FILM/TV

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ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Artists Legal Advice Service

  ALAS provides free legal advice to Ontario artists working in all disciplines.  Artists can schedule an appointment to see a lawyer for one-half hour by calling 416.367.2527.

• Association for Native Development in the Performing & Visual Arts (ANDPVA)

  ANDPVA is the country’s leading Aboriginal arts service organization, representing over 300 of the country’s active artists through advocacy, special initiatives and resourceful programming.

• Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)

  The Canada Council for the Arts is a non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organization which provides a national forum for debate on cultural policy. Canadian Conference of the Arts is a leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries.

• Coalition for Cultural Diversity (CCD)

  The CCD, an organization of Canadian cultural professional associations, has a mandate to assert that cultural diversity is a fundamental human right and that countries and governments be entirely free to adopt the policies necessary to support the diversity of cultural expression and the viability of enterprises that produce and disseminate this expression.

• Council for the Arts in Ottawa

• Guelph Arts Council 

• Hamilton and Region Arts Council

• imagineNATIVE

  The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media.

• International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD)

  INCD is a world wide network of artists and cultural groups dedicated to countering the adverse effects of globalization on world cultures.

• Kingston Arts Council

• Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)

  LIFT supports the independent film community and celebrates the medium of film through various programs and activities, including workshops, training and grants.  LIFT also provides access to equipment and facilities, and an online cast and crew database.

• London Arts Council 

• Mississauga Arts Council

• Ontario Arts Council (OAC)

  OAC is the province’s primary funding body for professional arts activity.  This site has information about project grants that may be available to individual artists.  The OAC also administers a number of important awards and prizes.

• Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)

  OMDC is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture that facilitates economic development opportunities for Ontario’s cultural media industries including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing, and music industries.

  The site has important background information about Ontario’s film and television industry and links to industry sources.

• Quinte Arts Council

• SAW Video

  SAW Video is an Ottawa video production cooperative, which provides support to independent filmmakers through access to equipment, grants, resources, training and other programs.  Available through this site is a copy of Development and Other Production Challenges, a guidebook for producers. Club SAW is a space dedicated to film and video, performance and music.

• Scarborough Arts Council

• Thunder Bay Regional Arts Centre

• Toronto Arts Council 

• Trinity Square Video 

  Trinity Square Video is a not-for-profit centre that provides artists with video production/post-production support and services at accessible rates.  It also offers workshops on creative and business issues related to filmmaking.

• Waterloo Regional Arts Council 

• Windsor and Region Arts Council

Industry Associations and Festivals

• Academy of Canadian Film and Television

  With a membership drawn from across the film and television industry, the Academy is responsible for the major industry awards, the Genie (film), Gemini and Gémeaux (television).  It also operates a National Apprenticeship Training Program.

• Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) 

  The Canada Council for the Arts is a non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organization which provides a national forum for debate on cultural policy.  Canada Council for the Arts is a leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries.

• Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)

  CFTPA is a non-profit trade association representing almost 400 Canadian companies involved in the media content production industry.  With offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, the association promotes the interests of media content producers by lobbying government on policy matters, negotiating labour agreements, offering mentorship programs, copyright initiatives, holding an annual conference and publishing materials.

• Commercial Production Association of Toronto (CPAT) 

  This is the trade association representing the people and firms involved in the production of television commercials in Toronto.

• Documentary Organisation of Canada (DOC)

  DOC (formerly known as the Canadian Independent Film Caucus) is a national non-profit professional and advocacy organization dedicated to support the art of independent documentary filmmaking and filmmakers in Canada.

• Hot Docs

  Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival.  Each year, the festival presents a selection of more than 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and elsewhere.  The Festival also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.

• Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA)

  IMAA is a national association of independent film, video and new media producers and exhibitors from all parts of Canada.  The Alliance is comprised of 82 artist-run organizations.

• Toronto International Film Festival Group

  The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable cultural organization that organizes a number of significant festivals and activities, including:

  • The Toronto International Film Festival® which is widely recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes and the largest and most successful public festival in the world 
  • Sprockets International Film Festival for Children 
  • Cinematheque Ontario, a year-round screening program  
  • Film Circuit, which provides filmgoers in under-served communities with Canadian and international films.
  • The Film Reference Library, which houses the largest collection of English-language Canadian film related material.

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Unions and Guilds of Artists

• Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)

  ACTRA is the national association representing more than 21,000 performers working in the English-language recorded media.  ACTRA has two branches in Ontario, ACTRA Toronto ,  the largest branch of the Alliance, and ACTRA Ottawa.

  Among its services, ACTRA maintains Face to Face Online, a talent directory and Into the Mainstream, a directory of visible and audible minority performers.

• Canadian Society of Cinematographers

  CSC’s purpose is to promote the art and craft of cinematography through awards, training and other programs.

• Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) 

  DGC is a national labour organization that represents over 3,800 key creative and logistical personnel in the film and television industry covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing. Directors Guild of Canada Ontario represents members in the province.

• Guild of Canadian Film Composers (GCFC) 

  GCFC is a national organization of professional film composers.

• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE):

  1. Local 411  represents coordinators, production secretaries, craft service providers and others.
  2. Local 667  represents cinematographers and their assistants.
  3. Local 873 represents motion picture technicians.

• NABET 700 CEP

  NABET 700, a division of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, represents more than 1,000 film and television technicians in the Greater Toronto Area who work in 15 departments.

• Union des Artistes (UDA)**

  UDA represents 6,900 full and 4,800 probationary members who work as professional performers in French on television and film productions across Canada, as well as in theatre, music and performing arts.

• Writers Guild of Canada (WGC)

  WGC represents more than 1,800 professional screenwriters working in film, television, radio and digital production. This site has information for new writers.
  

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