TORONTO – The Banff World Media Festival is calling for applications to the second edition of the Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices Initiative, a national training and development program for underrepresented emerging and mid-career creators and producers of commercial television and/or digital media content, with a specific focus on Indigenous, Francophone and women industry professionals.
The imitative will jumpstart and accelerate the careers of up to 100 participants at next year's Banff World Media Fest by providing full registration access to the festival, a bespoke professional development curriculum, plus access to networking opportunities with key industry buyers.
In addition, a sub-group of 25 of the program applicants will be selected to take part in the Diversity of Voices Pitch Program where they will receive personalized advice from high-profile industry mentors and take pitch meetings with international buyers at Banff in addition to receiving a stipend to defray travel costs.
Along with title partner Netflix, this program is also supported by the Canada Media Fund – Fonds des médias du Canada (CMF/FMC), the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), and Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office.
The deadline for entries is November 30, 2018. More information is available here.
