The Talent Lab call for projects is open from September 11 to October 10, 2019 (noon).

Presented by NETFLIX, the Forum RIDM Talent Lab is a unique creative and professional development initiative. For its 6th edition, the Talent Lab brings together Canadian emerging artistic talent to incubate film projects, expand filmmaking practices and foster community networks.

The Talent Lab will take place from November 16 to 18. 

 

The Lab consists in two days of closed creative sessions on Saturday and Sunday, November 16-17. During the weekend, participants will attend master classes and engage in discussion with creative experts from the documentary industry. Within these closed sessions, 40% of the time is dedicated to the development of participants' projects in small groups of 5 people. Throughout the Talent Lab, participants receive group mentorship by professionals from the documentary industry as well. On Monday, November 18, participants will attend the professional activities of Forum RIDM, including the Opening Breakfast, the Funds Roundtables and other conferences.

To submit a proposal, you must have a documentary project in development or in production as the director or director-producer and have the status of permanent resident in Canada.

 

Participation fees

If you are selected for the Talent Lab, fees of $100 (+tax) will be charged to cover for the three days of activities. Lunches are provided. You will get a RIDM + Forum accreditation giving you access to all the films programmed by the festival and the entire programming of Forum RIDM (One-on-One Pitches excluded).

 

Who can submit?

• Open to emerging or mid-career filmmakers who have a documentary project in development or in production

• Open to Canadian residing filmmakers (permanent resident status mandatory)

• Open to all types of documentary projects

 

* Applicants who participated in a previous edition of the Talent Lab are not eligible.

 

When can you submit?

The call for projects opens on September 11, 2019 and closes on October 10, 2019

 

How to submit?

By completing the online submission form by October 10, at noon.

 

Why should you participate in the Talent Lab?

 

• To get experience in professional and creative development

• To make your documentary project happen

• To discover and develop new filmmaking styles and techniques and to join the professional documentary community

   

FAQ

• One person per project only can be selected to the Talent Lab

• Not open to CEGEP students

• The language in which your project is being developed must be either English or French

• Submissions are individual, nominative and open to directors only (the Talent Lab is not open to producers)

• Candidates must be available for the entirety of the Talent Lab, from Saturday, November 16 to Monday, November 18, 2019. We recommend to spend more time and attend the whole Forum RIDM (November 16-20) and as much as you can of the RIDM film festival (November 14-24).

• Workshops and talks will be in English and in French, according to the guest speaker, and the group work on participants' projects will be held in the language corresponding to each project.

• 40% of the Talent Lab's duration will be devoted to participants' projects and 60% will be devoted to master classes, talks and roundtables.

• Participants are encouraged to arrive on Friday, November 15, to attend the informal welcoming session.