LE LABO CALLS ON YOUNG FILMMAKERS FOR A RESIDENCY IN CINEMA

Le Labo joins forces with Festival les Percéides and CinéFranco to offer a documentary film residency in Percé, Gaspésie (Québec).

Two young emerging francophone filmmakers from Ontario (aged 18 to 30) will be selected to participate in the residency with filmmaker Jacquelyn Mills and Quebec filmmaker and composer Benjamin R Taylor. The residency will run from September 22 to 29, 2024, at the Festival Les Percéides’ Summer Film School.

Through group sessions and individual interviews, writing and shooting exercises, sound and film viewing, the aim is to identify and formulate both the formal and conceptual outlines of each participant’s project: to move from a dream film to a film in the making.

The instructors will support each participant in his or her approach to the subject. This day-to-day sharing will give rise to ideas, hypotheses and avenues of work that will ensure the anchoring and continuation of the development work after the training course.

WHAT DOES THE RESIDENCY INCLUDE?

  • Training in writing and directing at the Festival Les Percéides’ Summer Film School.
  • Lodging and meals.
  • Travel between Toronto and Percé (round trip).

WHO CAN MAKE A REQUEST?

To submit a file, the filmmaker must:

  • Be a Le Labo Professional or Connoisseur member
  • Be francophone or francophile
  • Reside in Ontario
  • Be between 18 and 30 years of age (flexible to within 1 or 2 years)
  • Have a proven artistic practice and interest in documentary filmmaking

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION

From now on, the only way to submit an application is via this single form, no later than midnight (Eastern time) on May 15.

Applications received by email will not be processed.

The form asks for:

1- A description of your interest in cinema, and more specifically documentary
2- A description of your interest in a film residency
3- An overview of your artistic practice and your relationship to creativity
4- A presentation of your documentary film project
5- Your technical requirements for making your film
6- 5 to 8 images of your work, or that illustrate your proposal
7- Your Curriculum Vitae

Apply by clicking here
Deadline: midnight May 15, 2024

For further information, write to programmation@lelabo.ca

At Le Labo, we are aware that the arts programming system perpetuated over the years has harmed and continues to harm disproportionately the most marginalized people in society, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, people of color, working-class people, women and LGBTQ+ people. Because we believe that these communities must be at the heart of our reality, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or from other marginalized communities. Applicants who have difficulty providing the requested material in the suggested form can contact the team at programmation@lelabo.ca and we will make suitable arrangements for the submission of a file.

USEFUL INFORMATION

• For more information, visit the Festival des Percéides website.
• Please note that we do not accept submissions in English or from other provinces.