Application deadline: October 31st 2024 at 11:59pm

With Maria Gracia Turgeon (Brotherhood, Fauve, PRE-DRINK)

Cost : $350
Total duration: 33h (31h of workshop + 2h of mentoring)
In person at Main Film’s office

With the financial support of the Quebec government, Main Film, dedicated to independent filmmaking, pursues its mission of supporting emerging filmmakers.

GENERAL INFORMATION

This practical professional training program focuses on financing short fiction films from various Quebec and Canadian institutions.

It covers the analysis of a submission, budgets and legal obligations, and the personalized study of participants’ files.

Experienced producer Maria Gracia Turgeron will help participants master the following key elements:

• The main institutions likely to support your project financially as well as the specifities of each
• Study, analyze and comment on submitted applications that have either been funded or refused by these different institutions
• The key elements to master for submit a relevant grant application (in particular the intent note and the budget)

As well as a two-hour personalized mentorship on each project.

The course emphasizes practical application to make the concepts presented more concrete and easier to assimilate.
Participants will have access to personalized project follow-up.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

The course is open to 8 people only.
It is addressed to self-employed media arts workers living in Quebec.

DETAILED SCHEDULE

Module 1 | Introduction to training and general presentations

Monday, November 11, 6pm to 9pm (3h)

Module 2 | Application analysis

Wednesday November 13 and Thursday November 14, 6pm to 8:30pm (5h)

Module 3 | Detailed presentation of financing institutions

Wednesday November 20 and Thursday November 21, 6pm to 8:30pm (5h)

Module 4 | Budget and legal obligations

Wednesday November 27 and Thursday November 28, 6pm to 9pm (6h)

Module 5 | In-depth study of participants’ files

Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8, 10am to 5pm (12pm) – including 1h lunch per day

APPLICATION

Your application must be sent via this form before October 31st at 11:59pm:

ABOUT

Maria Gracia Turgeon

Two-time Oscar-nominated Canadian producer Maria Gracia Turgeon co-founded Midi La Nuit with Annick Blanc. There she produced, among others, the successful short films PRE-DRINK by Marc-Antoine Lemire (Best Canadian Short TIFF 2017), Fauve by Jérémy Comte (Oscar-nominated, Special Jury Award Sundance 2018, Telluride), The Colour of your Lips by Annick Blanc (Prix Écran Canadien) and Brotherhoodby Meryam Joobeur (Oscar-nominated, Best Canadian Short TIFF 2018, Sundance). She is currently working on several feature films, including Donde Comenza el Rio by Juan Andres Arango (l’Atelier Cannes). In 2024 she launched her first two feature films, Jour de chasse by Annick Blanc at SXSW andWho Do I Belong To by Meryam Joobeur in Competition in Berlin.