{"id":15410,"date":"2021-01-31T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montrealblackfilm.mysites.io\/?p=15410"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:39:46","slug":"call-for-applications-fabienne-colas-foundations-being-black-in-canada-presented-by-netflix-in-collaboration-with-the-national-bank-montreal-toronto-halifax-calgary-vancouver-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/call-for-applications-fabienne-colas-foundations-being-black-in-canada-presented-by-netflix-in-collaboration-with-the-national-bank-montreal-toronto-halifax-calgary-vancouver-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Fabienne Colas Foundation\u2019s BEING BLACK IN CANADA Presented by Netflix in collaboration with the National Bank  Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.10&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The Fabienne Colas Foundation\u2019s <strong>Being Black in Canada <\/strong>program \u2013 Canada\u2019s largest incubator dedicated to Black Filmmakers &#8211; is thrilled to be back with a call for applications for its 2021 edition. Thanks to the support of<strong> Netflix, <\/strong>the<strong> National Bank, Telefilm Canada, <\/strong>and <strong>Canada Media Fund, <\/strong>and our <a href=\"https:\/\/beingblackincanada.com\/our-partners\/\"><strong>local partners<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>the Program will support <strong>35 new young, promising Black filmmaker<\/strong>s in <strong>Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver, <\/strong>and<strong> Ottawa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The platform will start accepting submissions soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enter your email HERE to GET NOTIFIED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watch\u00a0the 2019 Films\u00a0Online on:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/media\/absolutely-canadian\/being-black-in-toronto\/38e815a-0134fafe7df\"><strong>CBC GEM\u00a0Toronto<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/media\/absolutely-canadian\/season-20\/episode-16\/38e815a-0134ddc26ef\"><strong>CBC GEM\u00a0Halifax<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telequebec.tv\/documentaire\/etre-noir-e-a-montreal\/\"><strong>TeleQuebec.tv<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Grab your Tickets or Passes to Watch the 2020 Films<\/strong> <strong>Online at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.TorontoBlackFilm.com\"><strong>Toronto Black Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Feb 10 to 21, 2021 (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.HalifaxBlackFilm.com\"><strong>Halifax Black Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Feb. 23 to 28, 2021 (Atlantic Canada Premiere)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Fabienne Colas Foundation\u2019s Being Black in Canada <\/strong>Program offers professional mentorship in the audiovisual production of a short film with the theme of \u201cBeing Black in Canada.\u201d <strong>35<\/strong> new young, promising Black filmmakers in <strong>Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa<\/strong> : 5 per city, and 10 in Montreal (5 francophones and 5 anglophones) will be guided through the many steps in audiovisual production (screenwriting, directing, editing, post-production, etc.), and will create a documentary short (from 8 to 10 minutes). This process will be carried out under the professional tutelage of industry professionals with professional equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Their final work will be screened as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Premiere at the <strong>Montreal International Black Film Festival <\/strong>&#8211; September \/ October 2021<\/li>\n<li>Ontario Premiere at the<strong> Toronto Black Film Festival<\/strong> &#8211; February 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Atlantic Premiere at the <strong>Halifax Black Film Festival<\/strong> &#8211; February 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Premieres at the <strong>Calgary, Vancouver <\/strong>&amp; <strong>Ottawa Black Film Festivals<\/strong> in 2022<\/li>\n<li>Potential screenings to other festivals \/ events after June 2022 (tbd).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers will address the issue of social integration of people from Black communities in their city through film. The program is for <strong>emerging Black creators between 18 and 30<\/strong>, who have a passion for cinema. Potential candidates have a dream to work in the audiovisual field but have not yet had the opportunity, due to social, economic, and\/or cultural reasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beingblackincanada.com\/call-applications-fabienne-colas-foundations-black-canada-presented-netflix-collaboration-national-bank-montreal-toronto-halifax-calgary-vancouver-ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE<\/u> <\/strong><\/a>TO SEE THE ELIGIBLE CRITERIA<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> The Fabienne Colas Foundation\u2019s Being Black in Canada program \u2013 Canada\u2019s largest incubator dedicated to Black Filmmakers &#8211; is thrilled to be back with a call for applications for its 2021 edition. Thanks to the support of Netflix, the National Bank, Telefilm Canada, and Canada Media Fund, and our local partners, the Program will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}