectual property law, employment law, contract law, tax law, insurance law, and sometimes international law. This three-day course is designed to provide an introduction/overview of key legal considerations - Contracts and Negotiations, Intellectual Property and Regulations and Policies - in the screen-based media industry.
Professional Development : Media Business Essentials
Our Media Business Essentials (MBE) program is a career-enhancing learning experience for emerging media professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of the business of film, television, and interactive media production. Modules focus on financing and business affairs, production management, production accounting and tax credits, and marketing and distribution. Courses are taught by industry professionals who are currently active and working in the sector. This program is recommended for recent graduates and/or emerging professionals looking for applied learning.
Professional Development : Intermediate Production Accounting & Tax Credits
Our Intermediate Production Accounting and Tax Credits Workshop delves deeper into the role of the Production Accountant and the staff of a typical production accounting department. In this workshop series, you will participate in interactive discussions and exercises covering the methods and procedures used by a media production accounting department. You will also learn about business structures, budgets, cash flows, controlling costs through cost reports, the workflow of the accounting department, applying for and estimating the refundable tax credits, and the eligibility requirements and application processing for funding agencies such as the Canada Media Fund.