TORONTO – CBC Docs has launched its first foray into the realm of short-form digital documentaries.
CBC Docs: Short Docs features docs that reveal unique perspectives through innovative storytelling and, at less than 30 minutes in length, are meant to be shareable in the online space. The Short Docs space is designed as an incubator for Canadian voices and a national platform that showcases their work across CBC’s digital verticals like CBC Arts, CBC Sports, and CBC Aboriginal. In addition to the docs themselves, the site also includes a blog featuring extra footage from the films that appear on the site plus original content related to the subject matter of the films.
The site has launched with six short docs including: Billsville; Thunder Blanket (episodes 1-3 of 5); Underdog; Wally’s World (episodes 1-3); WhyFi?; and World Famous Gopher Hole Museum; and will eventually feature 18 films over the course of the 2016-17 season.
“We’re incredibly proud to offer up-and-coming Canadian doc filmmakers a new platform through which to share their work with a national audience,” said Jennifer Dettman, CBC’s executive director of unscripted content, in the news release. “Creating original content for the digital space allows us to showcase shorter, shareable doc content on a whole range of subjects and to take some creative risks.”
CBC Docs is also seeking its next round of Short Docs and is inviting emerging doc filmmakers to submit their work through the CBC Docs: Short Docs Independent Producers page.
