At the Banff World Media Festival, CBC, Canada’s largest commissioner of documentaries, announced more details about its $7 million increased investment in documentary storytelling. In addition to supporting more feature-length documentaries, CBC will create two new documentary funds and boost the Absolutely Canadian documentary strand. The funds will offer new opportunities for emerging creators to work with CBC and deepen CBC’s partnership with mid-career and established documentary … [Read more...] about CBC Announces Two New Documentary Funds and Additional Support for Filmmakers at all Career Stages
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CBC announces second round of AccessCBC Program for creators with a disability in collaboration with the Disability Screen Office
CBC has announced the second round of AccessCBC: A CBC Initiative for Creators with a Disability, a national program for Deaf and disabled creators that will provide pre-development training, mentorship and financing support through three programming streams - scripted comedy/ drama, unscripted and kids. For the second iteration of AccessCBC, CBC is collaborating with the Disability Screen Office (DSO), a national not-for-profit organization that works with the Canadian screen industry to … [Read more...] about CBC announces second round of AccessCBC Program for creators with a disability in collaboration with the Disability Screen Office
