Professional Development : TV Distribution 101: The A-Z Guide to Content Distribution Across Broadcast and Streaming Platforms
This three half-day information series has been developed to answer questions regarding the general process of television distribution.
Mentorship: Universal Pictures Mentorship
The Universal Pictures Mentorship offers a unique opportunity for an emerging professional with a deep passion for the movie industry to gain firsthand insight into the world of theatrical film distribution, sales, and marketing at Universal Pictures.
Professional Development : Executive Leadership in Media Certificate Program
The C-suite awaits you! The Executive Leadership in Media Certificate (previously our Media Leadership Program) is a proven and successful professional development intensive designed to enhance your strategic leadership skills. This program is recommended for screen-based professionals with a minimum of ten years of management or entrepreneurial experience in the media industry, with a desire to develop their leadership skills. The Executive Leadership in Media Certificate offers a unique immersive learning experience that combines business school teaching from Schulich MBA faculty with best practices from high-level industry executives. Schulich School of Business is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools in the world.
Scholarships and Bursarie: Banff World Media Festival Scholarship
Are you an emerging Canadian content producer who is passionate about production and development, with a focus on scripted broadcast content? This is the perfect opportunity for you!
Professional Development : Business of Budgeting
This workshop not only teaches you how to build a budget, but also the creative considerations involved. The Business of Budgeting workshop is a two-day workshop that imparts beginner-to-intermediate level knowledge into the process of creating a production budget for content in the Canadian market. Through the use of instruction and exercises, key topics of focus include (but are not limited to): understanding the breakdown,understanding the account codes and line-by-line dissection of the necessary elements, accommodating for contingencies. Participants will also visit budget templates from a variety of funders (i.e. Ontario Creates, CMF, Bell Fund, IPF, etc.)
Professional Development : Futures Forward Program
Learn how to prep your very best funding application for Ontario Creates with this 3-day program. The Ontario Creates Futures Forward Program is a 3-day program that provides potential funding applicants (companies and individuals) with the skills required to fast-track their knowledge acquisition and enhance the competitiveness of their company when applying to the Ontario Creates IP Fund - Development and Production program. The curriculum focuses on application requirements and deliverables to provide less-experienced applicants with the knowledge and resources necessary to submit a complete and well-crafted funding application.