APTN/imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Competition

Calls for application for the APTN/imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Competition are now OPEN until August 26 2022!

 

The annual APTN/imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Competition is back in-person on October 20, 2022, during the imagineNATIVE film + media arts festival in Toronto, Ontario.

This Call for Applications is for Indigenous Producer/Director Teams with a strong concept for an original Web Series. imagineNATIVE will bring the selected Producer/Director teams to the imagineNATIVE film + media arts festival from October 18 - 23, 2022. The Web Series Pitch Competition will take place in front of the APTN/imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Competition jury and the live Industry Days audience for the chance to win an exciting prize package!  

The 2022 APTN/imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch prize package includes

  • The opportunity to enter into a process for a conditional offer of license for up to $30,000 with APTN.

  • $10,000 Production budget from Bell Fund

  • $5000 in-kind grant from William.F White

  • $1000 certificate from Formosa/The Picture Shop for post-production services

  • $1000 an imagineNATIVE Supported Crowd-funding

  • 2 Industry passes to attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

  • 2 WIFT (Women in Film & Television ) memberships 

Application Deadline: Friday, August 26, 2022

ELIGIBILITY 

  • Must be Indigenous to Canada (First Nations, Métis, Inuit),

  • Must be a Producer/Director team (director can also be a screenwriter)

  • The proposed project must be completed within 1 year (12 months) of signing the contract with APTN

  • The project must be completed within this competition prize budget.

  • The selected project must be made by an Indigenous Production company, which is defined to include: a sole proprietorship, a limited company, a cooperative, a partnership or a not-for-profit organization in which Indigenous Persons have at least fifty-one percent ownership.

  • Each episode must have a minimum length of 6 mins.  

How to apply 

Please fill out both forms listed below.

The 2022 APTN + imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Prize is supported by APTN and the Bell Fund with additional support from William F. White, Formosa, imagineNATIVE, TIFF, and WIFT Toronto.

Please contact Institute Coordinator Bliss Bondy if you have any questions regarding your application: Bliss@imaginenative.org