MONTREAL – Emerging and established Nunatsiavummiut filmmakers from or in Labrador with an interest in documentary storytelling are encouraged to submit a proposal for the National Film Board’s Labrador Doc Project.
The project is looking for stories that surprise – and deepen – Inuit’s understanding of themselves. The Labrador Doc Project will support projects that are 10-15 minutes in length, located in Nunatsiavut, realized over five shooting days.
The NFB and partner LJH Films are committed to building capacity in remote areas and supporting training initiatives to build Inuit film crews, meaning that there are opportunities for Inuit applicants who are interested in hands-on experience in other filmmaking positions, even if they don’t have a project of their own that they’d like to direct, including cinematographers, sound recordists, editors, photographers, musicians, writers, production managers and more.
Project directors are invited to e-mail a short proposal to Stephen Agluvak Puskas at s.puskas@nfb.ca, stating their story idea, their personal connection to it and why they want to tell this story, by April 13. NFB producers will choose three stories and notify the successful applicants by May 4, 2018.
