15
Nov
Mentorship in Documentary production
Mentorat, Mentorship - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Friday November 15, 2024
11 pm
Mentorship in documentary production
Registration until november 15 at 23h59
Mentors
Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre (Portage Films), Joëlle Arseneau, and Rocío Barba Fuentes (Les Films Cosmos)
Member $90 | Non-member $120
Mentoring sessions are designed to give you in-depth support in the production of your documentary.
A seasoned producer will review your brief and meet with you one-on-one for an hour to discuss the artistic and logistical challenges involved. She’ll also help you develop a compelling pitch that conveys the best image of your film. In just a few words, you’ll be able to attract the interest of future backers!
The mentoring meetings will take place in December 2024.
Material to be sent with your registration:
- CV
- Director’s notes (1 page)
- Synopsis (1 page)
- Script (if any)
- Budget (if any)
→ Send to: services@mainfilm.qc.ca
For further information, please send an e-mail to : services@mainfilm.qc.ca
Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre is a documentary producer based in Montreal, Quebec. After completing a bachelor’s degree in Film Production at Concordia University in 2011, she participated in thirteen feature films and produced four shorts with Metafilms. She then participated in Eurodoc and the Entrepreneurship Program at HEC Montréal. In 2022, she completed four feature-length documentaries, including Rojek by Zaynê Akyol, Damascus Dreams by Emilie Serri (Prix Fipresci, FNC) and Dave’s Last Dive by Jonah Malak (Audience Award, AFF).
Photo ⓒ Myriam Baril-Tessier
Director, producer and editor, Joëlle Arseneau‘s cinematic career has always been centered on people and encounters. She studied cinema and management at university in Montreal. In 2009, Joëlle founded Le pied marin to produce films with complete creative independence, respecting the vision of their creators. Today, she continues to work as an independent producer, while remaining fully committed to her film projects. Joëlle is also a recipient of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s (ACCT) National Apprenticeship Program, which has enabled her to carry out numerous internships in editing on a wide range of productions. Her instinctive interest in documentary gradually broadened to include fiction. En tête de ligne (2020) is the first feature film she co-signed as director and producer. Since fall 2022, Joëlle has been teaching film production at Université Laval.
Rocío Barba Fuentes
Les Films Cosmos
Trained at EICTV (Cuba) and L’inis, producer Rocío B. Fuentes worked in the Caribbean before settling in Montreal, where she joined the production company Les Films Outsiders and co-founded Les films Cosmos. A Eurodoc graduate with valuable international experience, she has produced several short and feature-length documentaries and collaborated with other companies as production manager. Her films and projects, both fiction and documentary, have been presented at international festivals and markets such as the Trinidad & Tobago International Film Festival, Festival Regard, Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, CPH:Dox Forum and HotDocs Forum, among others.
Our documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our complete program.
