2020 Professional Development Program - We’re going online!
All programming will be taking place online this year. Please check the individual details for all workshops, panels, info sessions and screenings for information, participation requirements and restrictions. Some workshops and panels require pre-registration. For sessions with limited spots, attendance is first come, first served. All sessions are being provided on a PWYC or by donation basis. RSVP now to reserve your spot!
Friday Dec. 11, 2020 DAY 1
10:00 AM Info & Funding Panel: CBC and NFB with Adele Cardamone-Martel, Lise Hosein and Ariel Nasr. MORE INFO
*NEW TIME* 1:30 PM Panel: Video as Activism
Co-presented by Digital Access Resource Centre (DARC) - formerly SAW Video and Moderated by Annette Hegel, Director. MORE INFO
3:00 PM Funding Info Session: Ontario Arts Council
with Mark Hasslam, Media Arts Officer MORE INFO
6:00 PM Panel: Representation in Film and Media with Hannah Yohannes, Shehrezade Mian, and Amen Jafri, moderated by Maissa Houri MORE INFO
Saturday Dec. 12, 2020 DAY 2
10:00 AM Workshop: Producing - Key Documents and Why They are Important with Gayle Nakamoto MORE INFO
3:00 PM Workshop: Documentary Production in the Era of COVID-19 with Chanda Chevannes co-presented by the Documentary Organization of Canada and the DOC Institute MORE INFO
1:00 PM Funding Info Session: City of Ottawa - Arts Funding Program and the Creation & Production Fund for Professional Artists
with Marie-Christine Feraud MORE INFO
Sunday Dec. 13, 2020
DAY 3
10:00 AM Masterclass: Pitching
with Lynn Tarzwell MORE INFO
1:00 PM Workshop: Self-Tapes & Auditioning with Pete Dillon, co-presented by ACTRA Ottawa . MORE INFO
4:00 PM Workshop: Pitch It! to an Executive
with Christopher Giroux, Head of Production at Vortex Productions
MORE INFO
7:00 PM Awards & Prizes
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