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New program helps Indigenous, Francophone, female creative producers attend Banff World Media Festival

TORONTO - The Banff World Media Festival has unveiled a new national mentorship and market access program that will assist 100 emerging and established independent Canadian creators in attending the confab in June.Known as the Banff Diversity Of Voices Initiative, the program will have a specific focus on Indigenous, Francophone and female industry professionals.  The primary goal of the program is to provide participants with the information and relationships to be able to navigate the global content market and ultimately get their projects produced and sold as a direct result of the program.The initiative will provide full registration access to...