Category: Panel Discussions

Ce webinaire se déroulera en anglais. Les changements auront uniquement un impact sur les productions de la CBC et non sur celles de Radio-Canada.

As of January 3rd, 2022, CBC will be requiring completion and delivery of a carbon footprint on all original Canadian productions from independent producers with budgets over $400,000

• Press release about the changes.

DOC has invited CBC’s Environmental Sustainability Lead to guide our members through CBC’s new Green Initiatives on February 10th 2022 at 1pm ET. They will be your contact for any questions about completing or complying with the CBC’s green initiatives, so this is a great opportunity to hear from them directly and ask any questions.

Some useful tools from CBC ahead of our session:

• 90 second video on the carbon calculator tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-T47wQvKFA
• A link to the albert calculator to get an account: https://calc.wearealbert.org/request-account
• A link to One Stop Business Work shop – Green Week sessions that include demystifying green terms (Session 1), a producer panel on use of the carbon calculator (Session 2), along with a demo on how to use the carbon calculator (using a doc as the example): https://www.cbc.ca/businessandrights/one-stop-workshops/season-3
• A pdf of the sustainable production plan (for temporary use by productions with budgets under $400 k if they can’t do a carbon footprint calculation): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kFUBNTdSXIvFcSeRMlIYS5exhqD6kgdC/view?usp=sharing
• And finally, a link to other green production resources including a carbon calculator tip sheet; carbon calculation training in BC; Ontario and by BAFTA albert (open to residents anywhere worldwide): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kFUBNTdSXIvFcSeRMlIYS5exhqD6kgdC/view?usp=sharing

The Documentary Organization of Canada – Alberta Chapter, is inviting you to a webinar about the National Film Board’s approach to distribution of past, current, or future NFB projects. DOC’s Executive Director Sarah Spring has invited the NFB’s marketing, communications, and distribution  team to a conversation about what happens when your NFB Production or Co-Production film is completed.  It will clarify who you can speak with to stay informed, and what level of involvement you can have. Most importantly, the NFB will answer any questions you have about this distribution process, whether you’re thinking about working with the National Film Board for the first time or have questions as a veteran filmmaker. 

Note:  If you can’t attend this session, you can attend another session on a different day. DOC will be offering the webinar six times with each session being hosted by a different regional DOC Chapter.  In this way the NFB can explain how the distribution process is tailored to each region.

Sessions are scheduled to run for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

In recent years, the National Film Board of Canada has made changes to its distribution, communications and marketing departments, to meet the needs of each film produced or co-produced by the NFB.

Responding to DOC Canada’s invitation, Anne-Claire Lefaivre (Marketing), Lily Robert (Communications) and Nathalie Bourdon (Distribution) will not only explain the composition and roles of their teams, but will break down the entire process from A to Z.

In these sessions, facilitated by DOC Executive Director Sarah Spring, the NFB will demystify what happens once you begin working with the Film Board, who is responsible for your project, and who will keep you informed throughout the release.

These sessions are offered by region so that the NFB can explain how the process is tailored to the local needs of each filmmaker to ensure their artistic vision is seen and reaches their audience.

These sessions also include a discussion period to answer any questions you may have.

Also present will be your studio’s Executive Producer and Regional Marketing Manager, as well as, Director, Indigenous Relations and Community Engagement, J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth, and Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Rachel Décoste.

• Marketing Manager: Kelly Fox
• Publicist: Katja De Bock

Everyone is welcome, DOC members and non-DOC members. If you’d like to attend the French language webinar, you are welcome to join on March 9th at 4pm EST.

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Le chapitre Alberta de l’Association des documentaristes du Canada vous invite à un webinaire portant sur les stratégies de distribution de l’Office national du film pour ses projets passés, actuels et à venir. Sarah Spring, directrice générale de DOC, a invité l’équipe de Distribution, communication et marketing de l’ONF pour vous expliquer ce qui advient de votre production ou coproduction ONF une fois qu’elle est achevée. Vous saurez à qui vous adresser pour vous tenir informé et à quel point vous pourrez vous impliquer dans le processus. Surtout, l’ONF répondra à toutes vos questions sur l’ensemble du déroulement de la distribution, que ce soit votre première collaboration avec l’ONF ou que vous soyez un réalisateur ou une réalisatrice chevronné.e.

Note : Si vous ne pouvez pas participer à cette session, vous avez la possibilité de vous inscrire pour une autre session à une autre date. DOC présentera ce webinaire six fois, chaque fois en partenariat avec un chapitre différent de DOC afin que l’ONF puisse expliquer comment le processus de distribution est adapté à chaque région.

Les séances sont programmées pour durer 1h15.

Au cours des dernières années, l’Office national du film du Canada (ONF) a apporté des changements aux services de distribution, de communication et de marketing pour répondre aux besoins de chaque film produit ou coproduit par l’organisation.

En réponse à l’invitation lancée par l’Association des documentaristes du Canada (DOC), Anne-Claire Lefaivre (marketing), Lily Robert (communication) et Nathalie Bourdon (distribution) participeront à des séances de présentation afin non seulement de décrire la composition et les rôles de leurs équipes, mais aussi de décomposer l’ensemble du processus de mise en marché de A à Z.

Durant ces séances, animées par la directrice générale de DOC, Sarah Spring, l’ONF précisera ce qu’il advient une fois que vous commencez à y travailler, mais aussi qui est responsable de votre projet et qui est chargé de vous tenir au courant tout au long du processus. 

Ces séances sont offertes par région afin que l’ONF puisse expliquer comment le processus est adapté aux besoins locaux de chaque cinéaste, pour que sa vision artistique rejoigne son public.

Une période d’échanges est également prévue à la fin de chaque séance pour que vous puissiez poser vos questions.

Vous êtes tous bienvenu.e.s, membres ou non membres de DOC.

Le webinaire se déroulera en anglais. Si vous souhaitez assister au webinaire en français, vous êtes invités à nous rejoindre le 9 mars à 16 h HNE

Meet the Funder is a professional development series that brings funders & non-fiction content creators together to share information.

CBC returns for a follow-up Meet the Funders panel on Thursday, November 4. Join DOC for an exclusive presentation from Sandra Kleinfeld (Senior Director, Documentary), Michelle McCree (Executive in Charge of Production, The Passionate Eye), Nic Meloney (Production Executive, Unscripted Content), and Monique vanRemortel (Business and Rights for Documentary and Unscripted) as they provide a detailed overview of new changes to the CBC’s documentary commissioning operations.

This FREE event is open to DOC members only.
ASL interpretation will be provided.

About the panelists

Sandra Kleinfeld, Senior Director, Documentary

Sandra has been Senior Director of Documentary for CBC Television for the past 5 years, overseeing the network’s documentary strands and the subscription based documentary Channel.

Michelle McCree, Executive in Charge of Production, The Passionate Eye

She is also part of the team leading CBC’s equity and representation strategy for the Unscripted Content department. Prior to joining the documentary team, Michelle was a senior leader on the Factual Entertainment team, overseeing a broad range of titles, most recently the docu-series Anyone’s Game and the award-winning series Still Standing. Before joining CBC, Michelle worked across genres as a director, writer and producer for a number of broadcasters including Discovery, Blue Ant Media and Independent Film Channel.

Nic Meloney, Production Executive, Unscripted Content

Nic Meloney is a mixed heritage Wolastoqi/Canadian journalist. A member of Woodstock First Nation in Wolastokuk/New Brunswick and a Cape Bretoner, Nic lives and works in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia, the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. He joined CBC Nova Scotia as a video journalist in 2016, and covered the Atlantic region with CBC Indigenous starting in 2017. His work with CBC’s Indigenous Unit has taken him to Inuit, First Nations, and Métis communities across Canada, producing regional and national news for all broadcast platforms. His expertise has been in the development and production of digital video features and television documentaries, both long and short-form, as well as syndicated, local, and national radio content.

Monique vanRemortel, Business and Rights for Documentary and Unscripted

As the Senior Director of Business & Rights for CBC’s Unscripted Programming, Monique Van Remortel oversees the business deals for the development and production of CBC and the Documentary Channel’s commissioned documentaries as well as CBC’s commissioned Factual and Arts programming. Monique’s team works closely with independent producers to help navigate the complexities of the Canadian Media Fund, tax credits, and other available third party funds to ensure a project’s budget, financing structure, and rights package make sense for the broadcaster in a rapidly changing media landscape. Prior to joining CBC in 2004, Monique was in a boutique entertainment and intellectual property law practice where she represented writers, artists, photographers, producers, and talent. Monique has been working in the arts and entertainment/media industry for more than 20 years.

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Industry Experts and Filmmakers Share Their Festival Experience

Join us in our upcoming moderated panel: After Hot Docs – Industry Experts and Filmmakers Share Their Festival Experience on May 25th at 5PM PST | 6PM MST | 8PM EST.

Let’s wrap up the festival by bringing together a broad group of Hot Docs participants, from festival programmers, Deal Maker and Forum pitch participants to first time Hot Docs festival filmmakers, who will reflect on their experiences during the festival. 

This is a webinar for emerging and established filmmakers, for filmmakers who were part of this year’s festival or filmmakers who would like to find out what they missed, and what the virtual festival landscape looks like.