LE LABO, PARTNER OF TELEFILM CANADA’S “TALENTS EN VUE” PROGRAM

Designated partners panel

As part of Telefilm Canada’s « Talent en vue » program, Le Labo will once again be selecting emerging filmmakers from the Franco-Ontarian community to submit to Telefilm Canada.

The program supports emerging filmmakers in the production, digital distribution and promotion of a first feature film or an audiovisual narrative project in another format designed specifically for digital distribution.

In this seventh year of collaboration, we are recommended for the selective component of the Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) program.

WHO CAN APPLY?

To submit an application, the filmmaker must be :

– Professional or Connoisseur member of Le Labo
– Francophone or Francophile
– Emerging creators, i.e. have produced and/or directed and/or scripted: a short film (30 minutes or less), a Web production, television content, commercials, music videos.

  • It is no longer necessary to have an incorporated company to apply for funding under this program. However, if the project is selected, the team will have to incorporate in order to sign the Telefilm financing contract; 
  • Teams wishing to apply to the Designated Partners component must now submit their application directly to Telefilm Canada, enclosing the partner’s letter of recommendation. Le Labo will get back to you no later than April 23, to give you time to submit your application on the Telefilm (Dialogue) website by the April 30 deadline.

It is the filmmaker’s responsibility to submit his or her file on the Telefilm Canada (Dialogue) website in the section reserved for designated partners once he or she has been selected by Le Labo. The purpose of applying to Le Labo is to obtain a letter of recommendation for submission to the designated partners section.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION

From now on, the only way to submit a file is via this single form, no later than midnight (Eastern time) on April 15:
https://airtable.com/appX55d7inyIUEBk5/shr9c0FanDP8vkU88

Applications received by email will not be processed.

In the form, you will be asked for:

1- A synopsis of the project of no more than 750 words, including the main plot developments and telling the basic story from beginning to end;
2- The director’s vision (maximum 3 pages);
3- Video presentation: a downloadable video, maximum 5 minutes long including: a brief summary of the story from start to finish; the creative team’s vision/visual treatment of the material; any other relevant information that makes the project stand out; identification of the target audience; a one-minute excerpt from the director’s previous short films.
4- Project script
5- Creative team filmography: submit a filmography using the template available on the Telefilm Canada website, indicating training, education, experience, awards, previous projects and history of team collaboration;
6- A promotion and distribution plan (maximum length 2 pages) that identifies the project’s target audience (age, gender, sensitivity, culture, etc.), how the team will find and access this target audience, and why the target audience will identify with the project;
7- A production schedule (from pre-production to release on digital platforms)
8- A project budget summary (see template on Telefilm’s website);
9- Other expected financing
10- A link to previous projects

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Deadline: April 15, 2024 at midnight

For further information:
Email – programmation@lelabo.ca
Site web – Talents en vue Program

At Le Labo, we recognize that the arts programming system perpetuated over the years has disproportionately harmed and continues to harm society’s most marginalized people, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, 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. Candidates who have difficulty providing the requested material in the suggested form can contact the team at programmation@lelabo.ca and we will take appropriate steps to submit a file.

USEFUL INFORMATION

• To proceed with your application, please read the downloadable Program Guidelines before contacting Le Labo ;

• It is important to note that Le Labo is the only recommender for Franco-Ontarian filmmakers. This means that we do not accept English-language submissions, nor submissions from other provinces ;

• To avoid duplication, projects that have already been submitted to another recommender will not be accepted by Le Labo.