Festival Partners
ReelWorld Film Festival
film festival celebrating cultural diversity
www.reelworldfilmfest.com
Planet in Focus
environmental Film Festival
www.planetinfocus.org
Worldwide Short Film Festival
innovative short films from around the world
www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com
Images Film Festival
independent experimental film and media arts festival
www.imagesfestival.com
Inside Out Film Festival
gay and lesbian film festival
www.insideout.on.ca
Hot Docs Festival
documentary film festival
www.hotdocs.ca
Funding Sources for Film & Media Artists
Telefilm Canada
funding for more established Canadian film & television producers, including the Aboriginal language fund & international co-productions with Canadian producers
www.telefilm.gc.ca
Ontario Arts Council
funding for Ontario film & media artists, emerging to established
www.arts.on.ca
Toronto Arts Council
funding for Toronto film & media artists, emerging to established
www.torontoartscouncil.org
Canada Council for the Arts
funding for Canadian film & media artists, emerging to established
www.canadacouncil.ca
National Film Board of Canada
funding for Canadian emerging dramatic & documentary filmmakers & also for feature length documentaries
www.nfb.ca
Canadian Independent Film & Video Fund
funding for film & television with an educational component
www.cifvf.ca
Aboriginal Business Canada
financial assistance, information, resource materials, and referrals to other sources of financing or business support
www.stategis.ic.gc.ca
National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
celebrating First Nations achievements
www.naaf.ca
Department of Canadian Heritage
www.pch.gc.ca
Aboriginal Organizations
Mizwe Biik
Aboriginal employment and training agency
www.mizwebiik.net
Aboriginal Production Companies
Big Soul Productions
producing youth orientated cutting edge programming such as The Seventh Generation & Moccasin Flats
www.bigsoul.net
Shenandoah Films
producers and distributors of Native American videos and products
www.shenandoahfilms.com
Training & Media Production Centres
LIFT
Artist-run centre for filmmakers providing training, editing suites, film production equipment and support
www.lift.ca
CSV
artist run centre providing editing suites for video and audio, and video camera rental Trinity Square Video
www.trinitysquarevideo.com
Canadian Film Centre
www.cdnfilmcentre.com
Do you know of an organisation we should be listing on these pages? If so, please contact us at:
gisele@urbannation.com
Distributors
V tape
Canada’s largest distributor of videos
www.vtape.org
Aboriginal Film Festivals
Sundance Film Festival Native Forum
www.sundance.org
Terres en Vues
www.nativelynx.gc.ca
ImageNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival
www.imaginenative.org
American Indian Film Festival
Other Film Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
www.ebell.ca
Vancouver International Film festival
www.viff.org
Festival of New Cinema & Media in Montreal
www.fcmm.com
